On 3 Aug 2011, at 12:34 PM, objectwerks inc wrote: > On Aug 3, 2011, at 10:30 AM, Lawrence Sica wrote: > >> On Aug 3, 2011, at 12:19 PM, LuKreme wrote: >> >>> On Aug 2, 2011, at 19:02, Arno Hautala <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I doubt many software vendors are >>>> going to increase their distribution costs by replacing installation >>>> media with USB drives. >>> >>> USB thumb drives are cooperative with optical media. Sure,the unit cost is >>> higher but packaging and distribution costs are a lot lower, not to mention >>> storage. >>> >>> Also, a thumb drive can be written on site with the latest version. >> >> I love the thumb drive I have for my Air. I wish more would do that. Plus >> the media is smaller to carry around and can't get scratched. Has anyone >> actually done a real cost analysis? I wonder how much it cost Apple to do >> that. > > I am betting that thumb drives SW distribution is in the same order of > magnitude as optical media distribution. When you consider how many free > thumb drives I have received (even as junk mail by snail mail) as marketing > devices (Nissan sent me a 1GB one not long ago to show off some new vehicle) > they cannot be that expensive and I bet the equipment necessary to "produce" > the recorded device is cheaper than the stamping of optical media.
I believe the latest Macbook Air no longer comes with any external media (thumb drive or DVD). Gregg _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
