MacBook Air

The reported theft of a MacBook Pro by a prostitute from a man who allegedly refused to pay after she performed certain services provides Apple with the ingredients for a viral marketing campaign.

Apple's new MacBook Air ships with a restore flash drive rather than an emergency CD/DVD. As such, it poses the question: Do we still need optical drives? Despite the evidence to the contrary, there are some major reasons why optical drives aren't going the way of the Dodo just yet.