Nobody attacking the OP, they asked for our opinion, and in many people's opinion after 4 years it's really time to just get on with it or buy something else.
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Nobody attacking the OP, they asked for our opinion, and in many people's opinion after 4 years it's really time to just get on with it or buy something else.
There are many things that I don't like about the retina MacBook Pro: soldered-RAM, proprietary SSD, glued battery, etc.
Not having an optical drive is not one of them.
Not having an optical drive is not one of them.
DVD quality is awful. Digital distribution is higher quality and easier to manage (Delete and re-download as you need).
CDs died a long time ago. Anyone using them should really just rip them to their itunes and move on. I couldn't imagine switching CDs to listen to different albums.
CDs died a long time ago. Anyone using them should really just rip them to their itunes and move on. I couldn't imagine switching CDs to listen to different albums.
Hehe, yeah, I get it, but in my case, I don't want to pay again for something I already own. I also have an external hard drive that I back up stuff on, but again! BUNCH of extra weight whilst traveling. Also, my "new and improved" MacBook Pro Retina does not have enough memory to store my movies and music. Just sayin'.I was a little apprehensive to use cloud/dropbox because I was afraid my stuff would get lost in the cloud. LOL. Then I bought a disk for backup every fortnight and put everything in dropbox. It's quite convenient.
As for music, you may want to try Spotify or Apple Music (for family), I think most of the music collection can be found there and can be accessible from almost everywhere. Movies.. well besides Netflix... let's wait for an Apple Movies or Apple Dramas equivalent in the future. They should come soon.
Yeah I like the feel of physical CDs, books. And my missus used to nag at me for space hoarding. These few years, I realise I cannot bring these physical CDs along with me when I die, so it's better to save the earth by going digital. Perhaps you can consider
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I DO use the CD drive to rip my CD's to iTunes. However, my "new and improved" Retina does not have enough memory to store the DVD's that I would like to watch.
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A portable external drive is smaller than a single DVD case. Seems much easier.Hehe, yeah, I get it, but in my case, I don't want to pay again for something I already own. I also have an external hard drive that I back up stuff on, but again! BUNCH of extra weight whilst traveling. Also, my "new and improved" MacBook Pro Retina does not have enough memory to store my movies and music. Just sayin'.
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I DO use the CD drive to rip my CD's to iTunes. However, my "new and improved" Retina does not have enough memory to store the DVD's that I would like to watch.
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THANK YOU!
Most external drives are also considerably faster than the built-in drive on the cMBP if you need to make rips or burn discs.
Honestly, unless you are in very specialized fields, the notion that any kind of disk drive is needed in a notebook these days is totally archaic.
Consumers have happily voted with their wallets that they prefer the much, much thinner design a CD-less notebook offers. I honestly think that a 2016 consumer whining about this particular thing is laughable. What do you do with your CDs anyways? Watch porn via DVD format in different rooms in your house? Even if you need a CD drive for your notebook everyday at home, use a damn external and enjoy your thinner laptop the other 99% of the time you're utilizing a CD. An external disk drive is seriously like $25.
Honestly, as echoed by other posters, if you need a disk drive, I'm not slamming you. There are plenty of options on the market and as I said, some specialized fields deal with disks multiple times a day so I can understand niche requirements. Hell, use your floppy disk if that's still your thing. My parents, accountants, used floppy disks way past their day. It was probably like 2004-2005 when they finally gave that **** up.
However, don't project your very niche needs onto an entire product line. That's childish. Especially for a company like Apple that obsesses over thinness and design. If you're unhappy, you're just buying from the wrong brand. Apple hasn't made disk-Macbooks in a while, now.
Consumers have happily voted with their wallets that they prefer the much, much thinner design a CD-less notebook offers. I honestly think that a 2016 consumer whining about this particular thing is laughable. What do you do with your CDs anyways? Watch porn via DVD format in different rooms in your house? Even if you need a CD drive for your notebook everyday at home, use a damn external and enjoy your thinner laptop the other 99% of the time you're utilizing a CD. An external disk drive is seriously like $25.
Honestly, as echoed by other posters, if you need a disk drive, I'm not slamming you. There are plenty of options on the market and as I said, some specialized fields deal with disks multiple times a day so I can understand niche requirements. Hell, use your floppy disk if that's still your thing. My parents, accountants, used floppy disks way past their day. It was probably like 2004-2005 when they finally gave that **** up.
However, don't project your very niche needs onto an entire product line. That's childish. Especially for a company like Apple that obsesses over thinness and design. If you're unhappy, you're just buying from the wrong brand. Apple hasn't made disk-Macbooks in a while, now.
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My external HDD is about the size of a single DVD and it can store over TWO HUNDRED of complete bitwise copies of a DVD, more than a THOUSAND CDs or more than THREE THOUSAND audio CDs ripped to a lossless (!) format. I can't remember the exact price, but it definitely cost me less than $100.
So yeah, sorry to say that, but welcome to 2016.
I bought my 2015 15" last June and then went and bought the 2012 13" cMBP for about $700 last July. I use both and right now I have the 2015 sitting on a shelf while I use the 2012. In love that it still has the CD/DVD drive and that it is much bulkier. I don't take either one anywhere so they are both used at home.
I did upgrade the 2012 to 16GB RAM and I still had the original HD in there because I really don't do anything on it but internet stuff so I don't need the speed of an SSD.
The 2012 cMBP was one of the top selling MBPs these past few years and that's why they continued to sell it.
I have pretty much moved on to a digital world with my music and as far as movies goes I buy Blu-ray movies which come with digital copies so i can simply download or stream them from Vudu or iTunes.
I thought you were talking with your tongue in cheek there, but I see from your later post you were serious.
It's widely considered rude to call someone 'old fashion' (sic). Although in this case accurate.
So in your attempt to defend you have inadvertently been insulting. I just find that amusing.
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I'm a sarcastic guy and I usually make jokes and whatever. But the op was just asking for assistant/advice. But I'm old fashion as well. Hahaha