[Info-vax] The Future of Server Hardware?

[glen herrmannsfeldt]

Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> wrote:
> On 2012-10-15 22:38:21 +0000, glen herrmannsfeldt said:

>> Well, the Mac Mini server replaces the internal CD/DVD drive with a 
>> second disk drive...

> There's no internal optical drive on any of the current Mac Mini variants.

That is true. There are still one disk (non-server) and two
disk (server) models, though.

> The unibody series removed that device.

As I understand it, the earliest line of unibody minis still
had the optical drive. The second and later removed it.

> Apple has also removed optical drives with the MacBook Air and MacBook 
> Pro Retina boxes.

Yes.

> I'd expect optical drives to disappear from other Mac models over time.

-- glen