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No DVD-RW - This still make you???

eezing

eezing

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Oct 29, 2008
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At work I have a late 2007 Mac mini. I go to burn a dvd and... oh wait, no DVD writing capabilities. Seriously, is that a joke?

Intel core 2 Duo, Bluetooth, Wifi, Dvi out, remote control, and... CD-RW/DVD read only combo drive. Wow, that's a miss-match if I've ever seen one.

Way to drop the ball on that one Apple.
 
iBookG4user said:
It was advertised as having a combo drive, so I don't see what the shock about it is.
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I didn't buy it. Regardless, no computer, even at that time should have been shipped without a DVD-RW. Standard stuff.:)
 
My Mac Mini also doesn't have a DVD-RW drive, but because content is only going from physical to digital, it isn't a problem.
DVD-RW drives really only became standard on low end computers very recently. Some low end computers still don't offer it as an option and can only read DVDs.
 
geoffreak said:
My Mac Mini also doesn't have a DVD-RW drive, but because content is only going from physical to digital, it isn't a problem.
DVD-RW drives really only became standard on low end computers very recently. Some low end computers still don't offer it as an option and can only read DVDs.
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Really?

The Combo drive should of been retired way before it was. I hate the combo drive.
 
When I read the thread title, I thought it was Master Yoda posting.

Then I read the first post and I quickly realized it wasn't Yoda. But O.P you dropped the ball, not Apple - you should have checked if the drive was a combo drive or super drive. :rolleyes:
 
eezing said:
At work I have a late 2007 Mac mini. I go to burn a dvd and... oh wait, no DVD writing capabilities. Seriously, is that a joke?

Intel core 2 Duo, Bluetooth, Wifi, Dvi out, remote control, and... CD-RW/DVD read only combo drive. Wow, that's a miss-match if I've ever seen one.

Way to drop the ball on that one Apple.
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Yes it was a joke, but why complain about it now? It's a two year old machine.

Also apparently you haven't used the feature in the past two years either since you seem to just have found out about it now...
 
It was a low-end computer. *Shock* something low end doesn't have all the features of a high end machine?!!?!?!? :eek:
 
I'm confused?! you bought a computer, knowing what features it had and now your complaining that it doesn't have a certain feature?!

I'm pretty annoyed that my iphone doesn't have an espresso machine...way to go apple!!
 
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