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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. Re:Yeah, USB on the iMac was a good choice by Goaway · · Score: 1, Troll

    A quick web search tells me the cheapest Vista upgrade is $100, while the cheapest Leopard version is $129. This is "2-3x" now?

  2. I'm sure they have $50... by Rix · · Score: 1, Troll

    For a PCI or CardBus ieee1397 card.

    For the 99.999% of the rest of us who never had a use for it in the first place, this cumulatively saves a lot more than $50.