[CUBE] We Can Have SuperDrive "Inside" Now

[Thubten Kunga]

I have no idea. Where have you hear it was that much?

k

On Saturday, January 11, 2003, at 08:00  PM, Richard Rodman wrote:

> 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.