Comments on: Apple to put the ODD on the BOTTOM of new Macbooks? http://www.applegazette.com/mac/apple-to-put-the-odd-on-the-bottom-of-new-macbooks/ Apple Gazette - An Apple Blog Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:45:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: hmax http://www.applegazette.com/mac/apple-to-put-the-odd-on-the-bottom-of-new-macbooks/comment-page-1/#comment-51478 hmax Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:13:04 +0000 http://www.applegazette.com/mac/apple-to-put-the-odd-on-the-bottom-of-new-macbooks/#comment-51478 haha, Its the sort of idea I would have on impulse - totally plausable at the time but in hindsight - lame. There will simply be no optical drive at all in the new range! Or least I hope so, I dunno - even blu ray discs already feel dated and they havent even taken off yet.. I say solid state all the way ;) lighter, more power efficient, less breakable, and in the long run, cheaper. haha, Its the sort of idea I would have on impulse – totally plausable at the time but in hindsight – lame.

There will simply be no optical drive at all in the new range! Or least I hope so, I dunno – even blu ray discs already feel dated and they havent even taken off yet..

I say solid state all the way ;) lighter, more power efficient, less breakable, and in the long run, cheaper.

]]> By: sys0p http://www.applegazette.com/mac/apple-to-put-the-odd-on-the-bottom-of-new-macbooks/comment-page-1/#comment-4211 sys0p Fri, 26 Jan 2007 19:55:43 +0000 http://www.applegazette.com/mac/apple-to-put-the-odd-on-the-bottom-of-new-macbooks/#comment-4211 Maybe they are going to place it behind the screen ... or under the keyboard, when it turns into a touchscreen ... Maybe they are going to place it behind the screen … or under the keyboard, when it turns into a touchscreen …

]]> By: Neven http://www.applegazette.com/mac/apple-to-put-the-odd-on-the-bottom-of-new-macbooks/comment-page-1/#comment-4210 Neven Fri, 26 Jan 2007 19:55:20 +0000 http://www.applegazette.com/mac/apple-to-put-the-odd-on-the-bottom-of-new-macbooks/#comment-4210 Calm down, calm down... Have you seen what the patent applications for iPhone features looked like? Yuck-o. If this ever makes it into Apple portables, it will be very different in form. It always amazes me when people go, "so what happens when I click the eject button?" Your laptop falls apart, of course. Because you're the first person to think of that possibility. By the way, what happens when you click eject on ANY tray/slot drive with something in the way of the exiting disc? Think about it. Calm down, calm down… Have you seen what the patent applications for iPhone features looked like? Yuck-o.

If this ever makes it into Apple portables, it will be very different in form.

It always amazes me when people go, “so what happens when I click the eject button?” Your laptop falls apart, of course. Because you’re the first person to think of that possibility.

By the way, what happens when you click eject on ANY tray/slot drive with something in the way of the exiting disc? Think about it.

]]> By: Mrad http://www.applegazette.com/mac/apple-to-put-the-odd-on-the-bottom-of-new-macbooks/comment-page-1/#comment-4207 Mrad Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:48:50 +0000 http://www.applegazette.com/mac/apple-to-put-the-odd-on-the-bottom-of-new-macbooks/#comment-4207 I'm not buyin' it. Picking up your MacBook to insert a cd or dvd? No way. I’m not buyin’ it. Picking up your MacBook to insert a cd or dvd? No way.

]]> By: drg http://www.applegazette.com/mac/apple-to-put-the-odd-on-the-bottom-of-new-macbooks/comment-page-1/#comment-4205 drg Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:07:01 +0000 http://www.applegazette.com/mac/apple-to-put-the-odd-on-the-bottom-of-new-macbooks/#comment-4205 If the drive is only nested there at the bottom but will be withdrawn, placed and used alongside the laptop when necessary... otherwise, the idea of lifting the computer high enough to swing open a door is a bit weird. If the drive is only nested there at the bottom but will be withdrawn, placed and used alongside the laptop when necessary… otherwise, the idea of lifting the computer high enough to swing open a door is a bit weird.

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