That may be their niche, which would be interesting. But their going to be competing with Cable providers with set-top boxes.
I pay my monthly fee to Insight or who ever and get a box that does it all. I like my Media Center PC, and I like the integration between it in my xBox. But usually if I'm watching tv, it comes from my Set Top box, and not the PC. I'd like to use the PC more, but the quality of streaming media isn't that good yet, maybe in a few years when broadband can handle the content better, the networked set-top box will be able to work better. > -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > So you never see a new movie? You just watch your old ones over and > over because "they get the job done"? > > My point was talking about entertainment, not work, and I was saying > that as the computer migrates more towards entertainment than work, > for the average person, they'll want something that works better in > that space. > > That space is becoming digital entertainment: movies, music, > television, the Internet, communications. In this space Apple has > been a disruptor with iTunes and iPods. If it can do the same thing > with movies and TV as it did with music then they're going to sell a > lot of Macs. (Look for Apple TV's debut soon!) > > A futurist would add that that seems to be coinciding with former > desktop applications moving to the network making the need for a > desktop fat client less and less. So, in the future, your average > consumer will want a computer to meet their entertainment needs first > and their work needs second (since work provides that). > > Apple is moving to be the manufacturer of that consumer box. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:228900 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
