The death of the optical drives can't come soon enough, it's delayed because too many people got their panties in a bunch when apple tried with the macbook air two years ago.
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When will be a superdriveless macbook?
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Well if "too many people" complained, then it sounds like the death of the optical drive would be too soon.
Let us not forget that the iMac was originally derrided for not coming with a floppy drive. Folks cried about about needing it to reload the OS and software and being able to store and transfer files between computers.
There is little stopping Apple or any software company from issuing software on memory sticks.
I think that optical drives are going to be the next thing to go... and very soon, you'll have a computer with essentially no moving parts since SDDs should replace HDDs.
There is little stopping Apple or any software company from issuing software on memory sticks.
I think that optical drives are going to be the next thing to go... and very soon, you'll have a computer with essentially no moving parts since SDDs should replace HDDs.
, you'll have a computer with essentially no moving parts since SDDs should replace HDDs.
music to my ears.....
an 250sdd and a 14 hour long battery.......sweet..
any predictions? 2012?
ok, hp envy did it, sony did it aswell
lets's go apple - i3 plus ditch the optical
i know it's crazy but one guy in the other forum had a great idea- put the power adaptor in. i know heat issues but can you imagine. powercord going direct to magsafe? that would be cool....
lets's go apple - i3 plus ditch the optical
i know it's crazy but one guy in the other forum had a great idea- put the power adaptor in. i know heat issues but can you imagine. powercord going direct to magsafe? that would be cool....