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New Mac mini Runs OS X Server for $999

Written on October 20, 2009 by Charles Jade and 27 people have commented

Calling it a “new, mightier mini,” Apple (s aapl0 updated its smallest desktop with special attention to the optical drive. No, Blu-ray wasn’t added, rather Apple now offers a model with no optical drive at all.

However, contrary to rumors and wish-fulfillment on my part, Apple did not lower the price of the entry-level mini to [...]

Are Optical Drives Going the Way of the Floppy?

Written on July 14, 2009 by Charles Moore and 29 people have commented

Computerworld’s Seth Weintraub thinks optical drives are going the way of the Dodo bird. He predicts the MacBook Air and white MacBook will get Secure Digital (SD) slots with their next updates (will the WhiteBook get another update?), and that SD may replace built-in DVD drives entirely on the next generation of MacBooks.
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