iMac floppy argument doesn't justify DVD-less MBP

[Rilely]

Please stop! If you need a DVD player that badly, just buy the external drive already and be done with it.

 

[iThinkergoiMac]

I have several USB hubs. They do not provide power, which almost every USB device I might want to use requires. Hard drives, external musical keyboards, audio interfaces, just about everything. Plus, it's just one more freaking thing to carry around, which is what I am trying to AVOID.

What kind of hubs do you buy? My hub provides power. Of course, I have to plug it into the wall...

 

[mrsir2009]

oh you are funny my cousins for years had computers but could only get phone line internet as they could not get broadband untill like 4years ago as it was not offered in their area. they only live like 10 miles from me and i had broadband cable internet and sometimes broadband is not reliable as i recieve full power to my cable for internet and burns out sometimes as the node is at my power poll in my front yard and some isp's have data caps so if you stream netflix a lot u hit your cap fast so say if you have a 30 day billing cycle and your on day 15 and you hit your cap and you have the mac mini with no dvd player and its your home theatre unit for streaming your screwed for dvds if you dont have a stand alone dvd player

Yeah, but most people aren't in that situation.

 

[pragmatous]

Yeah, but most people aren't in that situation.

Not to mention that there isn't a single computer that has a modem anymore. You can get mobile 3g instead.

See how technology changes to meet the needs of consumers? you don't need DVD.