Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 23rd Apr 2009 21:58 UTC
During the conference call yesterday about Apple's financial results, COO Tim Cook reiterated Apple's negative stance towards the netbook market. While many of us might want to see a relatively cheap Apple netbook with Mac OS X, all the recent figures do seem to confirm that it simply isn't a good idea for Apple.
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2005-09-21
When the motion picture industry starts distributing films on USB drives... When the music industry starts selling pre-recorded USB flash drives... When software companies start distributing programs on flash drives...
When all of that happens, then we can do away with optical drives altogether. "
All of that is very close to happening. In my area, DVDs rentals are quickly being replaced by HD movies on demand from cable providers, music CDS are being replaced by iTunes, movies and music CDs/DVDs are also taking a big hit from piracy. And when was the last time you actually isntalled software from a CD? All my games come from Steam and are downloaded, and 90% of my software comes over the internet as well.
It's very rare that I still need my optical drive (mostly to burn the occasional disc). I don't miss the drive at all on my netbook.