Hi, The only Mac that has a built-in optical drive is the older 13" MacBook Pro. Even the new MacPro does not come with a built-in DVD optical drive. My understanding is two fold. This makes it a more sleek and lighter machine and looking forward. Apple saw the demise of floppy drives back in the 90's and thus did not include them in their introduction of the iMac back in the late 90's. With the movement towards digital everything, Apple is likely using the same approach with the optical drive. Those folks who still think that they need an optical drive are able to use external USB optical drives including Apple's USB SuperDrive. I had numerous conversations with people who felt that they still wanted the optical drive, but when looking back over their use, found them to be so seldom used, that they weren't worth the extra weight in their laptop.
Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jul 17, 2014, at 9:21 AM, Brandon A. Olivares <programmer2...@gmail.com> wrote: > So I just got a new Macbook Pro, and like my old Air, it doesn't have a CD > drive. Do none of the Macs have CD drives anymore, and why not? I don't > generally need it, but it's not uncommon to have to install something by CD, > or for some album to only be available on CD. Just curious. > > Peace, > Brandon > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
