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A Brief History of Features Apple Has Killed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the or-you-might-be-a-fanboi dept.

Technologizer writes "Some folks are outraged over the lack of FireWire in the new MacBook released this week. But Apple wouldn't be Apple if it didn't move faster than any other computer company to kill technologies that may be past their prime. And history usually validates its decisions. We've posted a decade's worth of examples that prove the point."

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  1. Outrage! by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 5, Funny

    The new Macbook doesn't have an 8" floppy?!?!
    I won't buy one then, wah, wah, waaaaaaahhhh!

    1. Re:Outrage! by jcr · · Score: 2, Funny

      The new Macbook doesn't have an 8" floppy?!?!

      It's worse than that. It doesn't even read Hollerith cards.

      -jcr

      --
      The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
    2. Re:Outrage! by TrekkieTechie · · Score: 3, Funny

      This seems like a fairly blatant attempt to enforce separation between the macbook and the pro. ... they need a differentiating factor. Firewire seems to have been chosen.

      Fools! I'll simply purchase a Firewire-to-USB adapter!

    3. Re:Outrage! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Just ask your gf next time YOU'RE done having sex :)

      You must be new here.

    4. Re:Outrage! by Culture20 · · Score: 3, Funny

      You forgot the rest of the equation. His portable drive is a lug-able RAID 0 array with two power supplies.

  2. Re:RS232 is dead? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    If it is so dead, why do most if not all servers come with it? :-p

    I've never noticed! My wife and I are going out to eat tonight. I'll check my server and see if there's a RS232 port on him.

  3. Re:Maybe Apple should kill the 1-button mouse by node+3 · · Score: 2, Funny

    They did. All their most recent mice, including the trackpad, are "no-button" mice.

  4. It's not about reading them one at a time. by ebh · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ahh, to be young...

    We old farts never forget the first time seeing a hardcore high-end card reader suck up a four-foot hopper full of cards in less than five seconds, with a noise like ten Shop-Vacs and one Cessna.

  5. Re:One more thing you haven't seen: by speedingant · · Score: 2, Funny

    You forgot that this is Slashdot. Most people here would run linux on their toasters (doubling as a router) if they could. Maybe that would bring a meaning to hot packets?