[Ti] Re: Blueray in Macs [was 10.5.3]

[Dennis Fazio]

On May 30, 2008, at 11:49 AM, Dr. Trevor J. Hutley wrote:

>  was a bit surprised or disappointed  to see a PC with BluRay when  
> there is no Mac laptop with such.  I feel that Apple are no longer  
> leading.


There is speculation that Steve Jobs is thinking further ahead than  
BlueRay and that the format war caused enough delay to effectively  
kill off both options. He's moving on to Internet-based content; the  
need for physical media distribution of music and movies is coming to  
an end. No need for a BlueRay device in all the Macs. Those who want  
or need them badly enough can get firewire/USB externals. Most others  
will just go the AppleTV route.

It's possible that as the pricing on the new drives comes down they  
can go in place of the existing DVD drives on new models. But that can  
wait a while. I don't think that those who want to produce and burn  
their own HD movies aren't there in large enough numbers yet because  
the  cameras are still too pricey.
-- 
Dennis Fazio