[X4U] MW Expo; I'm underwhelmed

[holly sisson]

On Jan 16, 2008, at 4:36 PM, Ed Gould wrote:

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> On Jan 16, 2008, at 9:33 AM, Jens Selvig wrote:
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>> ----------------------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?
—You can attach an optical drive to the airbook, it's available as an  
accessory.

Holly