[Ti] Apple's non-support for 3rd party DVD-R drives

[Dan K]

I renamed from the thread: Re: Dual Layer cable for Powerbook G4 400

anyhow, Chris Olson <chris.olson at astcomm.net> wrote:
>Exactly.  So LaCie doesn't need a license to sell a DVD burner.   
>Neither does Apple.  However, Apple needs an MPEG-2 license to  
>distribute iDVD which has the encoder in it.  Apple selling iDVD and  
>the SuperDrive as one product is the lock-in I so despise.  It's  
>perfectly legal to use iDVD with another drive.  Apple purposely  
>crippled it so it won't work to force people to buy their drives.

I'm thinking Apple doesn't support 'other' drives because then they would 
have to _support_ other drives. Which, logically enough (IMHO), Apple 
_shouldn't_ have to do. This crap has enough potential pitfalls without 
adding in any number of 3rd party hardware complications. It's only 
Apple's excellent SW/HW integration that allows it to work as seamlessly 
as it (usually) does.

dan k

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