In this regard what I mean is that an optical drive makes the most sense in the larger machines and should be standard in the 17" machine for now. In the 13" machine it should simply disappear, the 15" is a toss up though.
In regards to usage, the few time I've used the drive in my 15" MBP has been at the desktop where an external drive would be fine. Between USB sticks and flash cards I don't use the drive for much at all. More importantly for the vast majority of users I don't see the drives being used at all.
Laptop design is a big issue too. Get rid ofoptical drive and you free up space for innovation in design. Especially the small machines which serve different needs than the larger laptops. Especially the 13" machine which could easily become an ultra mobile.
Dave
Don't this this will happen. They will just get smaller like the netbooks.
Totally, 100% disagree. Looking at the HP Envy line versus the Macbook Pro (both 13 and 15") the computers aren't dramatically smaller or lighter despite using similar materials and construction with external drives. I hate to keep using this example, but when I can order a 13" Vaio with an optical drive and SSD RAID in a 3lb package, I don't see the problem.
The Envy has much better specs.
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Remember folks, removing the DVD drive only saves about 160 grams (5.6 ounces) in weight, and since they are the same 9.5mm in hight as the hard drive, removing it would not make the laptop any thiner. The screen size determines the other dimensions, so unless you are taking about Apple making an 8-10 inch netbook (which they won't), removing the optical drive will not shrink the laptops at all. It would, of course, make room for some other components (which nixes any weight reduction).
It's not about weight, and it's not about making the notebook thinner or smaller (although it might get tapered). It's about more components in the same space, including the battery.
And no, removing the optical drive in a notebook doesn't mean an optical drive cannot be used in the notebook.
Those that don't want an optical drive just go buy an Air and an iPad and leave the rest of us to continue ripping and burning CD's and DVD's and hoping to one day be allowed to watch our blu-ray collections on our $2000 Macs.
Those that don't want an optical drive just go buy an Air and an iPad and leave the rest of us to continue ripping and burning CD's and DVD's and hoping to one day be allowed to watch our blu-ray collections on our $2000 Macs.
I don't want the low specs of a MacBook Air. I want MacBook Pro specs without the optical drive, so I can have a second hard drive and a larger battery.
For the people who really want a second interal hard drive insted of the optical, just get one from MCE http://www.mcetech.com/optibay/index.html they are not hard to instal at all, but you can have them do it for $49.00.
I don't want the low specs of a MacBook Air. I want MacBook Pro specs without the optical drive, so I can have a second hard drive and a larger battery.
You can get a 1tb external drive for under a hundred bucks, but then I can get a blu- ray player for the same price. I guess we're both catered for
I don't want the low specs of a MacBook Air. I want MacBook Pro specs without the optical drive, so I can have a second hard drive and a larger battery.
And I wanted a full power 13" Macbook pro with BluRay. Apple clearly isn't in the business of giving us what we want. Fortunately, there are other companies out there that will, if you don't mind using Windows (Windows 7 is REALLY good...). I found what I was looking for at Sony, and it seems that HP makes the machine you want.
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In this regard what I mean is that an optical drive makes the most sense in the larger machines and should be standard in the 17" machine for now. In the 13" machine it should simply disappear, the 15" is a toss up though.
In regards to usage, the few time I've used the drive in my 15" MBP has been at the desktop where an external drive would be fine. Between USB sticks and flash cards I don't use the drive for much at all. More importantly for the vast majority of users I don't see the drives being used at all.
Laptop design is a big issue too. Get rid ofoptical drive and you free up space for innovation in design. Especially the small machines which serve different needs than the larger laptops. Especially the 13" machine which could easily become an ultra mobile.
Dave
Don't this this will happen. They will just get smaller like the netbooks.
Totally, 100% disagree. Looking at the HP Envy line versus the Macbook Pro (both 13 and 15") the computers aren't dramatically smaller or lighter despite using similar materials and construction with external drives. I hate to keep using this example, but when I can order a 13" Vaio with an optical drive and SSD RAID in a 3lb package, I don't see the problem.
The Envy has much better specs.
Remember folks, removing the DVD drive only saves about 160 grams (5.6 ounces) in weight, and since they are the same 9.5mm in hight as the hard drive, removing it would not make the laptop any thiner. The screen size determines the other dimensions, so unless you are taking about Apple making an 8-10 inch netbook (which they won't), removing the optical drive will not shrink the laptops at all. It would, of course, make room for some other components (which nixes any weight reduction).
It's not about weight, and it's not about making the notebook thinner or smaller (although it might get tapered). It's about more components in the same space, including the battery.
And no, removing the optical drive in a notebook doesn't mean an optical drive cannot be used in the notebook.
Those that don't want an optical drive just go buy an Air and an iPad and leave the rest of us to continue ripping and burning CD's and DVD's and hoping to one day be allowed to watch our blu-ray collections on our $2000 Macs.
I don't want the low specs of a MacBook Air. I want MacBook Pro specs without the optical drive, so I can have a second hard drive and a larger battery.
I don't want the low specs of a MacBook Air. I want MacBook Pro specs without the optical drive, so I can have a second hard drive and a larger battery.
You can get a 1tb external drive for under a hundred bucks, but then I can get a blu- ray player for the same price. I guess we're both catered for
I don't want the low specs of a MacBook Air. I want MacBook Pro specs without the optical drive, so I can have a second hard drive and a larger battery.
And I wanted a full power 13" Macbook pro with BluRay. Apple clearly isn't in the business of giving us what we want. Fortunately, there are other companies out there that will, if you don't mind using Windows (Windows 7 is REALLY good...). I found what I was looking for at Sony, and it seems that HP makes the machine you want.