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grandfield Author

Level 1

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No DVD drive in new iMac ???

So I have just completely upgraded my 15 years of home movies on DVD over the last year.

I converted video, old DVDs and used imovie to make great copies for all the family.

I just learned that if I get a new imac from Dec 2012, they have no DVD drive ?

What ?

If its true, then I need to buy into some device that can play and burn them for the next years.

Yep, Apple have a vision, but I cannot see it and I am 50.

In 180 months , when I am 65, I wont care about the visons of Apple.

But i will care about the memories on the discs and as Apple dont let on why they restrict the continuation or stop the use or anyone else using aformat that quite honestly is massively serviceable today and will be for some years.

Glad I dint chucj out the old dell and also, I will going fire her up to play my movies and memories. Steve Jobs is pictured on some of those DVDs, guess the new guys wanted to move on pretty fast from that era too !

Hmmm, now where is the off button, I need to do some exercise and get real again !

see ya

iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)

Posted on Oct 23, 2012 3:19 PM

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Klaus1

Level 9

52,811 points

Posted on Oct 23, 2012 3:30 PM

Just do what I will be doing: don't buy a new iMac! 👿

With no Firewire you won't be able to connect your video camera either!

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Jan 4, 2013 1:24 PM in response to Csound1

I remember the Bernoulli. I was (keyword was) a Kinko's Computer Services Specialist back in the late 90's

RRFS

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Jan 4, 2013 1:25 PM in response to grandfield

I see an opportunity to create a new style stand for a Thunderbolt connected SATA III drive enclosure with a SD reader and forward facing USB 3 ports. Since there is a bit of room between the bottom of the display and the top of the base it could all be housed in a base that utilizes that area for externally connected devices, removable HD/SSD in a dock with the DVD tray load below it. Just pull off the old stand and install the new one. Any thoughts?

rjg30

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Jan 4, 2013 1:25 PM in response to grandfield

I fully expect my stack of DVD+R's to be joining the box of 80-column FORTRAN punched cards I had left over from my Ph.D. project, which are still taking up space in my garage. Before too long, they'll be just as useless due to a complete lack of optical drive hardware outside of a museum.

Jan 4, 2013 1:29 PM in response to Jeff Nitschke

I had a Radius 81/110 (an Apple licenced clone) as my work machine back then

Jan 4, 2013 1:32 PM in response to Jeff Nitschke

Sexy:

Csound1

Level 9

60,033 points

Jan 4, 2013 1:33 PM in response to Jeff Nitschke

Forgot how big they were 😮

Jan 4, 2013 1:34 PM in response to Csound1

And built like an old Chevy or Ford

Csound1

Level 9

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Jan 4, 2013 1:35 PM in response to Jeff Nitschke

Oh, you mean built badly?

rjg30

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Jan 4, 2013 1:37 PM in response to Jeff Nitschke

Kids today don't appreciate the speed of hardware advances. In 1992 we spent over £150k on a Silicon Graphics IRIS 4D workstation with a 60MB hard drive. And 512kB RAM!!! A machine like *anything* you can buy nowadays was pure science fiction. And people gripe about having to PLUG IN an optical drive!