My guess is that there will not be a superdrive in future MBP. Given the coming of Mac App store and media streaming, I wouldn't be surprised to see apple take the superdrive out and make room for something else.
I also see apple is experimenting with software-on-a-USB installation. From the point of view of manufacture and storing, USB stick is more space efficient and has a higher practical value (given that it can be used for something else) than a DVD. So we can probably see OS X Lion on a stick rather than in a disk when it is released. Furthermore, Apple might provide a software tool to load Lion onto any USB stick. But i am more likely to be wrong on this one.
That also implies a major update possibly before the release of Lion, and I'd put it somewhere in Feb and March. This upcoming MBP model should have no superdrive, combination of flash memory and HDD, 4GB ram, and higher than average CPU and dedicated GPU given the space for cooling/design. USB 3 is certainly not gonna be there even if Sandy Bridge is available. I also believe a major design update will be coming.
what do you guys think? Any comments are welcome.
I also see apple is experimenting with software-on-a-USB installation. From the point of view of manufacture and storing, USB stick is more space efficient and has a higher practical value (given that it can be used for something else) than a DVD. So we can probably see OS X Lion on a stick rather than in a disk when it is released. Furthermore, Apple might provide a software tool to load Lion onto any USB stick. But i am more likely to be wrong on this one.
That also implies a major update possibly before the release of Lion, and I'd put it somewhere in Feb and March. This upcoming MBP model should have no superdrive, combination of flash memory and HDD, 4GB ram, and higher than average CPU and dedicated GPU given the space for cooling/design. USB 3 is certainly not gonna be there even if Sandy Bridge is available. I also believe a major design update will be coming.
what do you guys think? Any comments are welcome.