They never made a candy iMac without a CD or DVD drive. They didn't drop optical until the current design of aluminum iMacs in 2012.
> I always wondered what you were supposed to do if you had hard drive problems
When they dropped the optical drive with the first MacBook Air, they shipped it with the OS on a USB drive http://www.iclarified.com/images/news/16130/55529/55529-500....
They never made a candy iMac without a CD or DVD drive. They didn't drop optical until the current design of aluminum iMacs in 2012.
> I always wondered what you were supposed to do if you had hard drive problems
When they dropped the optical drive with the first MacBook Air, they shipped it with the OS on a USB drive http://www.iclarified.com/images/news/16130/55529/55529-500....