Superdrive that super?
I'll admit I had a hiccup in reading the many favoring, or believing, Apple will discontinue the optical drive in the MBP line soon, quite possibly in the next iteration.
But now it makes sense to me, and I can quite see why they would. For one, doing so would allow much more flexibility in the design and increased function of the MBP. Also, as Steve Jobs has supposedly professed, one should look to the MBA in the direction of these computers.
I still used DVDs on occasion, CDs rarely. But increasingly I simply download movies from iTunes, or watch them via Amazon Video on Demand. Music is all on iTunes already, or streamed. For when I might really need an optical drive, in looking discovered a perfectly fine Samsung external for $40 from Amazon.
As far as transferring files are concerned, flash drives using the USB port are simpler. More expensive than DVDs, but of course reusable. Far greater capacity as well. According to Wikipedia DVDs have capacities ranging from 1.5GB (SS SL), to 17GB (DS DL). You can buy an 8GB USB flash drive for $20, and if wishing it 32GB, for $140. Just the ordinary everyday files? $10 for 4GB.
Personally, I would far rather have a more capable laptop in lieu of an optical drive, once super, but now increasingly superseded.
I'll admit I had a hiccup in reading the many favoring, or believing, Apple will discontinue the optical drive in the MBP line soon, quite possibly in the next iteration.
But now it makes sense to me, and I can quite see why they would. For one, doing so would allow much more flexibility in the design and increased function of the MBP. Also, as Steve Jobs has supposedly professed, one should look to the MBA in the direction of these computers.
I still used DVDs on occasion, CDs rarely. But increasingly I simply download movies from iTunes, or watch them via Amazon Video on Demand. Music is all on iTunes already, or streamed. For when I might really need an optical drive, in looking discovered a perfectly fine Samsung external for $40 from Amazon.
As far as transferring files are concerned, flash drives using the USB port are simpler. More expensive than DVDs, but of course reusable. Far greater capacity as well. According to Wikipedia DVDs have capacities ranging from 1.5GB (SS SL), to 17GB (DS DL). You can buy an 8GB USB flash drive for $20, and if wishing it 32GB, for $140. Just the ordinary everyday files? $10 for 4GB.
Personally, I would far rather have a more capable laptop in lieu of an optical drive, once super, but now increasingly superseded.
