Apple should add a second optical drive.
I agree. Take out the Mobo and put in a second optical drive.
Apple should add a second optical drive.
Cool. Apple could remake the Time Machine into such a device. It would be like a little cloud. Call it Local Fog, or The Mist.
//sigh
if only the optical drive really were a scapegoat to everything that is wrong in the Macbook Pro.
lol. you mean it's NOT?
funny though. there is quite a witchhunt going on right now for this poor optical drive.
I posted this in the thread about MBPs with Flash Storage instead of HDDs
I would push for this set up here:
Keep the MacBook and MacBook Pro Line.
Add a New Line: MacbBook Studio (For lack of a better name)
MacBook Studio:
15"/17" (or go the route of 14"/16" (i'd rather go 16:10))
i5/i7 Processor, 4-8GB RAM (or more?)
64/128/256GB of Flash Memory
500/1TB HDD
No Optical Drive
Cut Body a bit thinner than MBP
Add more Batteries in place of Optical Drive/Add better Graphic Options/Add more ports
Hence we now have a MacBook Studio that includes a main Flash Storage for the Core OS, a HDD for storage of Media and large Files. Extra Room with the subtraction of the Optical Drive for added value/performance upgrade.
Couple this with the small hardware footprint in the MBAs we can achieve a really powerful MacBook "Studio".
How Apple keeps distinguishing the 13" Air vs. the 13" Pro is going to be interesting over the next couple of years.
This "MBS" is a lot better than MBP.
Maybe we should just turn MBP into MBS?
Better processors, discrete graphics, higher storage capacity, better battery life. I'm no designer, but the optical drive takes up a lot of space. Surely two or three (or all?) of these things should be feasible if they remove it...
Do you mean add an optical drive to the Time Capsule? That would be cool! You don't have to have another full computer to borrow its optical drive, and while Time Machine is backing up your Mac, you have an optical drive to work with, but your Mac doesn't have to power it, and you don't have to carry it!
Here it is:
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I would like the option to replace it for an SSD, so you get like a 256GB SSD to store the OS and applications. And you got an traditional HDD to store your content.
Great pic. This should have been shown at the top of the thread. This really highlights now much space is wasted by the SuperDrive if you don't use it.![]()
Notice that the OD is almost as big, if not bigger, than the logic board
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Notice that the OD is almost as big, if not bigger, than the logic board
Its a big trade-off. Especially for those who need the power that don't use the optical drive, its dead weight in my MBP.
Great pic. This should have been shown at the top of the thread. This really highlights now much space is wasted by the SuperDrive if you don't use it.
Do you mean add an optical drive to the Time Capsule? That would be cool! You don't have to have another full computer to borrow its optical drive, and while Time Machine is backing up your Mac, you have an optical drive to work with, but your Mac doesn't have to power it, and you don't have to carry it!
Here it is:
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I dont see it gone for at least 10 years as there are a lot of people in areas of the united states that dont have the ability to use broadband internet they use a telephone dial up for there internet. netflix and itunes will crawl trying to stream or even download digital content so i cant even see even trying to use the mac app store then as it would take forever trying to get something downloaded. so there are people that still need there optical drive built into the computer and a usb telephone modem