On Aug 1, 2011, at 10:50 PM, LuKreme wrote: > On Aug 1, 2011, at 17:48, Nathan Sims <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What is Apple thinking -- that everyone's integrated into the iCloud >> already? I thought the mini was in some part for "switchers", but to come >> without even an optical drive is a deal killer. > > Optical drives in 2011 are a lot like floppy drives in 1997. Other than > burning a backup of Lion, I've not used mine in about a year. > > For the very few people who need an optical drive, Apple offers one for a > reasonable fee.
I do wish that Apple had included one model of the mini with an optical drive, personally. I use a mini as a media center for the family and an in-built optical drive is easier with little kids than a plugged in one and we still get DVDs that we borrow and they want to watch. And I still buy DVDs on sale. And until I get them ripped to my movies volume we use them with the optical drive. I also use my Mac Pro optical drive often to rip new DVDs and I still buy music on CD whenever I can (for the small amount I buy) and I am still finding long lost music CDs of mine (misplaced in moves, etc) that I rip to my iTunes volume. So I use the optical a lot. I do agree with the overall sentiment though that the optical drive is going the way of the DoDo. I just think we are not quite that far along yet. Chad _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
