On 16/08/2013, at 11:44 AM, Peter Crisp <petercr...@westnet.com.au> wrote:
> Thanks Daniel, yes i like the 27" Thunderbolt displays. i have an iTunes > library around 220GB and photos >50GB, so 256GB no good for me and no doubt > they will get bigger not smaller. > > Do you feel that the extra cost of the retina is worth it over the non-retina > MBP in 13". I always wondered why the retina machine doesn't have the > Superdrive built in. Any reason? I suppose out of habit I will find it hard > to go without a Superdrive but lots of other machines in the house if I need > to burn something - or just buy an external USB Superdrive. > > Regards > > > Pete > The main reason there is no Superdrive is pretty straightforward - there's no room! The case is simply too thin to accommodate one. It's the same reason why standard Ethernet and Video ports have given way to a couple of Thunderbolt ports. I must say though, as a Retina MacBook Pro (15") owner, that when I bought the computer just a little over 12 months ago (not long after they were first released) I made certain to add an external USB DVD drive to the purchase. I think I've used maybe four times since. With the cheapest USB thumb drives having the same capacity as a regular DVD, the low cost of external drives and the availability of services such as the App Store, DropBox, iCloud and Copy.com, I find I simply have no need for an optical drive, other than to read the occasional CD or DVD; and as you point out, my iMacs both have optical drives which I find I invariably end up using anyway. My laptop is used mainly for work "on the road" so it's very rare that I have the ne ed to burn CDs or DVDs on it. I do find the lack of direct ports such as Ethernet or Video a little inconvenient in one respect, but on the other hand the versatility of the Thunderbolt ports some how makes up for it. I agree with Daniel in the fact that this is the way of the future for Apple laptops. I think we have seen the end of the "traditional" model represented by the current 15" non-retina model. Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
