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Subject: Re: Not another NeXT defector???!!!
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I wrote:
>First, the Mac doesn't offer the option of eraseable optical media.

As people have pointed out, you can indeed get eraseable/writeable optical
for the Macs.  Actually, I know that optical is available for virtually
any computer.  I meant that Apple does not include the optical in any
configuration of the Mac.  There is also the question of any optical
standard.  There is one for the NeXT.  As far as I know, there isn't 
one for the Mac.