What do you do thats "Pro" besides get on the forum and complain about Apple and make a thread thats already been discussed thoroughly multiple times before...
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Does anyone HOPE they pull the superdrive from the next MBP revision?
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What do you do thats "Pro" besides get on the forum and complain about Apple and make a thread thats already been discussed thoroughly multiple times before...
Again, I have no statistics in front of me, but I believe that you are the one in the back yard with firewood, not me.
Anyhow didn't mean to come off as insulting (too much) but many of us depend of these machines for our livelihood, and they are the best machines to do so. We would just like them to stay so and not cater to people who should really be using something else but want to look cool.
I think everyone realizes that there are pros who need on site disc burning....like the work you do...however, let me list the people/groups I know who do NOT need need on site disc burning at all times.
-musician: does most of his composing and burning at home/the studio vs on site.
-website/graphic designer: again, works from home or coffee shop, emails his work.
-physician: edits video, presentations on the go
-photographer: shoots on site, then edits and burns at home
-programmer: Not sure, but I've never heard him talk about burning a disc.
I don't know what you do, it sounds like on-site music work or music videos. I'm certainly not belitteling your need (hell, I wish I got to go to a horse ranch for music/video). But the people I know who use MBPs, including myself, do need a lot of the capabilities it provides and would still rather have the ODD at home....since its not part of our workflow.
Its a tricky situation, but not ALL the people who want to kick out the disc drive are college kids trying to "look cool"...some are people who would rather have a lighter pro, better cooling so we can have 4 or 6 core processors, more storage, better graphics cards over the ODD.
OT but I wish disc drives were built into printers or copy machines. Then I could burn at home or at work without having a separate device all the time.
Thats why I like the build to order option the best... Sadly it'll never happen though.
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I'm the one wanting the ODD gone and I believe I'm the majority.
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I'm the one wanting the ODD gone and I believe I'm the majority.
Majority on this forum maybe.
But certainly not the majority when you add in all the normal consumers who buy a MBP.
http://mroogle.*************/ - Go there and search, it HAS BEEN discussed to death. And your post is worthless to the thread.
This, right here.
Most "normal consumers" don't have much use for an internal optical drive either. Pretty much everything they use them for can easily be accomplished with an external. Do they suddenly need to rip a CD while walking to class or something?
The only reason I would accept for there NOT to be an opti drive....is if there is a harddrive in its place and an SSD drive (by default) in the harddrives place. Just sayin'
... but only an idiot would use their MBP whilst walking anywhere regardless of CD ripping or not.
I'm sure if they made a keychain to put your mac on people would wear it..just so they can show them off! Why are so many fanboiz like this heh.
And most def go with flash, since it's cheaper for bigger capacities than regular SSD's - and you still get 2-3x faster speeds than conventional HD's
I think it's a tiny bit early. You have the DVD software market still hanging on to a big share. You still need it to install a Windows operating system. (Yeah, it's limited use for Mac, but I think it's still a big market of late Mac adopters who bought it because it can also run Windows).
Movies are still highly distributed via DVD. Even netflix has the issue of having a lot of its library being DVD-only. Sure, there are DVD players, but a lot of people still use computers for that. Then there's the amount of software that still uses a *leave disk in drive* dongle for stuff.
Outside of a controlled mobile distribution system like the App Store, nobody successfully managed to make all software on a given platform, digitally distributed. Sony even failed to do that, though they wanted to and tried.
Of course, for the MBP, one of the biggest reasons for owning one is the Pro software. They were practically built for that. However, with the exception of the smallest ones (like Aperture), most of them are well beyond current Digital Distribution capacities. We're talking 9 DVD packages, and then some.
Movies are still highly distributed via DVD. Even netflix has the issue of having a lot of its library being DVD-only. Sure, there are DVD players, but a lot of people still use computers for that. Then there's the amount of software that still uses a *leave disk in drive* dongle for stuff.
Outside of a controlled mobile distribution system like the App Store, nobody successfully managed to make all software on a given platform, digitally distributed. Sony even failed to do that, though they wanted to and tried.
Of course, for the MBP, one of the biggest reasons for owning one is the Pro software. They were practically built for that. However, with the exception of the smallest ones (like Aperture), most of them are well beyond current Digital Distribution capacities. We're talking 9 DVD packages, and then some.
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I don't need the DVD drive for movies on the go because I would rather rip them to my hard drive. However, this is also an argument against only having an SSD, because the cost per gigabyte is too high to use an SSD that is large enough to house my multimedia (music, movies, pictures) and work data (databases). Thus the only way I can see Apple eliminating the optical drive is if they go to USB keys for OS X installation and they choose to include both an SSD for booting/programs and a hard drive for data.
I use my disc drive often, too; for example, to burn a software update for my parents or as an archive for later reinstallation (if necessary) or to rip a CD into iTunes.
I agree. I have never seen Apple lower prices after removing a "feature;" however if Apple removes the internal optical drive, they will (inevitably) charge for an external drive, just as they now charge for the Apple remote and various cable adapters that at one time were included free with each Mac.
External drives function the same as internal drives, but they lack the mobility factor. Why have to carry one more accessory?
Another problem is raised with regard to exchanging information with colleagues. USB drives are okay for some information, but optical discs are easier and more common. Also, doesn't OS X write files to every USB drive? Isn't this a security issue, especially if your colleagues use Windows which shows the invisible files OS X writes to the USB drive?
Apple would be able to use better GPUs without eliminating the optical drive, if they weren't so obsessed with thin. To my knowledge, the limiting factor in the use of GPUs is the thermal dynamics of the laptop. I doubt the optical drive has much to do with the thermal specs of notebooks.
Too bad there is no support for Windows operating systems prior to Win XP SP2. This puts those who have XP SP1 in a bad position, especially the less technically inclined who do not know how to slipstream. I would not appreciate losing my ability to create Win 95/98 VMs, either, even if they are only for fun.
Actually some of us students need the optical drive - I have had to rip footage from CDs and DVDs while sat down in a corner with no power, and with no space to sit and optical drive, and had to take footage onto a laptop to be edited there and then into a Rough Cut.