Works with any Mac. Follow my sig links. You do need a beefy cpu (probably 3 gHz Core 2 Duo or any quad core) because VLC isn't that great when it comes to decompressing the video and extracting the audio from the HD audio streams at the same time.
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Steve Jobs Suggests Blu-ray Not Coming to Mac Anytime Soon
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Works with any Mac. Follow my sig links. You do need a beefy cpu (probably 3 gHz Core 2 Duo or any quad core) because VLC isn't that great when it comes to decompressing the video and extracting the audio from the HD audio streams at the same time.
If it is part of the movie itself, after the menu, FF is probably the only option. If it is the first part of autoplay, on the way to the menu, there are usually possibilities. Sometimes just pressing Menu works, sometimes Stop followed by Play or Menu, sometimes Skip Forward is useful. Sometimes nothing works without a modified or otherwise capable player, like:
There are DVD players that feature an autoplay mode in which the player attempts to skip the menu and ads and everything and begin playing the movie immediately, with no user input. With BD, such things are far more dependent on the disc, and I haven't personally seen one (a disc) set to do so.
So, again we fail the "just works" test - since Windows can play BD discs with Intel integrated graphics on "vegetarian" CPUs.
Why do so many insist on defending the Turtlenecked Overlord, when he is so clearly blocking your access to what's commonly available?
Remember when Apple led in supporting new, exciting technologies?
Obviously not, or you wouldn't be defending the Overlord when he blocks technology that been available on Windows for years....
Whatever "FF" is - that's part of an over the counter DVD player?
Dude, get over it. I want Blu-ray just as much as anyone, but I accept that Steve's not going to give it to us and I believe he has a legitimate argument (invasion of the kernel). So one either works around it or bitches. I've made my choice and you've apparently made yours. Enough already.
Apple really depends upon the sheeple....
If it's "Steve's way or the highway", I'll get my highway maps out. That's what "Think Different" really means.
Sorry, thought that was universal enough of an abbreviation.
Fast Forward. Pretty sure it's available.
You know, I would like BD to work on Mac. But I'm not going to skip Mac computers because they don't have it. Because Windows is lacking something slightly more important to me....basic functionality. While I don't need a map on either system, I'll take the one that doesn't screw something up every half hour.
BD does work on a Mac, and the work-around is quite simple.
Windows, OTOH.........
Those who suffer through Windows failings are in dire need for company - funny how this alleged issue doesn't even pertain to those few who insist on bitching the most about it.
No kidding, 95% of the the computing world just stares at their computer. You can't edit video or photos on a windows computer. Hell ever try to listen to a mp3 on a windows computer, can't do that either. Can't play game either, we all know that mac has the support for all games and the windows has none. I would rather have a computer that "just works" more and more it's becoming obvious which system that is.
Strawman much?
Where's the advertisement which claims that BD "just works" with a Mac?
A viable and simple work-around is hardly anything to get disgruntled over.
Very likely, BD solutions will become even easier by years-end.
Yes, a computer which "just works."
Applying this 'catch-phrase' to peripheral functionality is apparently an amusing digression, for some around here.
The Mac doesn't play LaserDiscs (LD) out-of-the-box either, not does it wash clothing - it "Just Works" as a computer, just fine, nonetheless.
Then why does some software come on multiple DVDs ?
Apple's Macintosh, It Just Works*
* Except when you try to do something with it that Apple Inc. does not approve of. Void where prohibited, some charges may apply.
The same can be said, ironically, for the one piece of 'computing/gaming' hardware expelled by Microsoft.
Funny, PS3 is capable of playing BD out-of-the-box, yet, "Bluuuuu-Raaaaaayyyyy" - not happening with an XBox.
Your point?
Microsoft never used "It just works" as a slogan, nor is an Xbox a general purpose personal computer.
Yours ?
They shouldn't because their products DO NOT "just work." I finally bought a PS3 after two of my Xbox 360's got the "red ring of death." This is another example of them making "third-rate products" like Steve says.
Since when is it a requirement that a 'general purpose' computer provide BD functionality?
"It Just Works" applies to what the computer is intended for.
Again, strawman much?
LOL. so true.
Their slogan - "It's a crapshoot.... and the odds are in our favor."
So you're saying that basically :
Apple's Macintosh, It Just Works*
* Except when you try to do something with it that Apple Inc. does not approve of. Void where prohibited, some charges may apply.
Why do you argue with me if we agree ?
I like that one!
It's funny ( actually sad ) but I had some Xbox Live friends that were actually on their 5th and 6th Xbox 360's. The only reason why they stuck it out was because of the friends they made there. Me, I finally had enough of the shenanigans like I did with Windows, and went PS3. I really like how quiet the PS3 is ( can't even tell it is on) where as the 360 sounds like a jet engine.
I agree, and this disclaimer would also seem to apply to the installation and use of certified professional graphics cards. The certified support goes Microsoft Windows, Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD. Macintosh? What's that?
So you're saying that basically :
Apple's Macintosh, It Just Works*
* Except when you try to do something with it that Apple Inc. does not approve of. Void where prohibited, some charges may apply.
Why do you argue with me if we agree ?
Who's arguing here?
Your claims of "approval," and "void where prohibited," do not pertain.
Their decision not to offer this "fringe" peripheral hasn't stopped anyone from installing one and using it on their own - no one's prohibiting anything here.
Either way, "It Just Works."
Referring to his own experience, undoubtedly.
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