{"id":2747,"date":"2011-07-20T10:02:41","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T14:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=2747"},"modified":"2011-07-20T10:02:41","modified_gmt":"2011-07-20T14:02:41","slug":"apple-killed-the-cd-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/07\/20\/apple-killed-the-cd-today\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 “Apple Killed The CD Today”"},"content":{"rendered":"

MG Siegler back in 2010<\/a>:<\/p>\n

When you get your MacBook Air and you open the box, you will find exactly\u00a0zero<\/em>\u00a0optical discs inside. Normally, Apple includes at least one back-up DVD to reinstall OS X and other software if your computer fails. But now, that has been replaced with a super-slim USB stick. This stick, packed in with your manual, is all you need to reinstall your system now.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Today, the iPad, two Macbook Airs and the Mac mini are all equipped without an optical drive. Lion is available via the Mac App Store as a download and so are the rest of Apple’s applications.<\/p>\n

I think MG called this one nicely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MG Siegler back in 2010: When you get your MacBook Air and you open the box, you will…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-linked","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-Ij","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1680,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/02\/07\/whats-next-for-apples-macbook-pro\/","url_meta":{"origin":2747,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 What’s Next for Apple’s MacBook Pro","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"February 7, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Apple has said that the MacBook Air is \"the next generation of MacBooks\" and, in October I wrote a post that details five key areas where the MacBook line-up of 2011 will change. 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