engadget.com - 10/16/2008
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Straight from El Jobso's mouth at today's notebook keynote : "Blu-ray is just a bag of hurt. It's great to watch the movies, but the licensing of the tech is so complex, we're waiting till things settle down and Blu-ray takes off in the marketplace." Damn. Developing... Permalink ...
hdtv.biz-news.com - 10/14/2008
gizmodo.com - 10/15/2008
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gizmodo.com —
On the lack of BD drives in the
new Mac notebooks, quoth Jobs: Blu-ray is a bag...
of hurt. I don’t mean from the consumer point of view. It’s great to watch movies, but the licensing is so complex. We’re waiting until things settle down, and waiting ...
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Jobs On Blu-Ray: A "Bag of Hurt" [Sayeth Steve]
hdtv.biz-news.com - 10/13/2008
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A big bag of Blu-Ray hurt for Apple
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... , and yesterday's big Apple event gave us the answer: Blu-Ray, according to Steve Jobs, is just "a big bag of hurt." Apple says they haven't settled on an HD format yet because no one else has either: "the licensing of the tech is so complex, we're waiting until things settle down and Blu-Ray takes off in the marketplace," said Jobs. He might as well have added an "if it does" on the end of there -- Sony, spurned by ...
New MacBook and MacBook Pro review
Apple Technology —
... On the right side is a standard SuperDrive (DVD±R DL / DVD±RW / CD-RW), nothing too exciting or wild like a “bag of hurt” Blu-ray drive. We would have liked to at least been given that option on the optical drive, but it’s clear Apple doesn’t have tons of confidence in the platform. Along the front we’re seeing a merciful end to that annoying latch — the laptops now open and close with ease by magnetically locking the base and screen together. It’s a minor touch, but a welcome one nonetheless. ...
Second generation Blu-ray ships for Mac
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... Since Steve Jobs was famously before Blu-ray before he was against it, Apple has not included any Blu-ray hardware in stock Macs, but the OS as mentioned supports burning data discs. Unfortunately, you can't view a Blu-ray movie on a Mac unless you are running Windows XP or Vista under Boot Camp. ...
BusyCal is out and just as awesome as BusySync
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... Let's face it, data sync is the real Big Bag of Hurt in our brave, digital world. But since I started using BusySync over a year ago, much of my calendar sync issues have dissolved away. BusyCal, the successor to BusySync, was recently released and it is just as amazing as BusySync at keeping your iCal and Google Calendar data in sync. In fact, it is much, much better than BusySync because it is an iCal replacement.
The idea is simple: you want to have 2-way sync between your iCal stuff, your Google calendar stuff and any local Macs. Simple, yes, ...
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9to5mac.com 4/29/2009 — Yep, Apple fans, we now have a big old bag of hurt called Blu-ray in our iTunes. iTunes 8.2 now comes with Gracenote support for BluRay according to the About screen.
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iTunes 8.2 May Point to Blu-ray on Macs [Blu-Ray]
gizmodo.com 4/29/2009 — The new version of iTunes 8.2 (required by the latest iPhone 3.0 Beta ) has a mention of Blu-ray in the about screen. This means Blu-ray in Macs come WWDC? Maybe, maybe not. Although the old version didn't have DVD either (the new version does), ...
Apple Macs To Finally Get Blu-Ray?
businessinsider.com 2/27/2009 — New licensing terms will make it easier for Apple (AAPL) to add Blu-ray drives to its computers. Will it bother?
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