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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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Feb 1, 2010, 05:04 PM #6
twl130
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Farther North than I wish to be.
my dream 13" uMBP...
I'd like to see a 13" uMBP with these specs as the step-up model:

Intel Core i5
ATI Mobility M5800 series discrete graphics
Display Port WITH audio support
higher resolution screen... say, 1440x900
matte screen option!

And though I know this is a pipe-dream...

NO OPTICAL DRIVE WHATSOEVER... perhaps another HDD option or a double battery pack?!
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saw this at the macbook forum...
 
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. :cool:
 
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....
 
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