At the time, naysayers in the industry thought that Apple had jumped the gun. When Apple introduced the iMac in 1998, it shocked many for its absence of a floppy disk - indeed, the first Mac not to have a floppy disk drive as standard equipment, ever. It's a legacy product, as well - untouched since it was last refreshed in 2012. In the process, the company quietly put to bed the last remaining Mac computers that include an internal 'SuperDrive.'įor now, the 'standard' $1,199 13-inch MacBook Pro - with SuperDrive - remains available to order through the Apple Store, but no mention of it is apparent on Apple's product web site (except for an unobtrusive link that I missed until it was pointed out to me).
At Tuesday's iPad and Mac Event, Apple refreshed the MacBook Pro with Retina Display with Intel's fourth-generation 'Haswell' Core processors and other enhancements.