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Digital Media Boosts CD, DVD Burning on Macs
E Commerce Times ^ | August 2, 2006 | E Commerce Times

Posted on 08/07/2006 3:03:21 PM PDT by 2Jim_Brown

New digital media features are boosting the CD and DVD burning capabilities of Macintosh computers, and are quickly and quietly transforming the rest of the electronics landscape as well.

Last week, Santa Clara, Calif.-based Sonic Solutions (Nasdaq: SNIC) debuted a new technology, Toast 7 with Blu-ray Disc support, the first ever application of that kind for the Mac. The optical disc recording technology provides Mac users with the ability to store up to 50 GB of data on a Blu-ray recordable or Blu-ray rewritable disc. By Gene Koprowski

(Excerpt) Read more at macnewsworld.com ...


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KEYWORDS: bluray; digitalmedia; internet
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New digital media features are boosting the CD and DVD burning capabilities of Macintosh computers.
1 posted on 08/07/2006 3:03:21 PM PDT by 2Jim_Brown
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2 posted on 08/07/2006 3:06:09 PM PDT by coconutt2000 (NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
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To: 2Jim_Brown

Is it just me, or does everyone want to beat he crap out of the Mac hipster in the Apple vs. Windows adds.


3 posted on 08/07/2006 3:21:51 PM PDT by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestu s globus, inflammare animos)
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There's actually a lot of truth to those ads. Now that MAC OS X is BSD based, and running Intels chips, I'd like to get one, but I'm waiting for the miniMac to go Intel. I want to hook it up to my HDTV and surround sound system.


4 posted on 08/07/2006 3:29:06 PM PDT by AFreeBird (... Burn the land and boil the sea's, but you can't take the skies from me.)
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To: 2Jim_Brown
"The optical disc recording technology provides Mac users with the ability to store up to 50 GB of data on a Blu-ray recordable or Blu-ray rewritable disc."

'Ummmm... is 50 GB a lot?'


5 posted on 08/07/2006 3:32:43 PM PDT by jdm (One week and still no Petronski)
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To: AFreeBird
but I'm waiting for the miniMac to go Intel.

The Mac Mini was the first to go Intel - in January...

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6 posted on 08/07/2006 3:43:15 PM PDT by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!")
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To: AFreeBird

Mac Mini is already Intel

http://www.apple.com/macmini/


7 posted on 08/07/2006 3:54:56 PM PDT by observer5 (It's not a War on Terror - it's a WAR ON STUPIDITY)
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To: finnman69
Is it just me, or does everyone want to beat he crap out of the Mac hipster in the Apple vs. Windows adds.

I don't know... I liked him in "Dodgeball."

Mark

8 posted on 08/07/2006 3:57:01 PM PDT by MarkL (When Kaylee says "No power in the `verse can stop me," it's cute. When River says it, it's scary!)
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To: finnman69

It's not just you.


9 posted on 08/07/2006 3:57:37 PM PDT by true_blue_texican
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To: Swordmaker

Cool! But I don't believe it was the first though. Actually I think it went, desktop, laptop and now mini.


10 posted on 08/07/2006 4:08:18 PM PDT by AFreeBird (... Burn the land and boil the sea's, but you can't take the skies from me.)
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To: AFreeBird

it went mini, laptop then desktop(today actually).


11 posted on 08/07/2006 4:41:14 PM PDT by SengirV
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To: jdm
'Ummmm... is 50 GB a lot?'

geez!

12 posted on 08/07/2006 5:12:04 PM PDT by wildwood
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To: finnman69

Yes, absolutly.

He reminds me of the unemployed overeducated mac snob who can't figure out why his rejection of teamwork does not translate into steady emplyment.

I know I don't want to hire him.


13 posted on 08/07/2006 5:17:26 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: AFreeBird
but I'm waiting for the miniMac to go Intel.

Been intel for quite a while, so jump in. Comes in Core Solo, or Cor Duo. I am runnig XP Pro on my iMac Intel machine vial parallels.

14 posted on 08/07/2006 5:27:14 PM PDT by itsahoot (The home of the Free, Because of the Brave (Shamelessly stolen from a Marine)
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To: AFreeBird
Actually I think it went, desktop, laptop and now mini.

Nope desktop was only announced today, unless you are counting the iMac, which I guess is a desktop.

15 posted on 08/07/2006 5:29:26 PM PDT by itsahoot (The home of the Free, Because of the Brave (Shamelessly stolen from a Marine)
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To: longtermmemmory
I know I don't want to hire him.

He seems to already have a job, you might send him a resume of your company and see if he wants to join.

16 posted on 08/07/2006 5:30:48 PM PDT by itsahoot (The home of the Free, Because of the Brave (Shamelessly stolen from a Marine)
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To: itsahoot

No thanks,

I will wait for the next Mac Fad Spokesman/Thing.

Should be next tuesday.


17 posted on 08/07/2006 5:33:54 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: finnman69
does everyone want to beat he crap out of the Mac hipster in the Apple vs. Windows adds

It's just you. I think he's cute and sardonic and funny. Now, that Windows guy...he looks like the Pillsbury doughboy, and should be put back in the box and shipped back to the factory!!

18 posted on 08/07/2006 5:43:40 PM PDT by blu (People, for God's sake, think for yourselves)
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To: itsahoot
Yea, iMac is technically in the desktop class. And the link supplied by another poster saying it - the mini - been around since Janurary is incorrect since according to Apple's site, they were still testing preproduction machines in Februrary.

Doesn't matter, I like the mini, damn small and fits in the A/V rack without much notice. Having a 1080 HD screen for a display will be awesome. To bad they don't have an HDMI port on it, although that in itself is froght with DRM limiting crap. So perhaps its a small blessing.

19 posted on 08/07/2006 6:25:59 PM PDT by AFreeBird (... Burn the land and boil the sea's, but you can't take the skies from me.)
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To: AFreeBird
To bad they don't have an HDMI port on it, although that in itself is froght with DRM limiting crap. So perhaps its a small blessing.

Rumors are that all Apple's new monitors will come with HDMI, if so I will wait for the next mini.

20 posted on 08/07/2006 7:06:15 PM PDT by itsahoot (The home of the Free, Because of the Brave (Shamelessly stolen from a Marine)
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