Yup...
I went from a Mac Pro with two processors and four internal 2 tb hard drives to a new MP with a too-small 1 tb hard drive and one processor, non-expandable.
And yeah, we burn files on DVD all the time for clients, and yup...they took the DVD burner out.
And Mavericks is awful! Snow Leopard was bad enough but Mavericks is becoming so dumbed-down that I find myself wondering if our next purchase will be an E20 running Win 7 Pro?
I love Apple and have used their products for 20 years, but wow...the dumbing-down of PC’s and OSX is becoming really irritating.
Ed
I currently have a Early ‘11 MPB with the SuperDrive. While I rarely used the drive it has been invaluable on several occasion where I never planned on needing it it, but used it.
It’s a .9” vs .7” thick. I would much rather have the tiny difference in a thicker machine than lug around some extra accessories, just in case.
Personally I like Mavericks. However, it is at the limit of dumbed down for me.