Closing the book on Apple's Mac mini

[Ashley Aitken]

I think removing the optical drive from the Mac mini wouldn't be  
sensible, considering its target market and low-end status.  It's  
also not in need of any size reduction.

On the other hand, I will be disappointed if Apple put  an optical  
drive in the MacBook nano (or whatever they call it).  I'd definitely  
prefer the space to be used for more battery.

With Gigabyte thumb drives, high-speed networking (wireless or  
wired), and the powerful Target Disk Mode, I think the need for  
optical drives is much reduced.

Of course, an optional external optical drive would be useful for the  
majority of user, although I would hope it would be possible to get  
buy without one (or more correctly using one on another Mac).

My PowerBook Duo was my favourite Mac, and I managed to survive, even  
doing major OS updates without an external floppy drive (or dock).   
IIRC, I used the RAM disk - yes, I know, very dicey, but it worked.

Cheers,
Ashley.

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Ashley Aitken
Perth, Western Australia
mrhatken at mac dot com
Skype Name: MrHatken (GMT + 8 Hours!)