optical drive

Geek.com: "Kickstarter project isostick aims to take all of the hard work out of that process by giving you the option of a preconfigured USB stick that acts like an optical drive and recovery system."

Stop. Take a deep breath. Before my headline gets you all worked up, consider what I'm saying here. The CD and other optical discs, like DVDs and Blu-rays, are obviously going to live on for a while as a way to transport media.

But make no mistake that today, with two unveilings, Apple has effectively sealed the fate of the optical disc in the computer industry.

Soon, it will go the way of the floppy disk. Last week, I wrote a post laying out what I hoped Apple would bring with a revamped MacBook Air.

There's this weird slit in the side of my MacBook Pro. It almost seems like a credit card swipe, or a receipt dispenser, or an air vent, or something.

Oh wait. That's an optical drive. You'll forgive me if I wasn't sure. You see, I've never used the thing.

This dawned on me the other day. I've owned this computer for months now and I have never had the need to insert a compact disc or DVD into this computer to do something.

Not once. And going forward, I can't imagine a time where I ever will. Okay, maybe if my computer dies.

We gather all the Forum questions and put it in one place.

Have Optical drive and 2GB DDR2 (as far as I remember they are 800MHz, I dont care if they are a lil slow)....I have ample mouse+key supply and my old university version of XP Pro and Two Dell 19 inch LCD.

I of course want a dual monitor system. Don't care VGA or DVI.