Originally Posted by
skofarrell
I haven't bought an audio CD in years.
I haven't bought a DVD in years.
I did watch Netflix DVD's...no more.
I have bought movies from itunes, and will continue. I'll also continue to stream Netflix.
I have a usb DVD drive, but I think I've used it once.
Like the parallel port, why continue to add something that is used once in a blue moon?
But what about your Blu-Rays?
I watch Blu-Rays from my home theater collection on my Vaio TT all the ti...oh, right. Never mind.
Also I burn CAD/CAM and photos/image files to CD/DVD all the time to give to clients, colleagues, friends, etc. Should I just buy a bunch of 1 or 2 GB SD cards and give those away instead? A Laptop without a CD/DVD burner is useless to me and carrying a USB optical drive defeats the purpose of a 2.8 lb laptop.
I would say that on it's face it is a dumb move but of course Apple's motivations are to kill a costly third production tier and force their customers into buying the more expensive MacBook Pro.
I am sure that many an Apple - ahem - fan, will applaud the decision and thank Apple for relieving them of the burden of having too many choices.
