New innovations could spell beginning of the end for DVD drives . The original Mac dumped the 5-inch disk for a 3.5-inch floppy , and the first iMac was one of the first desktops without a floppy disk drive . Comment: Cloud storage , streaming and faster downloads paved the way . Apple was first to can the 5-inch disk and floppy disk .
New innovations could spell beginning of the end for DVD drives . Comment: Cloud storage , streaming and faster downloads paved the way . Apple was first to can the 5-inch disk and floppy disk .