Regardless, the new machines got my interest, but almost at the same time I had already began regretting. To get a new cool feature packed expandable Mac it has to be blue. Why isn't there a gray or black flavor. I think at least the Johnny Cash fans would like that better than tangerine. Colors, sorry flavors, aren't the only point of contingency.
Forethought is important, but so too is backward compatibility.
No floppy drive has put people in a bind. Everyone wants to buy the machine of tomorrow, but we all need to work and play today. So, we'll buy floppy drives, and we'll revel as more and even more firewire and USB devices come to market. Luckily, the technologies Apple has incorporated are being welcomed by the industry at large. The Macintosh will soon be even a more viable alternative for more people that are not necessarily just avid Mac-users.