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> Earlier Macbook models already did away with ethernet ports and the CD/DVD drive - a move which seemed absurd at the time, but I’d argue Apple was ultimately

> Earlier Macbook models already did away with ethernet ports and the CD/DVD drive - a move which seemed absurd at the time, but I’d argue Apple was ultimately exonerated. When was the last time you put a CD into your computer? My PC, I put a DVD in almost every week, and has an ethernet cable running to it. If my mac had an ethernet port, there would be one plugged into it. I find it very annoying that it doesn't. Rather than exonerated, they are just things I need to put up with to get my work done (because everyone at work uses a mac).

el_benhameen 10y ago
Not trolling: what do you use DVDs for on a weekly basis? I haven't had a DVD-playing device in a few years, and it's been a problem exactly once, when I needed to get some photos from an archival DVD. Never use them at work.
- wtbob 10y ago
  I can't answer for RHSeeger, but I like to watch movies on DVD, because the streaming options (particularly Netflix) are so horrible.
  - zanny 10y ago
    I ripped my DVD collection years ago, internal storage is so cheap it makes no sense to keep around spinning discs and drives to read them.
- nol13 10y ago
  Redbox is still cheaper and better selection than pay-per-view or any streaming service, even if artificially inconvenient. (so i can then rip the dvd from my drive > usb stick > roku 3)
to3m 10y ago
Do you think this is very common? I haven't used discs regularly in my PC since about 2005. In 2011-13, I used DVDRs to make regular repo backups for the company I ran at the time. In 2006-9 I had a car with a CD player but no tape deck (so no tape adapter), so occasionally I would burn an audio CD. Aside from that, nothing. My 18 month old MBP doesn't have a DVD drive, and I have to say it's never once been a problem. My desktop PC does have a DVD drive, but I can't remember ever using it after I installed Windows 7 in 2012. It might not even be connected any more... I can't remember... Anecdotally, from talking to friends and colleagues, I don't seem to be very unusual in this respect. Ethernet is potentially an issue, since even today wi-fi can still be hit or miss, while cables remain as reliable and high-bandwidth as ever. So when I bought my MBP last March, I bought a USB3 ethernet dongle for it, and that's done the trick. Though to be honest I haven't ended up using it as much as I'd expected I would... Apple's track record on this stuff is fairly good, I'd say. When they get rid of something, there's a better-than-merely-non-zero chance they're right. And while I'd never suggest holding fire just on that basis - after all, they're betting on wireless headphones, which is obviously crazy talk - as a purely practical matter, waiting and seeing will at least save you from a bombardment of neckbeard fanboy spittle ;)

el_benhameen 10y ago

Not trolling: what do you use DVDs for on a weekly basis? I haven't had a DVD-playing device in a few years, and it's been a problem exactly once, when I needed to get some photos from an archival DVD. Never use them at work.

wtbob 10y ago
I can't answer for RHSeeger, but I like to watch movies on DVD, because the streaming options (particularly Netflix) are so horrible.
- zanny 10y ago
  I ripped my DVD collection years ago, internal storage is so cheap it makes no sense to keep around spinning discs and drives to read them.
nol13 10y ago
Redbox is still cheaper and better selection than pay-per-view or any streaming service, even if artificially inconvenient. (so i can then rip the dvd from my drive > usb stick > roku 3)

to3m 10y ago

Do you think this is very common? I haven't used discs regularly in my PC since about 2005. In 2011-13, I used DVDRs to make regular repo backups for the company I ran at the time. In 2006-9 I had a car with a CD player but no tape deck (so no tape adapter), so occasionally I would burn an audio CD. Aside from that, nothing. My 18 month old MBP doesn't have a DVD drive, and I have to say it's never once been a problem. My desktop PC does have a DVD drive, but I can't remember ever using it after I installed Windows 7 in 2012. It might not even be connected any more... I can't remember... Anecdotally, from talking to friends and colleagues, I don't seem to be very unusual in this respect. Ethernet is potentially an issue, since even today wi-fi can still be hit or miss, while cables remain as reliable and high-bandwidth as ever. So when I bought my MBP last March, I bought a USB3 ethernet dongle for it, and that's done the trick. Though to be honest I haven't ended up using it as much as I'd expected I would... Apple's track record on this stuff is fairly good, I'd say. When they get rid of something, there's a better-than-merely-non-zero chance they're right. And while I'd never suggest holding fire just on that basis - after all, they're betting on wireless headphones, which is obviously crazy talk - as a purely practical matter, waiting and seeing will at least save you from a bombardment of neckbeard fanboy spittle ;)