Apple can think outside the box — and underneath it!


Recent Apple’s patent filings show that they put their R&D types on one insurmountable problem that limits the possibilities of ultraportable laptops to get thinner and smaller. And that problem is - ” Where to put the Optical Disc Drive? “

Apple may be focused on reinventing the phone with the iPhone, but that doesn’t mean that it has forgot about it’s notebooks. Recent Apple’s patent filings show that they put their R&D types on one insurmountable problem that limits the possibilities of ultraportable laptops to get thinner and smaller. And that problem is - ” Where to put the Optical Disc Drive? “

Apple thinks that it has found a much better place to put the Optical Disc Drive: at the bottom of the MacBook:
Think about it. How often do you really need the optical disc access? And when inserting or taking out the disc you stop other things you are doing on your Mac Book anyway. So is it really that much more trouble to close the lid, turn over your notebook and then insert the disc.

Posted: Sat - January 27, 2007 at 11:05 AM