With Apple's SuperDrive off the market, there won't be a minimalistic, anodized aluminum option to match MacBooks. Alongside the first MacBook Air, the Apple USB SuperDrive launched in early 2008 ...
It’s not a huge surprise that Apple might be done with the SuperDrive. The product first launched with the original MacBook Air, which didn’t have an optical drive, in 2008, so it’s quite old.
The original MacBook Air was the first Mac to be introduced with no CD drive and so the SuperDrive accessory was designed for those that still wanted to play CDs and DVDs through their Mac.