When Apple launched refreshed hardware last week, it was no surprise that the ultrathin MacBook Air still does not have an internal DVD drive. Many were shocked to find out, though, that Apple has now also removed the DVD drive from the Mac Mini. But, Apple shouldn’t stop there, and the revolution shouldn’t be limited to Apple, or even just to PCs for that matter. It’s time for discs to die.

Don’t get me wrong, discs were great and contributed to the evolution of technology–I greatly appreciated when CDs came along to replace stacks upon stacks of floppy disks. We are now at a point, though, where discs are unnecessary and cause more problems than they solve.