Technically, there's no reason software can't be shipped in razor thin CD jewel cases, stacked flat against each other on the shelf.
But they just wouldn't stand out and many buyers would feel they were getting a $10 CD rather than a $129 operating system.
I rather think they should put software CDs in thin jewel cases or even sleeves. The only thing they'd have to change is to get rid of shelves and use flip racks like in music stores. Of course, I'm old enough to remember and miss the days when LPs had nice, big cover art. Those were the days. For years after the CD arrived, the music companies still resisted going with bare jewel cases with their tiny cover art, enclosing the cases in long cardboard boxes instead, but it still wasn't the same as a permanent 12x12" album cover.
Also, there may be a touch of theft-prevention there in not having expensive software in ultrathin packages. Not much, mind you, considering anyone who's really savvy enough would probably just download the warez off P2P or something instead of risking arrest for shoplifting.
Are they going to make this one Universal Binary/Intel compatible, or are we going to have to wait until Leopard for that?
It'd be nice if those running OS X on non-Macs had the option of paying Apple for a paid-for copy. Yes, technically you might be violating the EULA, but then it becomes a contract dispute, not a copyright issue.
Large retail boxes were hard to change to small, because larger boxes meant more "frontage" devoted to the product, making it easier for the consumer to see on the shelf. Manufacturers were reluctant to downsize because it meant giving up frontage to competing products, making their products potentially less visible.
The growing environmental concerns of the public, combined with the ever-growing costs of the packaging, are getting manufacturers' attention, resulting in smaller packages.
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Originally posted by michaelb
Technically, there's no reason software can't be shipped in razor thin CD jewel cases, stacked flat against each other on the shelf.
But they just wouldn't stand out and many buyers would feel they were getting a $10 CD rather than a $129 operating system.
I rather think they should put software CDs in thin jewel cases or even sleeves. The only thing they'd have to change is to get rid of shelves and use flip racks like in music stores. Of course, I'm old enough to remember and miss the days when LPs had nice, big cover art. Those were the days. For years after the CD arrived, the music companies still resisted going with bare jewel cases with their tiny cover art, enclosing the cases in long cardboard boxes instead, but it still wasn't the same as a permanent 12x12" album cover.
Also, there may be a touch of theft-prevention there in not having expensive software in ultrathin packages. Not much, mind you, considering anyone who's really savvy enough would probably just download the warez off P2P or something instead of risking arrest for shoplifting.
Originally posted by Ireland
me Tarzan no agree
Is mise Bikertwin. Is maith liom Origami! Cén fáth nÃ* maith leat é?
It'd be nice if those running OS X on non-Macs had the option of paying Apple for a paid-for copy. Yes, technically you might be violating the EULA, but then it becomes a contract dispute, not a copyright issue.
Originally posted by lundy
As much as we may want it to be the last time, it's not going to be.
Per say
Your a looser
Wallah (or "viola")
for all intensive purposes
The Way We Where
Isreal
moran
seperate
it's
etc. etc. ad nauseam.
ad hominum
The growing environmental concerns of the public, combined with the ever-growing costs of the packaging, are getting manufacturers' attention, resulting in smaller packages.
About time!
Originally posted by Sekio
I've never understood why software makers need such huge boxes anyway. So wasteful.
Remember the boxes software used to come in in the mid '90's? Those things were huge!
Shelf space. Catching the consumer's eye in the store.