Does the Air have a CD or DVD drive? It doesn't look like it, from the specs.
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Does the Air have a CD or DVD drive?
No.
That's what I keep telling myself.
Good advice!
Does the Air have a CD or DVD drive?
No.
Eh. They lost me, then. Which I guess is good, because maybe the prices on the fat laptops will go down.
I am not allowed to click on the Apple Store.
Didn't they say you could order today and it will ship in two weeks?
They have an external CD drive for $99, and they also have a new bit of software called Remote Drive which allows you to use the CD or DVD drive on another machine across the network, even a drive in a PC.
They have an external CD drive for $99
I saw that; I just know my habits too well, and if there's a second "piece," so to speak, for my laptop, odds are astronomically high that I'll leave the external CD drive at home on the day that I need it most.
It's better if my laptop has everything in one piece.
It's not the hardware; it's me and my forgetful ways.
That's the beauty of Remote Disk. If there is another computer with an optical drive in the area, you can use it as the optical drive for the MacBook Air. You aren't screwed if you forget the external.
Huh. So the fancier faster option gets you less HD storage, but it's flash.
It's so terribly terribly pretty, but completely unjustifiable for me. For which I'm kinda grateful.