Why no manual eject? Is it for security reason?

Lets say you want to leave your desk and the disc in the drive is at risk of being stolen. If you log out and there is no manual eject then the disc is safe yes?
Would the Apple dudes think along these lines or have I been watching too many James Bond movies. Which I have.

In the Floppy Disk Drives (called SuperDrives) there was a hole where a bent paper clip could be inserted and force the mechanism open. This was also present on the early iMacs (certainly my iMac DV in 1999) and the CD300e which was Apple's second external optical drive we had in about 1994. The paper clip still holds many memories for Apple users and it caused great delight when some iPhones shipped with an Apple paper clip:http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/08/03/iphone-returns-from-service-with-offici al-iphone-tool/
The hold-your-mouse-button-down-during-startup works beneath the OS so will work for cases where the hardware is not defective.
cheers
mrtotes

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