On Aug 3, 2011, at 11:32 AM, objectwerks inc wrote: > > On Aug 3, 2011, at 2:49 AM, Arno Hautala wrote: > >> A/V consumption on computers is a nicety that is being >> phased out fairly quickly. > > > really? Data? Why the big emphasis on iTunes? A/V is not only optical you > know. More people still use computers for A/V than use an Apple TV. > > I stand by my statement that it would have been nice to offer a variant of > the mini with an optical disc device this time around. Introduce the mini > without but have a variant with for the "luddites" who still use optical > (which I bet is still a rather large majority of people). Broadband in the > US is not everywhere or fast. Not everyone wants to "rent" media. Some like > to buy. And that "some" is probably larger than the group is streams > significantly (still). I do agree that the change will happen, but it has > not happened yet I wager (while physical media sales are down, are they down > over 50%?) >
Maybe not but are these the target audience Apple really cares about? Apple seems to be more focused on the market segment that will have broadband of some sort. I don't doubt the merit of what you are saying but I don't think Apple cares all that much. There is a vision they have and they will be the first to go there, just like they did with stuff like floppies, built in wi-fi, and usb for example. --Larry_______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
