And once again for the cheap seats, why don't you try RESPONDING to my arguments instead of dismissing me by childish name calling. Give me some examples of Apple executing efficiently. I have plenty more of them not doing so.
I got a pretty good one for you: sales. Anyway, most of the stuff you mention is just how things have always been. Remember the Apple 2? Yeah it turned yellow. Cracks in the Cube? Classic Mac OS dying on the vine? OSX being slow on older Macs? It's nothing new we're just living in an age where OCD people can rant and rave on forums all day pro or con. Sales are the best figure to judge how important these issues really are. How many people aren't buying a Mac because OSX 10.7 isn't out? If people are unhappy with iOS4 on the 3G they can spend $99 for a new phone. Did the iPad suffer because a bunch of nerds on websites were upset it didn't have a USB port? Nope. I guess my core point here is the 1-2%-ers who live on Internet forums simply don't matter.
Not only will it be Intel-only but it will also require Snow Leopard because it will allow Apple to remove legacy code while taking advantage of technologies that are in Snow Leopard, which has been out for the past year.
Like a spam filter that even comes within the same ball park as gmail. That doesn't declare CL responses spam automatically, when they are legitimate. That doesn't let a dozen spam messages through every day. I get no spam and no false positives on gmail, mobileme though is a disaster and that is why I actually didn't renew my subscription. I can do everything I need with dropbox except wireless syncing of my calendar and contacts with my iPhone.
Huh? Gmail is god-awful. Google marks their own stuff as spam (google voice and calendar alerts, for example). I have to sort through all my spam because of all the false positives. I am slowly weeding out all my gmail email alerts and will eventually relegate gmail to a throw away email account.
Based on the fact that Apple can't execute anymore. How dare I say such a thing?
Need I remind you of death grip antennas,
No, you need not remind us of an non-issue, that was overblown to death, that happens to all mobile phones in some degree, that doesn't affect normal users and DESPITE WHICH iPhone 4 STILL HAD BETTER RECEPTION than previous models.
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supply shortages of iPads and iPhones (still!!).
Yes, having LOADS MORE DEMAND for devices than your manufacturers are able to build is somehow NEGATIVE for Apple...
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And lets not forget the venerable Mac with cracked bezels and yellow displays.
Even better, let's forget about it.
There have been issues with EVERY PRODUCT LINE, of EVERY COMPANY ever. Apple "can't execute anymore"? WTF? The had far worse problems in the early '00s (fried logic boards, exploding batteries etc).
Those things happens to PCs and PC parts all the time. It's just that there are some many different brands that no one has a large enough base to matter. For example, since they sell tens of different models and configurations, there could be just, say, 100,000 units of a Toshiba, Dell, Asus etc model out there, but there are several millions of Macbooks rev2...
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Now Apple is a company with the three chair legs of Mac, iOS and Apple TV. And they are going to juggle all of this how?
AppleTV is a chair leg? When did this happen? What, just because the introduced a funky new model?
They are gonna juggle Mac and iOS just fine. They have 1 phone model (2 configurations based on memory), 1 tablet (2 confs, differ only in 3G) 2 OSes and about 10 computers in their current line up.
Other PC and electronics companies have hundreds of different products on their line up. You could spend a couple of hours just enumerating the various versions of Nokia phones. MS has 6-10 different OSes (from Windows Vista to Server editions to Zune stuff, to newer Windows Mobile, etc etc. They also still support legacy crap like Windows 2000).
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No, they are clearly putting all their steam into the iOS leg
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Yes, clearly. If you don't bother to think of their overall STRATEGY or read their SEC fillings...
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hence my statement that the new iLife will be a crippled version for the iPad and leave the Mac in the dust.
One who consistently derails threads by throwing big gobs of mud on the rails is a troll. If he seems to do it for a living, I call him a professional troll.
I agree 100% with you except with regards to Blackintosh ...... can he/she/other actually be a professional ... I mean think about it ... would a professional post such amateurish and childish drivel? I think not, sorry, have to disagree.
Page's with built in speech to text would do it for me and trickle all the way down to the iPhone with setting for example like lecture where it picks up the proffesor only. Would need to add some logic noise gates, expansion etc. in it though.
AppleTV is a chair leg? When did this happen? What, just because the introduced a funky new model?
You make some good points. But the chair leg thing was from Steve Jobs himself. In 2007 he said, "We’ve got two strong legs on our chair today — we have the Mac business, which is a $10 billion business, and music, our iPod and iTunes business, which is $10 billion. We hope the iPhone is the third leg on our chair, and maybe one day Apple TV will be the fourth leg"
So, if Apple is doing away with DVD mastering (iDVD), how do you get your movies on to DVD?
I don't believe rumors until I see them. There is nothing yet that actually indicates Apple is doing away with iDVD, but even if they do, that doesn't mean they are exciting DVD's altogether. They may include a way to author a DVD directly from iMovie. I personally don't care to have the ability to do menus for everything so a quick but quality DVD from iMovie would be really good. I also wouldn't mind the ability to burn a BluRay as well.
However.. if they do remove this capability altogether, then there is a bigger market place for Toast. It's an excellent software package that I believe will eventually add the ability to play back BluRay if Apple doesn't step up there.
... still not adding AACS to their OS which would allow Blu-ray titlesto play on Mac OS X without booting into Windows on a Mac.
This is not Necessary to play back BluRay on the Mac or even Windows. Toast could add it's own libraries to its own app and build it's own BluRay player if they wanted too. Note that Microsoft DOES NOT directly support BluRay. Their own Media player doesn't play it back. You must purchase third party software (ie. Roxio) to play back BluRays and even DVD's on Windows. I'm just as upset with Roxio as I am with Apple for not including a way to play back BluRay. Roxio could make a lot of money if they released a BluRay player for the Mac right now.
As it is, you can get around it by using Make MKV to stream a BluRay commercial disc to VLC to watch the content. This is because Make MKV provides all the necessary items to decrypt the BluRay. I just doesn't include the player. We just need someone to do Both. Any takers????
This is not Necessary to play back BluRay on the Mac or even Windows. Toast could add it's own libraries to its own app and build it's own BluRay player if they wanted too. Note that Microsoft DOES NOT directly support BluRay. Their own Media player doesn't play it back. You must purchase third party software (ie. Roxio) to play back BluRays and even DVD's on Windows. I'm just as upset with Roxio as I am with Apple for not including a way to play back BluRay. Roxio could make a lot of money if they released a BluRay player for the Mac right now.
As it is, you can get around it by using Make MKV to stream a BluRay commercial disc to VLC to watch the content. This is because Make MKV provides all the necessary items to decrypt the BluRay. I just doesn't include the player. We just need someone to do Both. Any takers????
You're claiming that AACS doesn't need access to the OS and that Windows has not added AACS support so 3rd-partties can create apps that will for encrypted store-bought content to play via Winsows?
You're claiming that AACS doesn't need access to the OS and that Windows has not added AACS support so 3rd-partties can create apps that will for encrypted store-bought content to play via Winsows?
Apparently having no AACS support in earlier operating Systems like Windows XP etc.. hasn't stopped Nero AND Roxio from developing players for it.
Your link isn’t very informative. Nero’s system requirements page on the other hand is informative.
For playback of protected high definition content (home recorded BD-AV or AVCREC discs), additionally:
For 64bit systems, Windows Vista or later is required
The installed Blu-ray Disc drive must support AACS
Additional Requirements for Playing Protected High-ResolutionContent
One of the following processors with at least the specified clock speed: AMD Athlon 64 FX 2.6 GHz, AMD Athlon 64 X2 2.2 GHz, AMD Turion 64 X2 2 GHz, Intel® CoreDuo 2 GHz, Intel® Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz, Intel® Pentium® Extreme Edition 3.2 GHz, Intel® Pentium® D 3.4 GHz
Minimum 1 GB RAM
Up to 50 GB free hard drive space for Blu-ray Disc BD-R/RE dual layer disc images
Up to 30 GB free drive space for HD DVD-R/RW dual layer disc images
Minimum Vista® for 64-bit systems
AACS support by means of the installed Blu-ray Disc or HD DVD drive
Graphics card with at least 256 MB video RAM based on: nVidia GeForce 6600GT, 7600GT, 7800GTX512, 7900GS, 7900GT, 7900GX, 7900GTX, 7950GT, 7950GTX, 8500, 8600, 8800, 8400M, 8600M or newer. ATI series X1600, X1650, X1800, X1900, X1950, Radeon HD or newer in one of the following board and screen combinations: PCI-Express/Onboard video board with built-in display (e.g. notebook or integrated PC). PCI-Express video board with support for DVI/HDMI and HDCP, screen/television with HDMI input or HDCP supported DVI input. PCI-Express video board with VGA output and VGA monitor. PCI-Express video board with component video output and video output, CGMS-A and Macrovision support, television or projector. On analog monitors some discs display only at low resolution or not at all.
The newest graphics drivers with COPP support. Recommended: ATI Catalyst 7.5, nVidia ForceWare 94.24 (Windows XP), ForceWare 158.22 (Windows XP / GeForce 8 Series), ForceWare 158.24 (Windows Vista) or higher
Microsoft® .Net Framework 2.0 must be installed prior to Nero Suite in order to play interactive HDi content on HD DVD-Video
For optimal resolution, the graphics card and the screen should support HDCP - some combinations of graphics card and screen produce poor resolution
Internet connection for updating AACS keys. These are needed in order to play AACS protected Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD videos. See the respective device manual to determine whether a screen or TV device supports HDCP.
It clearly states that AACS must be included for protected content to play. How else is that going to happen unless Apple allows it?
Your link isn?t very informative. Nero?s system requirements page on the other hand is informative.
For playback of protected high definition content (home recorded BD-AV or AVCREC discs), additionally:
For 64bit systems, Windows Vista or later is required
The installed Blu-ray Disc drive must support AACS
Additional Requirements for Playing Protected High-ResolutionContent
One of the following processors with at least the specified clock speed: AMD Athlon 64 FX 2.6 GHz, AMD Athlon 64 X2 2.2 GHz, AMD Turion 64 X2 2 GHz, Intel® CoreDuo 2 GHz, Intel® Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz, Intel® Pentium® Extreme Edition 3.2 GHz, Intel® Pentium® D 3.4 GHz
Minimum 1 GB RAM
Up to 50 GB free hard drive space for Blu-ray Disc BD-R/RE dual layer disc images
Up to 30 GB free drive space for HD DVD-R/RW dual layer disc images
Minimum Vista® for 64-bit systems
AACS support by means of the installed Blu-ray Disc or HD DVD drive
Graphics card with at least 256 MB video RAM based on: nVidia GeForce 6600GT, 7600GT, 7800GTX512, 7900GS, 7900GT, 7900GX, 7900GTX, 7950GT, 7950GTX, 8500, 8600, 8800, 8400M, 8600M or newer. ATI series X1600, X1650, X1800, X1900, X1950, Radeon HD or newer in one of the following board and screen combinations: PCI-Express/Onboard video board with built-in display (e.g. notebook or integrated PC). PCI-Express video board with support for DVI/HDMI and HDCP, screen/television with HDMI input or HDCP supported DVI input. PCI-Express video board with VGA output and VGA monitor. PCI-Express video board with component video output and video output, CGMS-A and Macrovision support, television or projector. On analog monitors some discs display only at low resolution or not at all.
The newest graphics drivers with COPP support. Recommended: ATI Catalyst 7.5, nVidia ForceWare 94.24 (Windows XP), ForceWare 158.22 (Windows XP / GeForce 8 Series), ForceWare 158.24 (Windows Vista) or higher
Microsoft® .Net Framework 2.0 must be installed prior to Nero Suite in order to play interactive HDi content on HD DVD-Video
For optimal resolution, the graphics card and the screen should support HDCP - some combinations of graphics card and screen produce poor resolution
Internet connection for updating AACS keys. These are needed in order to play AACS protected Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD videos. See the respective device manual to determine whether a screen or TV device supports HDCP.
It clearly states that AACS must be included for protected content to play. How else is that going to happen unless Apple allows it?
Yes.. the drives must support AACS, and so must the video cards. But the actual operating system does not have to support AACS. Check out Roxio's website. AACS is simply a double check that The link from the BluRay play back device to the video card and Monitor is not broken so as not to allow you to hook up a device to record it. Roxio's Webpage is very clear on this. Apple doesn't have to ALLOW this or not. you can simply write a program that does it. If you can write a program that can Rip a BluRay DVD, you can certainly write one that can play it back.
Your link isn?t very informative. Nero?s system requirements page on the other hand is informative.
For playback of protected high definition content (home recorded BD-AV or AVCREC discs), additionally:
For 64bit systems, Windows Vista or later is required
The installed Blu-ray Disc drive must support AACS
Additional Requirements for Playing Protected High-ResolutionContent
One of the following processors with at least the specified clock speed: AMD Athlon 64 FX 2.6 GHz, AMD Athlon 64 X2 2.2 GHz, AMD Turion 64 X2 2 GHz, Intel® CoreDuo 2 GHz, Intel® Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz, Intel® Pentium® Extreme Edition 3.2 GHz, Intel® Pentium® D 3.4 GHz
Minimum 1 GB RAM
Up to 50 GB free hard drive space for Blu-ray Disc BD-R/RE dual layer disc images
Up to 30 GB free drive space for HD DVD-R/RW dual layer disc images
Minimum Vista® for 64-bit systems
AACS support by means of the installed Blu-ray Disc or HD DVD drive
Graphics card with at least 256 MB video RAM based on: nVidia GeForce 6600GT, 7600GT, 7800GTX512, 7900GS, 7900GT, 7900GX, 7900GTX, 7950GT, 7950GTX, 8500, 8600, 8800, 8400M, 8600M or newer. ATI series X1600, X1650, X1800, X1900, X1950, Radeon HD or newer in one of the following board and screen combinations: PCI-Express/Onboard video board with built-in display (e.g. notebook or integrated PC). PCI-Express video board with support for DVI/HDMI and HDCP, screen/television with HDMI input or HDCP supported DVI input. PCI-Express video board with VGA output and VGA monitor. PCI-Express video board with component video output and video output, CGMS-A and Macrovision support, television or projector. On analog monitors some discs display only at low resolution or not at all.
The newest graphics drivers with COPP support. Recommended: ATI Catalyst 7.5, nVidia ForceWare 94.24 (Windows XP), ForceWare 158.22 (Windows XP / GeForce 8 Series), ForceWare 158.24 (Windows Vista) or higher
Microsoft® .Net Framework 2.0 must be installed prior to Nero Suite in order to play interactive HDi content on HD DVD-Video
For optimal resolution, the graphics card and the screen should support HDCP - some combinations of graphics card and screen produce poor resolution
Internet connection for updating AACS keys. These are needed in order to play AACS protected Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD videos. See the respective device manual to determine whether a screen or TV device supports HDCP.
It clearly states that AACS must be included for protected content to play. How else is that going to happen unless Apple allows it?
AACS is simply a standard for managing Digital Copyright information. It DOES NOT have to be included in an operating system. It Must, however, be included in a Software player or a hardware player, components.. All it does is check to see that the drive, video card, etc.. is the right type. The hardware does the rest. If the signal is broken on Digital Content for example, the hardware simply won't play the signal. its' simply a standard.
For example, a HDCP Video card is required, or an internal video system such as an iMac, or Laptop would work fine. The MiniDisplay port is HDCP compliant so it would register in the software player fine. The BluRay Drive would register too. thats the only Communication required by AACS. It wouldn't be too difficult to write a program for this, it's just simply that no one has done it yet.
It wouldn't be too difficult to write a program for this, it's just simply that no one has done it yet.
As much as I’d like your statement to be accurate it goes against the fact that this does not yet exist despite Roxio long ago adding support for Blu-ray media, but not adding support for playback of AACS encrypted content within Blu-ray media, so I can only conclude that it’s much harder than you’re making it out to be otherwise they and dozens of others would have already created apps.
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Seriously just get Rapidweaver - it's a fantastic piece of software. Apple should buy it and bundle as part of iLife.
I personally don't like RapidWeaver. I've tried and I've tried but I really don't see what the fuss is all about.
iWeb is much more configurable and adding third party tools like iWeb Buddy fills the gaps for a lot of things.
I'm really hoping for a major upgrade to iWeb though.
I want personal domain email for MobileMe.
??? It already has it doesn't it? I can send an email address to my personal domain e-mail and it comes through with no issues.
So, if Apple is doing away with DVD mastering (iDVD), how do you get your movies on to DVD?
Use Nero.
And once again for the cheap seats, why don't you try RESPONDING to my arguments instead of dismissing me by childish name calling. Give me some examples of Apple executing efficiently. I have plenty more of them not doing so.
I got a pretty good one for you: sales. Anyway, most of the stuff you mention is just how things have always been. Remember the Apple 2? Yeah it turned yellow. Cracks in the Cube? Classic Mac OS dying on the vine? OSX being slow on older Macs? It's nothing new we're just living in an age where OCD people can rant and rave on forums all day pro or con. Sales are the best figure to judge how important these issues really are. How many people aren't buying a Mac because OSX 10.7 isn't out? If people are unhappy with iOS4 on the 3G they can spend $99 for a new phone. Did the iPad suffer because a bunch of nerds on websites were upset it didn't have a USB port? Nope. I guess my core point here is the 1-2%-ers who live on Internet forums simply don't matter.
By the way, name calling is against the rules here Flaneur. I'm afraid I'll have to report you.
Careful. You get banned for reporting the regulars.
Is this going to be an Intel Only Release?
Not only will it be Intel-only but it will also require Snow Leopard because it will allow Apple to remove legacy code while taking advantage of technologies that are in Snow Leopard, which has been out for the past year.
Like a spam filter that even comes within the same ball park as gmail. That doesn't declare CL responses spam automatically, when they are legitimate. That doesn't let a dozen spam messages through every day. I get no spam and no false positives on gmail, mobileme though is a disaster and that is why I actually didn't renew my subscription. I can do everything I need with dropbox except wireless syncing of my calendar and contacts with my iPhone.
Huh? Gmail is god-awful. Google marks their own stuff as spam (google voice and calendar alerts, for example). I have to sort through all my spam because of all the false positives. I am slowly weeding out all my gmail email alerts and will eventually relegate gmail to a throw away email account.
Based on the fact that Apple can't execute anymore. How dare I say such a thing?
Need I remind you of death grip antennas,
No, you need not remind us of an non-issue, that was overblown to death, that happens to all mobile phones in some degree, that doesn't affect normal users and DESPITE WHICH iPhone 4 STILL HAD BETTER RECEPTION than previous models.
supply shortages of iPads and iPhones (still!!).
Yes, having LOADS MORE DEMAND for devices than your manufacturers are able to build is somehow NEGATIVE for Apple...
And lets not forget the venerable Mac with cracked bezels and yellow displays.
Even better, let's forget about it.
There have been issues with EVERY PRODUCT LINE, of EVERY COMPANY ever. Apple "can't execute anymore"? WTF? The had far worse problems in the early '00s (fried logic boards, exploding batteries etc).
Those things happens to PCs and PC parts all the time. It's just that there are some many different brands that no one has a large enough base to matter. For example, since they sell tens of different models and configurations, there could be just, say, 100,000 units of a Toshiba, Dell, Asus etc model out there, but there are several millions of Macbooks rev2...
Now Apple is a company with the three chair legs of Mac, iOS and Apple TV. And they are going to juggle all of this how?
AppleTV is a chair leg? When did this happen? What, just because the introduced a funky new model?
They are gonna juggle Mac and iOS just fine. They have 1 phone model (2 configurations based on memory), 1 tablet (2 confs, differ only in 3G) 2 OSes and about 10 computers in their current line up.
Other PC and electronics companies have hundreds of different products on their line up. You could spend a couple of hours just enumerating the various versions of Nokia phones. MS has 6-10 different OSes (from Windows Vista to Server editions to Zune stuff, to newer Windows Mobile, etc etc. They also still support legacy crap like Windows 2000).
No, they are clearly putting all their steam into the iOS leg
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Yes, clearly. If you don't bother to think of their overall STRATEGY or read their SEC fillings...
hence my statement that the new iLife will be a crippled version for the iPad and leave the Mac in the dust.
Does not even make sense, what you wrote...
One who consistently derails threads by throwing big gobs of mud on the rails is a troll. If he seems to do it for a living, I call him a professional troll.
I agree 100% with you except with regards to Blackintosh ...... can he/she/other actually be a professional ... I mean think about it ... would a professional post such amateurish and childish drivel? I think not, sorry, have to disagree.
Page's with built in speech to text would do it for me and trickle all the way down to the iPhone with setting for example like lecture where it picks up the proffesor only. Would need to add some logic noise gates, expansion etc. in it though.
Gee you aren't asking for much. sarcasm intended.
AppleTV is a chair leg? When did this happen? What, just because the introduced a funky new model?
You make some good points. But the chair leg thing was from Steve Jobs himself. In 2007 he said, "We’ve got two strong legs on our chair today — we have the Mac business, which is a $10 billion business, and music, our iPod and iTunes business, which is $10 billion. We hope the iPhone is the third leg on our chair, and maybe one day Apple TV will be the fourth leg"
So, if Apple is doing away with DVD mastering (iDVD), how do you get your movies on to DVD?
I don't believe rumors until I see them. There is nothing yet that actually indicates Apple is doing away with iDVD, but even if they do, that doesn't mean they are exciting DVD's altogether. They may include a way to author a DVD directly from iMovie. I personally don't care to have the ability to do menus for everything so a quick but quality DVD from iMovie would be really good. I also wouldn't mind the ability to burn a BluRay as well.
However.. if they do remove this capability altogether, then there is a bigger market place for Toast. It's an excellent software package that I believe will eventually add the ability to play back BluRay if Apple doesn't step up there.
... still not adding AACS to their OS which would allow Blu-ray titlesto play on Mac OS X without booting into Windows on a Mac.
This is not Necessary to play back BluRay on the Mac or even Windows. Toast could add it's own libraries to its own app and build it's own BluRay player if they wanted too. Note that Microsoft DOES NOT directly support BluRay. Their own Media player doesn't play it back. You must purchase third party software (ie. Roxio) to play back BluRays and even DVD's on Windows. I'm just as upset with Roxio as I am with Apple for not including a way to play back BluRay. Roxio could make a lot of money if they released a BluRay player for the Mac right now.
As it is, you can get around it by using Make MKV to stream a BluRay commercial disc to VLC to watch the content. This is because Make MKV provides all the necessary items to decrypt the BluRay. I just doesn't include the player. We just need someone to do Both. Any takers????
This is not Necessary to play back BluRay on the Mac or even Windows. Toast could add it's own libraries to its own app and build it's own BluRay player if they wanted too. Note that Microsoft DOES NOT directly support BluRay. Their own Media player doesn't play it back. You must purchase third party software (ie. Roxio) to play back BluRays and even DVD's on Windows. I'm just as upset with Roxio as I am with Apple for not including a way to play back BluRay. Roxio could make a lot of money if they released a BluRay player for the Mac right now.
As it is, you can get around it by using Make MKV to stream a BluRay commercial disc to VLC to watch the content. This is because Make MKV provides all the necessary items to decrypt the BluRay. I just doesn't include the player. We just need someone to do Both. Any takers????
You're claiming that AACS doesn't need access to the OS and that Windows has not added AACS support so 3rd-partties can create apps that will for encrypted store-bought content to play via Winsows?
You're claiming that AACS doesn't need access to the OS and that Windows has not added AACS support so 3rd-partties can create apps that will for encrypted store-bought content to play via Winsows?
Apparently having no AACS support in earlier operating Systems like Windows XP etc.. hasn't stopped Nero AND Roxio from developing players for it.
http://www.windows7news.com/2009/03/...u-ray-support/
Apparently having no AACS support in earlier operating Systems like Windows XP etc.. hasn't stopped Nero AND Roxio from developing players for it.
http://www.windows7news.com/2009/03/...u-ray-support/
Your link isn’t very informative. Nero’s system requirements page on the other hand is informative. It clearly states that AACS must be included for protected content to play. How else is that going to happen unless Apple allows it?
Your link isn?t very informative. Nero?s system requirements page on the other hand is informative. It clearly states that AACS must be included for protected content to play. How else is that going to happen unless Apple allows it?
Yes.. the drives must support AACS, and so must the video cards. But the actual operating system does not have to support AACS. Check out Roxio's website. AACS is simply a double check that The link from the BluRay play back device to the video card and Monitor is not broken so as not to allow you to hook up a device to record it. Roxio's Webpage is very clear on this. Apple doesn't have to ALLOW this or not. you can simply write a program that does it. If you can write a program that can Rip a BluRay DVD, you can certainly write one that can play it back.
Your link isn?t very informative. Nero?s system requirements page on the other hand is informative. It clearly states that AACS must be included for protected content to play. How else is that going to happen unless Apple allows it?
AACS is simply a standard for managing Digital Copyright information. It DOES NOT have to be included in an operating system. It Must, however, be included in a Software player or a hardware player, components.. All it does is check to see that the drive, video card, etc.. is the right type. The hardware does the rest. If the signal is broken on Digital Content for example, the hardware simply won't play the signal. its' simply a standard.
For example, a HDCP Video card is required, or an internal video system such as an iMac, or Laptop would work fine. The MiniDisplay port is HDCP compliant so it would register in the software player fine. The BluRay Drive would register too. thats the only Communication required by AACS. It wouldn't be too difficult to write a program for this, it's just simply that no one has done it yet.
It wouldn't be too difficult to write a program for this, it's just simply that no one has done it yet.
As much as I’d like your statement to be accurate it goes against the fact that this does not yet exist despite Roxio long ago adding support for Blu-ray media, but not adding support for playback of AACS encrypted content within Blu-ray media, so I can only conclude that it’s much harder than you’re making it out to be otherwise they and dozens of others would have already created apps.