Closing the book on Apple's Mac mini

[Matt Johnston]

On 29 May 2007, at 00:48, LuKreme wrote:

> On 28-May-2007, at 01:57, Matt Johnston wrote:
>> Okay, then the local-to-you market in Colorado is representative  
>> of the world.
>
> That seems a lot more likely than it being unique.


:) Sure you're not from Texas?

Apple have produced a CD-less machine in the last 5 years - the  
Cluster Node XServe but it's a very specialised piece of kit.

Apple will not sell a consumer Mac without an optical drive. It may  
be external but it will be included. To do otherwise will result in  
them having to rewrite the manual for AppleCare for a start.

One of the best things about apple is the selection of discs they  
give you with every Mac. The very fact they GIVE you the discs with  
the OS is a big bonus (as opposed to the usual PC company method of  
giving you the CAB files on the hard disk...)

All said, I'd welcome a 2007-era Duo. But I'd rather have a modern  
Newton (seeing as I seem to just browse the web and read email all day)

M