I'm not at all opposed to keeping my keyboard and monitor. (in fact, I'm not a fan of Mac keyboards). BUT - I definitely need an optical drive. I must be able to play CDs, DVDs and BluRays and burn CDs and DVDs at a minimum (I'd very much like the ability to burn BluRays).
Optimally, I would like MORE THAN ONE optical drive, but that seems to be a thing of the past. I've had drives go bad before, and it's been nice to have back-ups.
I don't understand the entire concept of iMacs. No optical drives. I guess they are presuming all content will be streamed back and forth across the net and via the cloud, but that's not quite how the real world works nowadays. I like discs. I need discs. Apple's pretty much out for me. Oh well.
So now I can look with roll-eyes at all the people who rant about Mac superiority, just like I've done with people who like MS Word. Know Nothings, the lot of 'em.
