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Maybe in 20 years, but for 99% of the population physical is still king.
07/24/09
1/ people that don't have access to high speed broadband.
2/ people that do have access to high speed broadband, but don't live in a territory that has any HD video services.
07/24/09
Its not like Apple is killing ALL drives.
For 99% of the people out there, DVDs are perfectly fine when it comes to data storage. They are cheap, can be read or written to and every computer has one.
Blu-ray for all purposes is dead to the computer world. We have NO software that needs it. The reason DVD became so invasive for computers had nothing to do with movies and EVERYTHING to do with data storage.
IF a company decided to start putting out software on Blu-ray, then yes we will see Apple and other companies move to making those drives as common as DVD drives are now.
But its likely to never happen, as few packages (outside of games) require so much data to make them of any use, and games dont drive computer sales, word possessors, database programs and the internet do these days.
And since those programs are going the way of digital downloads, as is media INCLUDING high def movies, the likelyhood Blu-ray will be around for long is short.
Face the facts, blu-ray is this ages laserdisk. Cool to have, but for most people irrelevant.
07/24/09
Saying physical media is irrelevant is like saying video killed the radio star--last I checked the radio industry is still alive and well.
07/24/09
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(p.s I dunno how well it'll run OSX, but the mini9 seems to do it quite fine and that lacks the 9400m)
07/24/09
There has to be bigger issues unbeknownst to us wee consumers. Licensing?
07/24/09
One of the reasons for Vista's early issues was poor video drivers, and one of the big reasons the video driver interface changed so much was Microsoft's implementation of the protected media path. Unfortunately, the Blu-Ray consortium requires a PMP, or they won't give out the encryption codes required to decrypt Blu-Ray disks.
So Apple is afraid that if they implement a PMP and Blu-Ray playback, then like Microsoft they'll have to deal with terrible video drivers for a year or so. Given how much they mock Vista, I imagine the mere thought of supporting Blu-Ray playback gives Apple a panic attack.
07/24/09
No, I suspect that blu-ray hasn't made its way into DVDSP because the way they create Blu-Rays currently is with seriously beefy machines and straight-up line code, far more complex than the code for DVDs. It would constitute a major upgrade to DVDSP, so much so that it'll be like creating a whole new product.
Also, licensing is another good guess.
07/24/09
I guess I didn't take into consideration the protected media path. Good call.
@Margatron: I'm a freelancer, and haven't touched an Avid in years.
I can see how they'd have to pretty much rewrite DVDSP in order to make it work with Blu-Ray. I guess coding the discs now is a lot like early Scenarist days. But it's not like Apple hasn't had the time or resources to make it happen.... And it's not like their octo macs aren't 'beefy' enough.
07/24/09
Most of the post-houses I'm in run Avid but I think Apple has taken the overall numbers of productions into account when they say that.
07/24/09
I think you forgot, most houses are bringing Post internal now. And they are not using Avid when they do that.
Im sure you will continue to have work, some people will never not use avid, but in another 10-15 years your work is going to dry to a trickle as people realize its not the same story anymore and can be much cheaper to bring post internal than to farm it out anymore.
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11/24/08
but to be fair Greenwich High is more of a normal school than one would expect. A high percentage of the students at the private school I work at (in NY) live in Greenwich.
11/24/08
I'm sure Rye Brook wasn't disappointed that I'm gone
six figure salary? HA
Own a house? HAHA
Portfolio? you get the picture...
Greenwich Ave is a beautiful place to live though.
11/24/08
I have been a devoted Windows user all my life. I am seriously considering pursuing my dream of switching over to your fine Apple products. I have come to appreciate them over the years every time I get a chance to borrow a friends iBook or MacBook Pro. As you know your products are offered to students and teachers with an educational discount. Sadly I am neither and in this current harsh financial climate I fear I will never be able to realize my dream and sip from the sweet delicious Apple kool-aid.
If you could see it in your cold, black heart to give me a new MacBook Pro I will devote hours and hours of my time each day flooding message boards and blogging about the virtues of being a proud owner of a Mac. I will staunchly defend the honor of you and your company while I educate the unwashed, heathen masses, still clinging to their Microsoft powered products how wonderous and enriched their lives would be if only they switched to Apple.
Thank you.
PS. I can't wait to see what innovating and groundbreaking invention you come out with next!
11/24/08
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11/24/08
Quite a few Scrooge McDucks here at Gizmodo today.
11/24/08
Kudos to Apple for seizing an opportunity for some almost free and very positive publicity.
11/24/08
i Love apples. i love puppies. is apple going to make a puppy some day? i sure Hope so. I wouldnt mind a Kitten to. Both are expensive and hard work. ill bet a apple kitten or iCat would be more easier to use and take care of. my mom says when im grown up i can be a centaur for halloween and get a lot of candy. apple should make candy to.
bye bye,
chris, Age 9
PS: OMG PONIES 2 !!!!111
11/24/08
Where are you with this invention Mr. Jones, er Jobs when we need it most?
11/24/08