I am having problems with

I am having problems with my MacBook Pro CD drive. It can’t read some CD’s. Specifically, the Apple CD that came with the new wireless Mighty Mouse just gets ejected. I experienced this same problem while attempting to install Windows XP Pro in both Bootcamp and Parallels. I also experienced problems ripping CD’s with iTunes. In every case, the system attempts to read the CD three times … I can hear the whirr of the drive spinning up at each attempt. Then the CD is ejected.

When the system can’t read a CD in iTunes, iTunes freezes up and the disk just spins… Force Quite iTunes is required to eject the offending CD.

There is no mention of this problem on Apples web site. However, a little searching on the Internet yields a few others with similar experiences. I did discover a work-around. Its not a good one but it works. What I do is make a copy of the CD on my Dell work computer. For some reason the MacBook Pro will accept the copied CD. Now that’s a good advertisement for the Dell and not so good for Apple.

My intention is to contact Apple for resolution. I hate the thought of having to ship the system off for repair or … replacement.