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

[Ralph LEWIS]

On May 30, 2008, at 7:20 PM, Carter Lawson wrote:

> at 5:16 PM (EDT) on 5/30/08 Dennis Fazio wrote:
>
>> 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 a real stretch to claim that forcing Mac buyers to accept an  
> older
> DVD technology is evidence of thinking ahead.
>
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> After all, isn't this kind of behavior
> more like the Apple we all know where decisions aren't to benefit the
> end user so much as to benefit the bottom line, like any corporation?
>
This is the most insulting comment I have seen in a long time, In my  
long association servicing apple computers and their users, I have  
found Apple to be the most user friendly maker of equipment and  
software that I have ever run across. They are usually on the leading  
edge of technology, introducing new innovative technology far ahead of  
the industry and having their technology copied by the others.
HDTV and Blueray have been in contention for some time. Blue ray is  
much more expensive but now that it seems to have won the technology  
war I am sure it will show up in Macintosh computers in the near  
future, and hopefully be lower in cost. Wait to see what develops. We  
have also progressed far beyond the Titanium Mac. New item are being  
introduced all the time.
Get with it and see what comes out of Cupertino.