So Apple has come full circle.  That is funny.  The first notebook
computer I ever had was an Apple Macintosh Powerbook 100.  It had no
floppy drive (let alone a CD-ROM drive).  You had to buy the 3.5"
drive separately and plug it in via a cable.

Now they're back where they started.  Kind of.

--Van


On Jul 20, 9:46 am, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote:
> http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/20/apple-updates-mac-mini-core-i5-and...
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> Apple is acting as a market leader again- first it was ditching the floppy 
> drive, now it's the DVD rom. The Air made sense- the ultra slim factor had no 
> room. The Mini is a surprise, though- we use ours as a DVD player and HTPC. I 
> know you can get a SuperDrive via USB, but it's a clumsy solution. Guess it's 
> getting closer to the day that physical media is completely obsolete.

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