A Brief History of Features Apple Has Killed

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."

Outrage!

[Sponge Bath]

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

Re:RS232 is dead?

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

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Re:Maybe Apple should kill the 1-button mouse

[node 3]

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

It's not about reading them one at a time.

[ebh]

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.

Re:Outrage!

[TrekkieTechie]

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!

Re:Outrage!

[Anonymous Coward]

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

You must be new here.

Re:Outrage!

[Culture20]

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

Re:One more thing you haven't seen:

[speedingant]

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?