Comments on: Apple plans on putting the optical drive underneath?

By: db

db — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:27:35 +0000

This is probably one of their dumbest ideas yet.

By: CrimsonKnight13

CrimsonKnight13 — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 05:59:33 +0000

A goofy idea that will possibly never be implemented… ever.

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 02:27:39 +0000

Hmm, looks like its a patent to me. Where does it say that Apple *plans* to do this?

By: spiderwebby

spiderwebby — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 22:35:16 +0000

if they go ahead with this then people will have an even better reason not to buy apple stuff. (other than the fact that its made by apple of course)

By: Brian Larter

Brian Larter — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:09:14 +0000

whats wrong with the slot apple currently has? I think thats great as it is. i think this bottom loader thing is a little ridiculas.

By: cliche

cliche — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:07:09 +0000

It makes sense to me. I can’t remember the last time I used the CD/DVD drive on my laptop… it’s probably back when I installed Windows, Linux, and few core apps like Office and Photoshop. All the smaller apps and media were either downloaded or transferred via LAN. I can see optical drives becoming obsolete in the near future as HD sizes in laptops continue to grow, more people get access to broadband, and LAN (especially wireless) get more common. Besides, if I was Steve, I wouldn’t want people to buy CDs and DVDs in the first place and get them from iTunes instead.

By: leberblock

leberblock — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:30:52 +0000

how about tablet-notebooks? simply lift the screen and insert CD/DVD. so there are no top-down-questions. … only an idea! ;)