Q: No DVD drive in new iMac ???

R C-R wrote:

 

El Deanio wrote:

This is the one I use. http://www.lg.com/us/data-storage/lg-BP06LU10

 

Thanks for the info.

According to the review on that site by user "Uzbeckin" this is one of the ones that requires two USB ports, one just for extra power. Have you been using it that way?

Actually no.  When at first it didn't work properly in my USB hub, I tried it direct in the rear of my iMac where it subsequently has been working okay.

There is this extra USB connection though.  I've often wondered what it was for.

Looks like the market is speaking. Here is what the analyst say for the next MacBook release:

While no major design changes are thought to be in store for WWDC, Kuo now thinks Apple will keep the optical drive-toting MacBook Pro alive alongside the company's most advanced MacBook Pro with Retina display and MacBook Air models. The analyst previously forecast Apple would retire the line as it moved to all-Retina product offerings.

"There is still demand in emerging markets, where Internet penetration isn't advanced, for optical disk drives," he said of the 13- and 15-inch non-Retina MacBook Pro. Apple's top-tier MacBook lineup eschewed the previous built-in SuperDrive in a bid to slim down the chassis and cut weight.

justamacguy wrote:

 

Looks like the market is speaking. Here is what the analyst say for the next MacBook release:

What analyst?

Csound1 wrote:

 

justamacguy wrote:

 

Looks like the market is speaking. Here is what the analyst say for the next MacBook release:

What analyst?

KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.

crh24 wrote:

 

Csound1 wrote:

 

justamacguy wrote:

 

Looks like the market is speaking. Here is what the analyst say for the next MacBook release:

What analyst?

KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.

And he would have access to the Apples future production plans how?

Csound1 wrote:

And he would have access to the Apples future production plans how?

Don't be lazy and do some reserch if you will respond as above:

http://www.macrumors.com/2013/04/28/notebook-refresh-to-be-highlight-of-wwdc-non -retina-macbook-pro-to-continue/

Maybe they will ditch the regular pros and just have a 13" "low cost" plastic MacBook for sub $1000

Fred Jorge wrote:

 

Csound1 wrote:

And he would have access to the Apples future production plans how?

 

Don't be lazy and do some reserch if you will respond as above:

 

http://www.macrumors.com/2013/04/28/notebook-refresh-to-be-highlight-of-wwdc-non -retina-macbook-pro-to-continue/

Because it does not address the question. Merely repeats journalistic speculation.

He refers to "recent claims" but does not say who are the claimants

He quotes his own projection as an authourity for his next projection

"Contrary to our previous projection, we now think Apple will continue to make the MacBook Pro alongside the MacBook Air and Retina MacBook Pro because the 13” MacBook Pro remains the most popular product in the MacBook line. Also, there is still demand in emerging markets, where Internet penetration isn’t advanced, for optical disk drives.

Without ever mentioning how he gained access to Apples future production plans?

You're easily led sir.

And research has an A in it.

Previous projections may have been based on previous apple projections that now may have shifted based on consumer dissatifaction and product sales.

Csound1 wrote:

And research has an A in it.

Please forgive my typing inadequacies...oh Holier than thou.

Fred Jorge wrote:

 

Previous projections may have been based on previous apple projections that now may have shifted based on consumer dissatifaction and product sales.

Projections? May?

Another speculative line lacking any facts.

justamacguy wrote:

Looks like the market is speaking. Here is what the analyst say for the next MacBook release...

Maybe I missed something but that looks like an analyst speaking, not the market.

But that said, I would not be at all surprised if Apple continued to offer built-in DVD drives in some of its laptops for a few more years. After all, laptops are really the only conventional "all-in-one" computers on the market, so the alternative external optical drive option has less market appeal for them than for desktops, which typically live on a, well, desktop with room for them & near-zero portability issues to worry about.

My own, non-expert market prediction is that DVD's will increasingly be replaced with USB thumb drives, which are already cost competitive for many uses, offer much faster performance, better reusability, & substantially better portability because of their ruggedness, small size, & high data density.

I'm not even sure how much longer Blu-Ray discs will survive. I can already play better than DVD quality video on my "smart," Internet connected TV & it even supports high quality 1080P MPEG-4 movies on USB thumb drives plugged into it. Netflix & Blockbuster are putting ever increasing emphasis on Internet-based delivery to every imaginable kind of Internet-capable device with a screen. Younger consumers are beginning to regard optical discs much the same way as vinyl records, as old fashioned & too slow for the instant access to everything they demand.

I agree that DVD drives will eventually be replaced.  However, Apple is about 5 years premature.  There are still $billions in media sold on optical media.  It's also widely used for other purposes by many I've converesed with, and I often use the superdrive in my 2011 iMac to rip CD's, burn movies, burn playlists, give photos and videos to friends, etc.

The lack of an optical drive, relocating the SD card slot to the back, and not having one conveniently placed USB port to quickly connect/disconnect devices, is resulting in "significant inventories" and Apple halting component orders for it's Mac product line.  The market has spoken.  Hopefully Apple is listening.

Digitimes reports that Apple has essentially halted all component orders for its Mac product lines, apparently working through significant inventories of components delivered during an aggressive ramp-up late last year that may have proven overly aggressive.

http://www.macrumors.com/2013/04/18/apple-halting-mac-component-orders-due-to-ov erestimated-demand/

The removal of the optical drive is is about 5 years premature.  There are still $billions in media sold on optical media.  It's also widely used for other purposes by many I've converesed with, and I often use the superdrive in my 2011 iMac to rip CD's, burn movies, burn playlists, give photos and videos to friends, etc.

The lack of an optical drive, relocating the SD card slot to the back, and not having one conveniently placed USB port to quickly connect/disconnect devices, is resulting in "significant inventories" and Apple halting component orders for it's Mac product line.  The market has spoken.  Hopefully Apple is listening.

Digitimes reports that Apple has essentially halted all component orders for its Mac product lines, apparently working through significant inventories of components delivered during an aggressive ramp-up late last year that may have proven overly aggressive.

http://www.macrumors.com/2013/04/18/apple-halting-mac-component-orders-due-to-ov erestimated-demand/

Csound1 wrote:

 

justamacguy wrote:

 

Looks like the market is speaking. Here is what the analyst say for the next MacBook release:

What analyst?

His!

LOL

Sorry Justamacguy.  I just couldn't resist that.  I don't really think you're mad. Honest.