Will the close future hold a macbook laptop with no disc drive ?

the new macbook pro retina does not have a disc drive.
i find it sad.
i would not buy a laptop unless it had a disc drive. and i would definetly not buy a laptop that costs as much as macbook costs and then have to spend extra money for a disc drive.
because you see. they still sell DVDs and CDs in stores. which means when i go to summerhouse in the summer i sometimes buy a DVD and in the summerhouse i play it on my laptop.
so i think you can remove the disc drive from laptops in about.... idunno 2045. but not now. not yet.
will i be able to buy a macbook laptop next year which still has a disc drive ?

You can buy a 2012 MacBook Pro right now that has an optical drive - it just doesn't have a Retina display. If you've already purchased a Retina display model, you should have known that it wouldn't come with an optical drive. More and more software is being distributed over the Internet rather than optical discs (Adobe comes to mind - I was able to download my CS6 suite while waiting on the disc and activation code to arrive in the mail).
Yeah, it's a bummer for watching movies, I agree. One of the reasons I wouldn't have picked a Retina display. I already bought a late 2011 in March and really don't need the faster CPU/GPU,  USB 3.0 ports, etc., on the non-Retina display models, so I'm quite happy.
If you've already purchased the Retina display model you have 14 days in which to return it and get a non-Retina display MacBook Pro with the optical drive.
Your choice - Apple's satisfying almost all of it's customer base at the moment (save for those who want a 17" display)...
Clinton

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