I don't get the squirming over no optical drive.I think it's an astonishingly good idea. When was the last time you used the drive in your PC?
(Well I'm sure someone will pipe up about how they use it all the time) - so the last time *I* used the drive in my PC was to install drivers for a new graphics card.
Optical drives are things that are used intermittently, so why carry it around with you every day? That doesn't make sense. I think that's a very brave and astute move on Apple's behalf.
Plus the thing to use the CDrom on any other Mac or PC really easily over wireless for the few times you do need it is a stroke of genius.
It's a super-light, stylish, reasonably powerful machine. It's a heck of a lot more portable than those clunky 4cm thick things.
I hope they manage to find a way to make the whole screen a touch-screen like the iPhone, to replace the trackpad.
((Well I'm sure someone will pipe up about how they use it all the time) - so the last time *I* used the drive in my PC was to install drivers for a new graphics card.
Optical drives are things that are used intermittently, so why carry it around with you every day? That doesn't make sense. I think that's a very brave and astute move on Apple's behalf.
Plus the thing to use the CDrom on any other Mac or PC really easily over wireless for the few times you do need it is a stroke of genius.
It's a super-light, stylish, reasonably powerful machine. It's a heck of a lot more portable than those clunky 4cm thick things.
I hope they manage to find a way to make the whole screen a touch-screen like the iPhone, to replace the trackpad.
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