Apple analysts are suspecting we’ll soon see Blu-ray support in Mac Pros this year, something we suspect is BS. Why would Apple start adding Blu-Ray when they just announced HD video rentals? They know a good thing when they see it and there’s no reason to add what could be just an external upgrade for most people.
Beyond eschewing industry alliances, Apple’s also never been a company to indulge in feature glut — jamming the latest and greatest technologies into new computer just to say it has them. If anything, the company tends to omit features for the sake of simplicity and uniformity. This is, after all, the same company that released an ultra-slim laptop without an optical drive (which Steve Jobs said no one would miss).
Amen, brother.
I guess the author isn’t familiar with the fact that Apple was the first to put DVD burners in PowerMac G4s long ago. A spendy update to be sure. Almost $1,000. Apple loves to tout cutting-edge technology in their pro machines. They also seem to forget that Apple is a member of BDA, that they produce software they want people running in their Macs to create original video content.
Too many people seem to forget that Apple is a big-time player in Hollywood. There is every reason to believe they put the second slot in for optical drives in their Mac Pro towers so that people will be able to add the Blu-ray drives once they become affordable. And now that such affordable drives exist (the latest Sony is $250), there is little doubt Apple will add that option soon.
I agree totally with the reader/comment above. Apple has been a huge supporter of Blue Ray since the beginning. Maybe it’s because Blue Ray had a better picture and twice the storage space making it the obvious choice , or because it wasn’t backed by Microsoft.
But to say that Apple doesn’t support putting cutting/bleeding edge technologies in their computers for the sake of simplicity. All I have to say is FireWire & Bluetooth my friends. I believe Apple has been rock’n these two things long before the rest of the industry did.
Crunch Gear, you just lost some major points with me. But I forgive you…