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Would you prefer the next MacBook Pro to not have an Optical Drive

Would you prefer the next MacBook Pro to keep the Optical drive?

  • No - Optical media is dying

    Votes: 87 48.1%

  • Yes - We can't do without it

    Votes: 66 36.5%

  • Remove it from the 13" and 15" and leave it on the 17"

    Votes: 28 15.5%
  • Total voters
    181
ermir4444

ermir4444

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Advantages:
More room for battery = better battery life
More room for better processor and GFX
Thinner
Lighter

The point of the poll [is] to get a better idea on how many ppl want the optical and how many don't. The other threads are filled with trolls and people who just complain in both sides of the argument.

Moderator Note: Please keep this thread on topic.
 
If the optical drive is removed, then you can't watch DVDs. This is a dealbreaker as I have Netflix.
 
tjb1 said:
They cant go any thinner unless they remove ethernet port.
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I've seen notebook computers whose ethernet ports were very thin and you plugged your cable in vertically, rather than horizontally. It was essentially a pop-out jack, and you slid it into the case when not in use.
 
Optical drives have failed on all of my MacBooks. I don't use the drives much and my MacBooks are all in pristine condition (no keyboard wear either). When the optical drive fails, the pre-boot environment tries to access it and obviously fails. Boot times go from 30 seconds to 5 minutes because of this. I've had to disconnect the drive's ribbon cable to remedy this.
 
macook pro without the optical drive

well isnt the macbook air already there doing that? besides the macbook pro is for video editing and all, so im pretty sure the optical drive is necessary (to like export to drive), but of course an external TB or optical drive also does the work.. maybe a future possibility... who knows..
 
shyam09 said:
well isnt the macbook air already there doing that?
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Excellent point. Everyone who wants a Macbook Pro should get a Macbook Air instead. Who needs the possibility of a quad core CPU and great GPU anyway, when we have 64GB of solid state storage? </sarcasm :p>

As an Australian citizen, pre-NBN (national broadband network) and presently limited to ADSL 1 in my area, I would far rather use a combination of my crappy internet and an external DVD drive so Apple could squeeze more battery, a better CPU and GPU, and a whole lot of MBA-esque SSD storage into the next MBP.

I also would not have a problem carrying around said external DVD drive in my back-pack or maybe future suitcase, especially if it was nice and thin.
 
I voted "still want the optical drive", thinking that soon we won't need it but not quite yet, but... I think once the os x app store is out and everyone sells software through that, we can get rid of it.

I must admit I like my music CDs and my old windows games, but I guess I could cope with an external for those rare moments and enjoy the benefits of the extra space (more power/more battery life/lighter).
 
I barely use it so I wouldn't have a problem with it being removed. There would be an option to have an external one or perhaps like the air, the ability to use the one in another machine wirelessly.

I think optical drives are on their way out.
 
just get rid of the optical drives! i guess some people sometimes use it...but for those an external is the solution. a laptop should be focused on mobility. thus - more battery and/or smaller footprint.
 
I would prefer a removable optical drive in a modular bay. Removing it saves weight but not bulk which is a fair compromise. This method also enables swapping it out for an extra hard drive or other kind of removable media drive.
 
Corato said:
More room for for Flash, 16GB RAM, and HD in a smaller lighter chassis.
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+1.. Hell yeah.

In fact. A lot more room for lots of stuff... In thinking that. I dont think thats its coming this time around.. But soon.

They could really re-design the whole inards of the MBP. Im not up with CPU's and GPUs. But could we see a better GPU slotted in there?
 
electronique said:
+1.. Hell yeah.

In fact. A lot more room for lots of stuff... In thinking that. I dont think thats its coming this time around.. But soon.

They could really re-design the whole inards of the MBP. Im not up with CPU's and GPUs. But could we see a better GPU slotted in there?
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Definitely. I am waiting to upgrade until there is a new GPU in there.
 
They made the MacBook Air for these exact reasons, why would they get rid of the features of the MacBook just to have another MacBook Air?
I wouldn't count on Apple axing the Optical Drive anytime soon.
 
I'd love if that happend this past year. A 15" laptop that can compete with desktops would be great. The problem is Apple doenst make that many options. It's not like you'll have a MBP w/ or w/o optical drives on the checkout screen. I think for the time being the MBP will have the optical drive and until we can get smaller and more powerful chips inside the MBA's the MBP will be the closest thing to a 'desktop replacement' in the Apple line of notebooks.
 
Terrible Survey Wording

I'll be using optical media media for a whiole -- primariiy burning DVDs and Blu-rays disks. But, I would much prefer not to carry a SuperDrive around with me when I NEVER use it aware from home.

I don't buy into media going away. Sure I stream all my home videos at home to an Apple TV. The family just loves it. HOwever, the only reasonable way for me to "share" stuff with others is vi DVD and BD media.

I'm also one of those people that prefers to own classic movies -- whether old or new. I just play them on my big plasma with surround sound -- not my laptop.

Glenn
 
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Love to see it go away. Add more battery, more ram, a second SSD for the OS and core use applications. And maybe a cup holder ?
 
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