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 compan

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 ;)