[CUBE] We Can Have SuperDrive "Inside" Now

[Thubten Kunga]

Thank you for affirming what I have been over affirming alone on this 
list for longer than some list members have cared to read. It is truly 
sad that the Apple marketing department really believes that a 
significant number of legacy G4 owners will spend thousands of dollars 
to buy a new G4 with a SuperDrive inside it because they maintain iDVD 
to only work with internal drives. The reality is that only Cube owners 
and folks who recently bought flat panel iMacs without one are truly 
impacted.

k

On Saturday, January 11, 2003, at 08:53  AM, abillups at mac.com wrote:

> Thanks for the information. I just can't believe that there isn't 
> someone out there who is going to let the vast number of people who 
> want to burn DVD's be unserved. There always seems to be a solution to 
> every problem on the mac by mac people.
>
> There have to be millions of us out here who want to use their 
> "legacy" G4's to burn DVD's with an external drive. And now that iLife 
> is offered, I can't see why Apple doesn't just charge for the 
> licensing fee extra, or sell an external of their own, including the 
> licensing fee and capability.
>
> We all know they need to sell equipment, but with the success of all 
> of these iLife programs and now releasing safari, Keynote, and Final 
> Cut Express, they realize there is a market for consumer softerware to 
> support existing systems and their digital hub push.