[OSX-Users] Re: Mac mini - no DVD drive

[Jules]

On 21/07/2011 15:05, Andrew Paul Landells wrote:
> On 21 Jul 2011, at 15:01, Philip Boulain wrote:
>> On 21/07/2011 14:13, Andrew Paul Landells wrote:
>>> I spotted that, I'm not entirely sure it's a good thing though. For me at least, the Mac Mini lives under the TV and its primary function is a DVD player. Not having a DVD drive somewhat defeats this purpose.
>> DVD? How obsolete. Why aren't you streaming films from iTunes?
>>
>> It's not even current-generation optical media.
> I bet *you* still use a VCR. ;)
>
> The obvious answer is "I still have a lot of content on DVDs. I still haven't quite eliminated all my VHS videos yet."
>
> Current-generation can go hang, I'm not going to spend money re-buying everything again just because a new format came out. I'm likely to get new stuff via iTunes, but I'm not going to throw away my DVD collection just yet. :-)
Why not just rip them all? You can cover an *awful* lot of DVDs in a 
weekend once you get a production line going with every Mac you can lay 
your hands on. :-)

Jules

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