[X4U] MW Expo; I'm underwhelmed

[Linda]

On 1/16/08 3:36 PM, Ed Gould wrote:

> He  said they have the ability to "acquire" optical drives from other
> systems. 

Yes, this is true.

> I then ask so what if you don't have other systems to  acquire optical drive
> from. 

Then, you use the external optical drive. Or go to your local Apple Store.

> So my  question is is this true?

Yes.

> if so what was Apple thinking?

That this probably won't be someone's "workhorse" computer -- it's thin,
light, and a traveler's email and word-processing machine, quite possibly
not someone's "only" computer, and that new OSes come out on optical disc
only every 18 months-3 years, which is negligible in the life of the
computer.

I wouldn't be surprised if Mac OS X 10.6 ships with "bootable thumb drive"
as an option besides DVD. Suddenly you don't need an optical drive to
install Mac OS...

~Linda
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