Would a CD slot been too much for the iPad?

[notjustjay]

For those complaining about the lack of space: Obviously you just need to use 3" mini-CDs.

 

[tdream]

It's almost too much for the macbook

 

[fizzwinkus]

For those complaining about the lack of space: Obviously you just need to use 3" mini-CDs.

works for me! i just cut my all dvds down to size and am just about ready for that car trip!

 

[vini-vidi-vici]

Wow, I think this is quite possibly the most decisive poll I've ever seen.

What's amazing to me is that 6 people actually said yes! Who are these people? Did they just mis-read the poll? Maybe they were using the iPad, and their fat fingers betrayed them & hit the wrong response?

 

[Matthew9559]

While a cd slot could serve to some good uses I still don't think it is right for the iPad. I would almost never use the cd slot.

 

[budman1961]

The slot would have been a no-brainer.....the actual drive, another story. lol

 

[Chupa Chupa]

Hey why stop at a CD slot? Rock Out!:

 

[antiprotest]

No, don't want it.

 

[wombat888]

In theory if all you added was the slot, no weight, bulk or loss of battery life or anything else, this would be a minor plus. In the real world, it's a non-starter.

 

[pooryou]

I don't know if a CD for CD/DVD slot would have been too much or not, what you guys think?

I'm not sure...

What good is a slot when there is no mechanism inside?
Not trying to be mean, but that's one of the dumber questions I've seen here.

 

[Spudracer]

Yeah for DVD and CD, I don't know if I would want it...I was curious to see what you guys would think...

Disc based media is dying. Tablets should leverage streaming media. No disc for you.....NEXT!

 

[below sea level]

Yes.
They should have also put a tape deck in it too.

Why have a tape deck when you could use an 8-track instead?

 

[Spudracer]

What's amazing to me is that 6 people actually said yes! Who are these people? Did they just mis-read the poll? Maybe they were using the iPad, and their fat fingers betrayed them & hit the wrong response?

That was the Windows crowd that also lusts after USB ports, and handwriting recognition.

 

[scottness]

Yes.
They should have also put a tape deck in it too.

+1 for the tape deck suggestion. Or perhaps one of those nice floppy disk thingamajigs.

I was disappointed the iPad didn't have an 8-track deck, but I still bought one. *sigh*

I'm holding out for the iTurntable attachment.

 

[Agincourt]

Would a USB, SD slot, or a mini DVI been too much?

No, none of these would have been too much for the ipad. Get rid of the dock and you could equip ALL of these.

THAT'S what would get me to buy it.

And if you can fit a camera to a NANO, you can fit one on an oversized ipod touch!

 

[Zimmy68]

Someone once said, there are no dumb questions...

They apparently never visited MacRumors forums.



Unless I misread the question and the TC wants his iPad to hold a CD for storage reasons.

 

[Surely]

Laser disc gets my vote.

 

[troop231]

Laser disc gets my vote.

TY

 

[Simgar988]

Laser disc gets my vote.

I have a 10 laser disk changer hooked up to my tv in the basement to watch films like Mortal Combat, that are best on the laser disk.

Can I use hand break to rip laserdiscs?

 

[Surely]

I have a 10 laser disk changer hooked up to my tv in the basement to watch films like Mortal Combat, that are best on the laser disk.

Can I use hand break to rip laserdiscs?

Why would you need to use Handbrake if you could just stick the laser disc right onto the iPad?

 

[scottness]

I have a 10 laser disk changer hooked up to my tv in the basement to watch films like Mortal Combat, that are best on the laser disk.

Can I use hand break to rip laserdiscs?

Can you find a laser disc player that'll hook up to your mac?

 

[troop231]

Can you find a laser disc player that'll hook up to your mac?

Just use an adapter. One of those composite usb adapters should work.

 

[PsyD4Me]

i dont need a toaster

 

[flynz4]

The CD is not dead. It just doesn't fit this device's use case.

It is not quite dead yet... but it is on life support, with no hope of recovery.

I am disappointed that laptops still come with optical drives. Why they heck would I possibly want one in an iPad.

/Jim

 

[paulisme]

I just want a parallel port so I can plug in my Zip drive.