Do you want an optical drive on future MBPs?

[Prodo123]

The ODD is 9.5mm, the HDD bay is 12.5mm, so it's not like the SuperDrive has anything to do with thickness.

Lol. The reason why they can't put Blu-ray onto a MacBook Pro is not because of iTunes but because there is NO SLOT LOADING 9.5mm BLU-RAY DRIVE in existence.
Please, lose the misconception that adding Blu-ray will hurt iTunes movie sales. It won't be as severe as you might expect, and iTunes mainly runs on music and apps, not movies.

 

[henry72]

I'm sure Apple is going to remove the disc drive on iMac and MacBook Pro. Eventually the Mac Pro as well that's for SURE!!

If you need one? Get an external. The would is changing all the time, and Apple won't keep it because SOME people need it 🙄

 

[bdodds1985]

People in America and the rest of the modern world are so myopic.

"Oh I don't use it, so that means no one else must use it"

People still watch DVDs and buy music on CDs in less fortunate parts of the globe. Personally, I enjoy having hard copies of anything I shell out money for.

I know the modern world is Apple's primary market but still, I really think they should leave the optical drive in there. I don't use it often, but I still use it once in a blue moon.

I don't know how taking it out will positively impact the design of the laptop but perhaps they can just focus on making the Air more powerful instead?

Maybe thats because some "people" still haven't learned that now you can download anything instead of shelling out money for its hard copy counterpart. use a back up. of a back up, if you must. the time will come when you, the less fortunate, whining, complainer of simple solutions to smaller problems, will be stuck in the stone age. and this is all because you stated "people in america" like you ever fought for something as "simple" as freedom. enjoy your life in a third world country feeding off flies, while us americans enjoy downloading everything you buy in floppy disk formats for free and storing it on my terabytes of flash memory. semper fidelis.

 

[dusk007]

Well everybody who lives in a city really shouldn't talk. Even in many wealthy countries you just have to live a little more on the country side and broadband is quite rare. Yes most people today live in cities. But most is far from all and broadband adoption in rural areas is slow to none existent and it depends on the country and how the governments support the usually not very profitable rural broadband market.

 

[marshallbedsaul]

Yes I need one they are still practical

 

[vitzr]

I've taken to using a small, thin and light external USB powered optical drive. It's a great solution for those times when I require a drive, but don't want to have one sitting unused inside my laptop that goes everywhere with me. Prices have collapsed to low levels with many choices available. It's only drawback would be for those who travel frequently, prefer to carry media with them, in which case the drive would be one more item to pack.

 

[Dominus Mortem]

No. Apple got this one right - ditch the optical drive. We don't need them anymore. Anyone who cannot do without can use an external drive. Let's get these Pro laptops slimmed down a bit more, it will only make them better overall.

 

[DWBurke811]

Lol. The reason why they can't put Blu-ray onto a MacBook Pro is not because of iTunes but because there is NO SLOT LOADING 9.5mm BLU-RAY DRIVE in existence.
Please, lose the misconception that adding Blu-ray will hurt iTunes movie sales. It won't be as severe as you might expect, and iTunes mainly runs on music and apps, not movies.

Why did you quote me? Nothing you said has anything to do with my post.


But aside from that, they don't offer BluRay on the Mac Pro or iMac either, so I don't think the lack of BluRay in Macs has anything to do with the form factor of current drives...

 

[Prodo123]

Why did you quote me? Nothing you said has anything to do with my post.


But aside from that, they don't offer BluRay on the Mac Pro or iMac either, so I don't think the lack of BluRay in Macs has anything to do with the form factor of current drives...

The 12.7mm slot-loaders are $600. They can't afford to stick it into an iMac, and keep it profitable and at the same price point simultaneously.
As for the Mac Pro, you can install one yourself.