[zensunni]

Doesn't look like they accomplished any of these, unfortunately.
A worthy 'one more thing' that could have been: "We're finally opening the iPhone and iPod Touch so that anyone can develop and distribute their apps!"

[wardoggie]

I'm okay with Apple not knocking anything out of the park this time. I couldn't afford to buy a new mac mini or anything else the rumor mills cranked out anyway.
I'd love to see that new battery technology work its way backward to the replaceable batteries for my MacBook Pro 15", but I doubt that'll happen.
As for what "Apple needs to do at Expo", it all boils down to one thing: Keep making cool, useful products people want to buy. If people can't afford them now, they'll buy them when they can. And although I'm no accountant or economist, I think Apple has enough cash to survive a lengthy downturn. But history shows that when Apple starts to think like a traditional computer company, they don't do very well.

[jjdiii]

I understand that no major studio requires DRM to the display for full resolution, but that is a future option.

Steve Jobs said the licensing for Blu-ray was a "bag of hurt", not the hardware. With modern hardware, Blu-Ray playback does not use any more power than DVDs with two year old hardware. If Microsoft can get Vista to play Blu-ray then I think Apple can get OS X to work.

Why would we not want Macs with at least the capabilities of Windows?

Try getting rid of your TV. Your Mac can be used for all your Media, except for playing Blu-ray disks.

[dreyfus]

jjdiii said:

I understand that no major studio requires DRM to the display for full resolution, but that is a future option.

Where is that information coming from? I own only 14 BDs and every single one of them will not play in full resolution through a connection which cannot perform a HDCP handshake.

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Steve Jobs said the licensing for Blu-ray was a "bag of hurt", not the hardware. With modern hardware, Blu-Ray playback does not use any more power than DVDs with two year old hardware. If Microsoft can get Vista to play Blu-ray then I think Apple can get OS X to work.

Why would we not want Macs with at least the capabilities of Windows?

Yes, mainly because the licensing of BD DRM would have to be implemented in the OS kernel, not in the playback application. MS can do whatever they like, it is not Apple's duty to match or duplicate Windows... it is their duty to provide the best OS with the best balance of features and usability. Every single statistic and review (even from age-long MS supporters) clearly shows who is doing better here. If Apple says they do not want to mess with the OS, just to support a technology that is dead-on-arrival and only results in additional license fees... then I have no problem to accept that, actually I prefer them to act like this instead of just jumping on every short-lived trend like lemmings.

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Try getting rid of your TV. Your Mac can be used for all your Media, except for playing Blu-ray disks.

Why should I get rid of my TV? My TV has 60" and still displays regular OTA PAL broadcasts fine (when watched from a suitable distance). Trying to pump up a NTSC or PAL broadcast to the much higher resolution of a 30" Cinema Display results in blocks being as big as water rats... great deal. Actually, comparing playing standard and cheap conventional widescreen DVDs from an upscaling cheap DVD player to that 60" TV (or using the 30" ACD and the pretty sophisticated deinterlacing in the OS X DVD Player app)... you will be quite challenged to see a difference to the much more expensive BD (some back catalog titles cost as much as 30 EUR on BD here while the widescreen DVD with identical content costs as little as 5 EUR). Why would I pay more for BDs if they provide no obvious benefit at all, require new hardware everywhere and restrict me in every way imaginable - I can easily transfer most DVDs to iTunes and watch them on my iPhone or iPod, with BDs I am 100% screwed.