To quote Jobs -'Blue-ray is a bag of hurt.' The licensing was complex and expensive in 2008.
http://www.betanews.com/article/Steve-Jobs-Bluray-is-a-bag-of-hurt-no-netbook-planned/1224007987 On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 11:51 AM, mike <[email protected]> wrote: > Be a lot more useful if the thing had a bluray player, 700 bux is > outrageous > for that hardware spec. > > On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 3:26 AM, Roger D. Parish <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > At 1:23 AM -0400 6/16/10, [email protected] wrote: > > > > Plus, I think that Apple plans to push the new > >> Mini more as a vehicle for entertainment purposes than as a device for > >> real work, which seems to me to generally be their new direction > >> anyway. > >> > > > > Along those lines, I note that supplied with the Mini is an HDMI-to-DVI > > cable for connecting a monitor. Not a mini-DisplayPort cable, but an HDMI > > cable. > > -- > > Roger > > Lovettsville, VA > > > > > > > > ************************************************************************* > > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > > ************************************************************************* > > > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
