[X4U] MW Expo; I'm underwhelmed

[Jens Selvig]

Speculating on what Apple was thinking . . . I am thinking they see a  
future where devices like hard drives, DVD Drives, Cameras all have  
wireless built in. Kind of makes some sense, if you have 3 computers  
in your home why not share some of the peripherals? I'd bet that most  
of the purchasers of the Air Books already own other Macs.

Thinking paradigm shift, software comes via the Internet, backups  
happen wirelessly, is the weight and expense of the DVD drive  
necessary? I'd say nope.

I clearly remember my Windows using friends (and many Mac users, too)  
thinking it was stupid to not include a floppy drive.

So we may have just witnessed a change in direction for Apple.

Jens

Jens Selvig
...Lost in Montana...

On Jan 16, 2008, at 2:36 PM, Ed Gould wrote:

>
> On Jan 16, 2008, at 9:33 AM, Jens Selvig wrote:
>
>>
>> ----------------------SNIP---------
>> I kind of see this new laptop as a pretty big change in direction  
>> for Apple. Sort of like when they dropped floppy drives. I can't  
>> see not having a CD/DVD drive included with the laptop. Maybe in 5  
>> years it will be normal?
>
> Jens,
>
> I have a friend who really digs Apple. He called me up all excited  
> last night and told me all the "news". When he got to the new laptop  
> he said because they were so thin they did not come with an optical  
> drive, I said OK but how are you going to install new OS's on it. He  
> said they have the ability to "acquire" optical drives from other  
> systems. I then ask so what if you don't have other systems to  
> acquire optical drive from. That left him unable to answer. So my  
> question is is this true? if so what was Apple thinking?
>
> Ed