Posts by Fran441

Quote:  To put it plainly Apples whole desktop line up is hosed. This is a extremely bad example of management and if it goes on to long I would imagine the board would want to know what the hell is up. Let's face it they...

The discussion of Blu-Ray after all of this time is amusing. I remember similar discussions when the Mac Pro was first introduced in 2006 when Blu Ray players were first showing up. Apple has held off this long, don't be surprised when...

Very sad news.

I think you can put the final nail in the coffin for Blu-Ray drives in Macs after that media event speech. Not only did they not mention any type of physical media format like Blu-Ray, they went so far as to remove the CD/DVD from the...

Quote: Originally Posted by wizard69 But we have yet to see solid leaks as to what iTunes will look like for example. The case leaks are interesting but those are only cases and don't detail the internals all that much. This is...

The original point I was responding to was that customers are buying less and less physical media, and I believe it is because the cost of the media is so high. I remember how my folks balked at DVDs initially because of the cost over...

Quote: A couple of small points, if the price is prohibitive to you, why don't you purchase the items when they are on special, they are priced at under $24.99 quite often. Yes, when new release movies are on *sale* they can be around...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil Yes, heaven forbid Apple fans have realistic expectations for an event so that they don't become whiny idiots after none of their outlandish ideas don't come true. You should have seen Future...

Quote: Further you really can't compare current hardware with future non shipping hardware. The is the Future Hardware forum on AppleInsider, that's what we do here!

Quote: I guarantee you it won't have anything to do with physical media. That's my guess as well, and I'm guessing it will justify Apple's position on Blu Ray (aka, supporting Blu Ray would cost them content on iTunes, etc).