A reasonable alternative to a SuperTiBook
Everyone here is bit**ing about the evils of not having a superdrive, and how important it is for Apple to include a superdrive on these powerbooks, despite production, heat-generation, and size constraints, and how vital it is that Apple *somehow* they have to figure out how to procure, fit, and sell superdrives in powerbooks, because Damned Apple sees to it that iDVD won't work with external drives.
Has it occured to the masses that perhaps, in January, when much new Apple hardware is unveiled, giving TROU the desire to empty our wallets for new hardware, maybe, just maybe, Apple will rev iDVD and remove the Original Apple Internal Superdrive constraint?
You'll notice that Burn Disc and iTunes work just fine with third-party burners, though this wasn't the case at first (Que, for one, saying Apple was *very* slow in giving driver instructions to enable compatability with OS X iTunes).
Perhaps now that DVD-R is becoming much more common, Apple won't force users to buy new machines just to use iDVD. If Apple can't get slot-loading DVD-Rs in volume in time for January, they'll nearly *have to* allow third-party compatability with iDVD, elsewise the high-end powerbook crowd (which is a strong overlap with the Digital Video crowd, and make no mistake) will grow very frustrated, and may exert that frustration in ways that don't help Apple (buying Wintel DVD-R laptops, or Premiere).
It's just a thought, but I always assumed the Apple-Only Superdrive restriction was just for the first year or two. I don't think it's something that'll last another year, if even another two months.
Kevin Fox
Me, me, me! http://fury.com
Everyone here is bit**ing about the evils of not having a superdrive, and how important it is for Apple to include a superdrive on these powerbooks, despite production, heat-generation, and size constraints, and how vital it is that Apple *somehow* they have to figure out how to procure, fit, and sell superdrives in powerbooks, because Damned Apple sees to it that iDVD won't work with external drives.
Has it occured to the masses that perhaps, in January, when much new Apple hardware is unveiled, giving TROU the desire to empty our wallets for new hardware, maybe, just maybe, Apple will rev iDVD and remove the Original Apple Internal Superdrive constraint?
You'll notice that Burn Disc and iTunes work just fine with third-party burners, though this wasn't the case at first (Que, for one, saying Apple was *very* slow in giving driver instructions to enable compatability with OS X iTunes).
Perhaps now that DVD-R is becoming much more common, Apple won't force users to buy new machines just to use iDVD. If Apple can't get slot-loading DVD-Rs in volume in time for January, they'll nearly *have to* allow third-party compatability with iDVD, elsewise the high-end powerbook crowd (which is a strong overlap with the Digital Video crowd, and make no mistake) will grow very frustrated, and may exert that frustration in ways that don't help Apple (buying Wintel DVD-R laptops, or Premiere).
It's just a thought, but I always assumed the Apple-Only Superdrive restriction was just for the first year or two. I don't think it's something that'll last another year, if even another two months.
Kevin Fox
Me, me, me! http://fury.com
