Super Drive Disc

To Apple Community,
i think it would be better if the new Mac Book Pro with Retina Display to have a disc super drive slot so that you could play movies, burn CDs, play games e.t.c, and it would be alot more useful to the mac book users. I know that the Mac Book Pro does have a disc slot but some people prefer the other model with as it has all the special features but without it, it is less useful and you will have more people buying the older, less expensive model instead of the one with retina display. It would be more functional to use if it had a disc slot and sales for that model may go up.

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There's a problem: a SuperDrive doesn't fit into the MacBook Pro with Retina display. If you want a SuperDrive inside the MacBook Pro with Retina display, it breaks the high portability and the small weight of the Retina MacBook Pro, so it's not a valid solution. If you want a SuperDrive, buy an external optical drive (any optical drive will work) or use Remote Disc > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5287?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

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