[CUBE] We Can Have SuperDrive "Inside" Now

[Richard Rodman]

How much is that royalty on MPEG2?  I've heard it is around $200.

On Saturday, January 11, 2003, at 12:30 PM, Thubten Kunga wrote:

> 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.
>
>
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