Why don't you just rip the DVDs beforehand? Much less hassle than carrying actual discs around, and will save tons of battery.
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Why don't you just rip the DVDs beforehand? Much less hassle than carrying actual discs around, and will save tons of battery.
It's not a PRO machine without an optical drive, period. Again, my dream is a 13" MacBook PRO. Form follows function: a "PRO" machine must have the ability to burn video & audio to DVD's, and all other full functionality.
How many 12" PowerBook owners are there out there dying for a MBP in a similar size? Doesn't have to be ultra light, ultra thin, ultra anything. Just give me today's MBP specs in a 13" version. Leave the design the same, leave the latch, leave the keyboard: it really doesn't matter.
How many 12"PowerBook owners out there feel the same way?
How many 12" PowerBook owners are there out there dying for a MBP in a similar size? Doesn't have to be ultra light, ultra thin, ultra anything. Just give me today's MBP specs in a 13" version. Leave the design the same, leave the latch, leave the keyboard: it really doesn't matter.
How many 12"PowerBook owners out there feel the same way?
I've used the drive like, twice.
I don't care for how thin it is, but if I can have a lighter portable by losing the drive, sign me up. I'll have a desktop for those rare moments I need to burn anything.
Discs are dead! But here's a nice compromise:
Totally False info!
Apple has no plans for anything like this whatsoever! What they are planning is a surface type coffeetable, once again copying us!
Apple has no plans for anything like this whatsoever! What they are planning is a surface type coffeetable, once again copying us!
I've used the drive like, twice.
I don't care for how thin it is, but if I can have a lighter portable by losing the drive, sign me up. I'll have a desktop for those rare moments I need to burn anything.
Discs are dead! But here's a nice compromise:
Discs are far from dead: when you have a few hundred photos to hand over to someone, or a video, they are still the most practical way to do so. What does "PRO" mean? A pro machine should be able to do anything a desktop can do. No optical drive and it becomes much less versatile, more of a gadget or a toy.
Would anyone even think of buying a desktop without the ability to read/write optical media?
That mockup is pretty cool looking though...
I'm not sure I agree with your assertion here. A compact laptop user accepts some limitations to gain the portability.
It depends on where that line is drawn and it's up to Apple to make that decision.
Personally I think they're unlikely to drop the optical drive, though I could do without it - and would be happy to do so. There's a loss of neatness when you have to have an external optical drive. Internal slot drives are so small too.
I guess we'll see.
Sure wish I had that much free time...
Just leave it to do its thing overnight, or whenever you've a spare moment you're not using the drive.
I just took the lazy route and torrented my existing library, I'm impatient