New Apple Hardware...No Blu-ray Offerings

[Bobby Henderson]

I think some Apple's new products, particularly its 17 inch "unibody" MacBook Pro, are quite laughably out of touch.

Obviously Apple is making a glaringly stupid mistake by refusing to incorporate Blu-ray combo drives and Blu-ray burners into its computers. All the other major PC manufacturers are moving forward with lots of Blu-ray offerings. I was in Sam's Club just a few days ago buying a copy of Killzone 2 and noticed most of the HP desktop PCs on the shelf had either Blu-ray combo drives or full blown Blu-ray burners. Some of the notebooks even had them.

Another big problem with the MacBook Pro, its "green" battery. You can't remove it. That's a big problem. If the battery malfunctions you're stuck sending off your system to Apple or at least dropping it off at the nearest Apple Store. Most notebooks, Macs included, have the occasional crash which requires removing the battery to get the computer to reset itself -otherwise it just won't restart. One of these kinds of crashes will leave you stuck shipping off the computer to the shop for repair.

It's more and more obvious Apple has lost touch with the market of creative professionals and scientific users and is instead directing its products toward people who are merely fashion conscious. An Apple notebook is turning into more of a clothing accessory rather than a powerful tool to help get work accomplished. Apple is going to cut its own throat with this smug, out of touch idiocy.