Closing the book on Apple's Mac mini

[Charles Dyer]

On 25 May 2007, at 19:24:47, Roland Torres wrote:

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> On May 25, 2007, at 4:15 PM, Matt Johnston wrote:
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>> On 26 May 2007, at 00:09, LuKreme wrote:
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>>> Improved form factor?  I think the mini's form factor is just  
>>> about perfect.  It couldn't be smaller without eliminating the  
>>> optical drive, and I don't think that's a good idea.
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>> The Mac is dependent on it's optical drive. Utterly dependent.
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> Why not reduce the form factor with an (optional) external optical  
> drive?

If the optical drive is optional, you install new software how exactly?