[X4U] MacBook and USB modem

[Daly Jessup]

At 6:06 AM -0800 5/2/07, nk wrote:
>I've been reading about the MacBook's impressive performance, and 
>actually looking at the BTO page, where one option is a Modem which 
>you connect via USB.
>
>IOW, another thingie with a wire to keep track of!
>
>I had a snow ibook (great machine) with an internal 56K modem. any 
>idea why apple abandoned that in favor of this new gizmo?

I don't know why, but I do have an idea that since so many people use 
broadband and wireless connections, it was a piece of hardware they 
eliminate, saving space in the computer and expense of including 
something that most people don't need.

Daly
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