The fifth commandment I agree

The fifth commandment

I agree that slot-loading drives has some annoying limitations, but that hasnt stopped Apple from using them exclusively in all their Macs, except the Mac Pro in which a full-sized, full-speed tray-loading drive makes sense. Whats up with all the anger? You do realize that most people dont usually explode and start name-calling when someone mentions the change to a different optical format in a laptop. For your information, Apple uses a tray loading drive in all the standard MacBooks. Only the MBP, and imac use a slot loading drive. The MBP is due for a redesign. The Sony Vaio Z is a really nice looking light weight laptop it weighs 4 lbs. That is less weight than the MBP and almost the same weight as the MBA. So no a re-design including BD does not have to be clunky. Maybe you should open your mind a little to more alternatives for tech than just being stuck on a design which has had little significant change since 2000 with the Titanium PB. So whats your point? I never said any thing about a slot loading drive. I just said that Sony is able to fit a blu-ray drive in a slim light weight laptop at a price point that is similar to the current MBPs and MBA. If you havent noticed everyone is talking re-design this time around for the MBP. How do you know that Apple wont taper the laptop similar to Vaio Z or the MBA and move away from slot-loading drives. Slot loading drives are a pain in the a% anyway. The point solipsism is using is called a design constraint when making a concerted effort to determine the requirements for Apple to achieve their end game-native BluRay in Macs with a consumer solution for free, combined with a professional level that incorporates third parties. The BTO that I mentioned on AppleInsider about 9 months ago is the starting point for BluRay on Mac Pros. Youre not going to see the Consumer beat the Pro level on BluRay. Cinemas also have been discussed to death at AI where I drove the angle that Apple will enter the HDTV market capable displays for both. They wont go after the large form factor. Theyll target the HD end that allows professionals to have a higher benefits/cost ratio. In 2009, Nehalem will be scaled down from a 45 nm to the 32 nm core Westmere. Sandy Bridge will be the successor of Nehalem s architecture and debut in 2010 as a 32 nm CPU. Ivy Bridge will shrink Sandy Bridge to 22 nm in 2011 and Haswell will be a completely new architecture that is planned to be introduced in 2012 as a 22 nm chip. If Mac Pros are outfitted with 45nm CPUs then there is a short term the fifth commandment to 32nm versions. This is where Apple has a decision to make on either offering two Mac Pro refreshes within 6 months, create a middle tier box to be the fifth commandment revision behind 45nm while the Mac Pro gets the 32nm-highly unlikely, or will they stretch out the current boxes and add BTO options for BluRay, more GPUs and such until the 32 nm chips are ready to roll. But at some point, online storage will get cheaper at a faster rate than personal physical storage gets cheaper. People will like the convenience and opt for the online model when pricing is similar. Hell, I dont even like IMAP because if you delete an e-mail there from the web interface, its pretty much gone for good. Too bad the iPhone wasnt made to handle never in sync with Mail on your computer. I wish iTunes would sync e-mail messages and apply the rules and junk filter on the iPhone so you dont get notified for junk mail when on the go. A clock syncing wouldnt hurt either, iTunes could set the iPhone time to the computer time which is synced from the internet.