Do you guys want dual optical drives built into next PowerMac tower? - AppleIn

With DVD burners at 16x and fast CD burning I've always felt dual opticals were rather superfluous. However I can see the point of those who prefer them as well.

I have wanted to use 2 CD's at a time, but You could get a external CD/DVD drive for that. Mostly burning 20 DVD's and wanting to watch a movie at the same time when I was working on a project.

All the above points are true. Fair enough. I should have fleshed out my comments more.

Less clutter, a bit more convenience, less expense overall.

I'm glad I have the FW800 tower.

The results of this poll will probably be quite misleading.

I assume you are asking about the mere inclusion of two trive bays rather than a minimum config which includes two optical drives.

Nobody would argue against 2 5.25" drive bays if sticking to a case the size of the current G5 case. However, that isn't what the thread title or poll addresses.

I remember several years ago when most CD burners and DVD drives did not come standard, and so PC users would stick after market drives in alongside their standard CD drives. But it really doesn't seem necessary today. Options are good, of course, but at some point you have to look at what tiny fraction of users would want two optical drives, and then make a good design decision. I personally doubt that enough people would use them to make it worth it.

Originally posted by vinney57
Never going to happen. Pointless topic.

True. I think they should though.

For the amount I paid for my G5, I think it's an utter travesty that I have to have an ugly external enclosure for most of my storage. Not only does it cost hundreds of dollars, but it's really quite an eyesore.

Room for another optical drive? Sure, fine.

Make 2 optical drives standard? No.

Never going to happen. Pointless topic. :lol:

Yes sir. What ever you say sir...

I want room for three removable media drives and four internal dive bays like the Mac towers used to have. I truly dislike the current tower designs - they look ok, but they are not as functional as the old 9600/9600 cases. I don't want to cover my desk up with firewire drives, I want them in the tower case where they belong. :mad: </rant>

i may not use it but someone else might. it would be good for people who could make use it, i had dual drives on my pc and it was nice to have. why not just include it whether the person uses it or not (as long as the powermac still looks good). it shouldnt be an extra because it will cost more $$$ and the powermac is already expensive.

Who cares? You have a floppy drive on the the PC too and seriell port, parallel port, and PS2 ports...
I consider these just as unnecessarily as the second optical drive I kicked out of my G4 FW800.

But that's you.
I care and I know a lot people who do as well. There still plenty of devices that use legacy connections. It's always good to have options.

Originally posted by smalM
Who cares? You have a floppy drive on the the PC too and seriell port, parallel port, and PS2 ports...
I consider these just as unnecessarily as the second optical drive I kicked out of my G4 FW800.

While PS/2 ports are unnecesary since Macs use USB for kb/mouse, a parallel port would be nice (my HP 4000 Laser printer didn't come with a usb/network connection). Serial ports...meh...no opinion, although it would be nice. Some stuff still uses it (STAMP Editor). While most of these ports are unneccesary on anything other than PowerMacs (ie: iMacs, eMacs, PB, iBook, Mac Mini), this IS supposed to be a top-of-the-line machine, and should therefore include all the ports found on PC's.

As for floppy drives, on all the Macs on the Tufts campus that I've seen, all have external floppy drives right next to them. However, I don't really have an opinion as to whether they should be included or not...could call for another thread.

EDIT: And now for the purpose of this thread...dual opticals would be really nice. After all, they were available on some G4's, and that case is already so f-ing huge.