Oh yeah, forgot about that even though I have one and use it every day. ha. That was Apple (Computers) responding to actual persistent customer criticism. Which is why there is a glimmer of hope they'll listen now. But then... that was then (Jobs), this is now (Cook). blechDoes nobody remember the Mighty Mouse?
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Yes, hopefully. But honestly not very hopeful. Apple is overthinking and over-engineering everything nowadays; throw in a dash of Apple hubris. The solution is simple and cheap: bring back the MP Tower -- already a near flawless design -- update it with the latest everything, and they'll sell a zillion of them (including me). But... they won't do that. See Apple hubris above.I mean, I'm not gonna argue with you that they're not screwing the pro desktop line right now, total agreement there, they really screwed the pooch on that end of things. I honestly think they didn't realize how much the trash can mac pro painted them into a corner, and they overestimated thunderbolt adoption and bet the farm on it there. Hopefully they'll actually give us decent desktop options again when their new "modular" Mac Pro is released.
Not everyone uses the cloud (used to be called mainframe computing), including me and many others. Lots and lots and lots of good reasons not to go back to mainframe computing, I mean "the cloud".I think the growth of cloud office suites + better wifi standards
On the PC side I've seen a healthy number of options for laptop optical drives, including those supporting the latest BDXL format. With Apple's obsession over thinness, by putting 1% of that obsession into making the "thinnest ever" optical drive they could have slimmed it down to something even those who say they don't use it would appreciate.And again, they're not doing anything anyone else isnt doing on the optical drive, they really are following the market there. I don't know many people who would trade the size savings for an internal optical drive, even people who actually *use* it like those on your end of things generally prefer externals.
(*The real reasons Apple hasn't is because they don't control the optical market).