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Posted Sep 24, 2007 11:03 by Sally B.
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 All for the pursuit of elegance and longer battery life: the new MacBook is rumored to be launched without an optical drive built-in, disorienting those who are used to the quite reassuring presence of the DVD (or CD) drive.Why take out the DVD drive, though? The new MacBook will sport an ultra-thin package, so the bulky DVD drive has to be removed in order to accommodate the MacBook's diet plans. Battery life was also considered a factor, and it's quite obvious how the removal of an optical drive will boost a laptop's battery life. It may also make the MacBook more durable, with less moving parts in its innards. If the removal of the DVD drive from the new MacBooks turn out to be true, it's going to cause a lot of commotion. People may lament the loss of the DVD drive, thinking about software installation and DVD burning. Don't fret: that's what the external optical drives are for. |
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by Just_a_guy - 2007-09-24 |
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» um yay?
I don't really care because I could just watch the video on another one of my 9 DVD players!
I don't really care because I could just watch the video on another one of my 9 DVD players!
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by Just_a_guy - 2007-09-24 |
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» wait...
I can't wait to get the new updated macbook pro if this rumor proves to be true!
I can't wait to get the new updated macbook pro if this rumor proves to be true!
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by Just_a_guy - 2007-09-24 |
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» wait...
sorry for the tripple in a row posts, but how would you install OS X or even use the Disk in these new macbooks? The disks are DVDs!
sorry for the tripple in a row posts, but how would you install OS X or even use the Disk in these new macbooks? The disks are DVDs!
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Re: Sally B. (QJ. NET Staff) - 2007-09-24 |
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» OS installations
If I remember correctly, some IBM laptops have the OS installer stored in their harddrives, ready to use in case the laptop needs to be reset to factory settings. Apple may implement a similar method to install the OS :)
If I remember correctly, some IBM laptops have the OS installer stored in their harddrives, ready to use in case the laptop needs to be reset to factory settings. Apple may implement a similar method to install the OS :)
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Re: Just_a_guy - 2007-09-24 |
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» um.....
aren't the re-install disks used when you can't start up your computer properly, and thus can't get to the IBM style installer?
And what if you want to upgrade your OS?
aren't the re-install disks used when you can't start up your computer properly, and thus can't get to the IBM style installer?
And what if you want to upgrade your OS?
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by danb91 - 2007-09-24 |
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» uh
this is just a speculated guess from 9to5 mac, no source of this info whatsoever
this is just a speculated guess from 9to5 mac, no source of this info whatsoever
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by Someone_PR - 2007-09-26 |
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» well...
Sony tried this in the past... selling an external dvd drive that match the laptop form factor... and guess what? not a selling laptop... but this is apple and the Vaio one was a bad performance one... so... who knows... maybe they will do the laptop that I really want to buy.. I want an apple laptop but they laptops don't tell me nothing... want more stylich like the vaios....
Sony tried this in the past... selling an external dvd drive that match the laptop form factor... and guess what? not a selling laptop... but this is apple and the Vaio one was a bad performance one... so... who knows... maybe they will do the laptop that I really want to buy.. I want an apple laptop but they laptops don't tell me nothing... want more stylich like the vaios....
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by shabghai360 - 2007-09-30 |
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» why not
a few years ago a college needed help as her apple wall street crapped out and would not boot. I had a 512mb flash card in my camera and we had a PC card CF reader. I simply dumped a bootable system from my wall street to the CF and with this booted her wall street and was able to run Apples disk utility to repair the problem. This was in the days of MacOS 9. we have moved technically much further now and a usb stick of 2GB costs very little these days. Why use an expensive optical drive that is hungry for power when a usb stick can deliver the goods.
a few years ago a college needed help as her apple wall street crapped out and would not boot. I had a 512mb flash card in my camera and we had a PC card CF reader. I simply dumped a bootable system from my wall street to the CF and with this booted her wall street and was able to run Apples disk utility to repair the problem. This was in the days of MacOS 9. we have moved technically much further now and a usb stick of 2GB costs very little these days. Why use an expensive optical drive that is hungry for power when a usb stick can deliver the goods.
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