As already said above, this would be great, but with the state of broadband as it is in the US I don't see this coming to reality anytime soon. People are not going to wait for hours while their 30GB HD video downloads.
I'm all for it though!
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I'm all for it though!
I find it hard to believe that someone who can afford a BluRay disc player and an HDTV would not have DSL or Cable. Must be a very small percentage.
As far as downloading HD content in the future....it's here. I download HD all the time. Don't get me wrong, I have an HD DVD player in my theatre and it is spectacular, but so was the Delorean.
By the way the Apple Store is up and running, and running quickly.
It doesn't matter. The file size is so enormous, you can have the best cable speeds in town, it is still going to take you many, many, many hours to download a blue ray or hd movie.
Still many years away.
No kidding. Lot of folks have tech sense....but no common sense. (Like with multi-touch...sure you have the tech, but any fool [i.e., Microsoft] can push the tech out there with only a half-baked idea of how to use it. It DOES take research to build an interface where it makes sense AND easy to use, plus the hooks in the operating system to make use of them)
Apple Store still not back up.
yah STILL. And I was trying to check out just when the store went down, with a refurb pink shuffle in shopping cart... hope it's still there.
(someone has to buy the old stuff)
Exactly! My previous post on the 4th paged stated that. A 50GB movie would take 34 hours with a 10 mega bit speed. That speed in my town costs $80 a month. No way that is going to take off anytime soon. It is more practical to buy the player and the movie on a hard media.
mark of a truly good company
It has always been about making beautiful and useful products that you can be proud of to share with friends and families. I know it sounds corny, but this mentality really sets good companies apart from people who just want to make a quick buck! I don't think Michael Dell gets this concept nor does Bill Gates.
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It has always been about making beautiful and useful products that you can be proud of to share with friends and families. I know it sounds corny, but this mentality really sets good companies apart from people who just want to make a quick buck! I don't think Michael Dell gets this concept nor does Bill Gates.
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I totally agree, although Mike Dell is not on a par with Bill Gates. (I can't believe I just complimented Bill Gates)
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They'd better soup up the aTV soon, given that remark. Perhaps there
will be another media day event in October, unveiling 10.5, throwing down
new ipods for xmas, and one more thing an aTV that doubles as game
console. Oh well, I can dream, can't I?
will be another media day event in October, unveiling 10.5, throwing down
new ipods for xmas, and one more thing an aTV that doubles as game
console. Oh well, I can dream, can't I?
Actually I'm still trying to figure out why the missing numberpad. The whole reason for BT is no wires, not so you can put it on your lap. I'd rather use my full size BT keyboard I have now.
How dare you? WE "mac" people have to wait for how many months to get ANYTHING new for macs (besides speed bumps) so you people can get your precious "iphone" which so many people can't even buy (I live in canada). We finally get our news.. the news we want... and your important question would be "enough of this mac stuff, when is iphone 2.0 comming out?"
Flame me all you want, but apple still sells computers... get over it!
According to Moore's Law, we should be able to do this in a couple of years. Plus in h.264, it won't need to be 50GB. I thought the original comment about BluRay DOA was pretty accurate.
Could they be keeping it small for future iPhone integration? (mobility reasons)
Last question: "There has been a suggestion that Apple appeals to smaller elite than mass customer base. Is it your goal to overtake PC in marketshare?"
Steve: "Goal is to make the best PC in the world, and make something we can recommend to family in friends. There is some stuff in our industry we wouldn't be proud to ship. We can't ship junk. Thresholds we just can't cross. But we want to make the best personal computers in the industry. Our products are usually not premium priced. Price our competitors' computers, and add in all the extras, we're competitive. We don't offer stripped down products. We compare favorably. Thank you very much for coming today."
Usually not premium priced?? The PC world is offering 2.4GHz Core2Quad based PCs with 2GB of RAM and 500GB HDs bundled with top brand name LCDs for significantly less than the entry level iMac.
Now I'm willing to pay a few hundred dollars more for a good case and power supply, and the joy of running MacOS X instead of Windows, but the gap remains ridiculously large.
Steve: "Goal is to make the best PC in the world, and make something we can recommend to family in friends. There is some stuff in our industry we wouldn't be proud to ship. We can't ship junk. Thresholds we just can't cross. But we want to make the best personal computers in the industry. Our products are usually not premium priced. Price our competitors' computers, and add in all the extras, we're competitive. We don't offer stripped down products. We compare favorably. Thank you very much for coming today."
Usually not premium priced?? The PC world is offering 2.4GHz Core2Quad based PCs with 2GB of RAM and 500GB HDs bundled with top brand name LCDs for significantly less than the entry level iMac.
Now I'm willing to pay a few hundred dollars more for a good case and power supply, and the joy of running MacOS X instead of Windows, but the gap remains ridiculously large.
Why do you say many years away. We do this all the time in the business. I can download 2 or 3 feature length HD features with no codec on my laptop while I sleep at night. Use a codec and its even faster.
And all I have is a plain vanilla cable modem.
Proof positive that this going to be several years away.
That's NOT normal consumer behavior, dude...
it was nice that they did the Q/A. even though i personally like just listening to steve, it's good to get questions from others