I'm pleased to have the latest iMac with an optical drive. In this curmudgeon's opinion, Apple's removal of an optical drive from a desktop computer simply so that it is very _slightly_ thinner is in extremely poor taste. The fact is that we keep DVDs and CDs in our homes, and are glad of the added comfort of inserting a disc in the side, instead of buggering about with an external box that's hanging crazily off the bottom. And the Mac Mini--what did they do to that poor thing? Is there any hope for it as a personal set-top box now? Ugh!
Laptops, though? Keep an optical drive with you (I recommend Lite-on, unless doing bootable OS installs). Under normal circumstances, you will probably find that you do not need one and will be glad not to have one. Still, be sure to stick two fingers up at Apple by not buying from their stores unless it's DRM free, because honestly that's still the biggest reason to have the drive. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
