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Re:New MacBook Pro series by elithrar on Thursday February 24, 2011 @05:46PM (#2260171)
That they kept the optical drives wasn't a surprise. For most of us (power-users) — who download software and/or use disk images — it's not a necessity, but a lot of regular Joe's still burn CD's/DVD's.

I've had a lot of people look at a MacBook Air and then ask me "where's the DVD drive?".

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Re:New MacBook Pro series by zcid on Thursday February 24, 2011 @06:14PM (#2260251)
Apple could easily leverage this to their advantage by selling an optional external drive and marketing it appropriately.

Or they could design the bay to accommodate an optional battery that would be factory installed.

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