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To: Zen Dollar Round who wrote (23903)	4/13/1999 8:09:00 AM
From: soup	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213177

DVD and Conquer. >In contrast, Apple really seems to be taking the back seat this time. Sure, you could argue that prices for new boxes were much higher then, but at a minimum they should include DVD drives in all new B&W G3s, IMHO.< Don't know about this. 1) Read an article blaming the rise of the cheap PC on the slow adoption of of DVD as a standard. 2) DVD is a $500 (high end) option for people who buy 300 mhz Powerbook G3s regularly fly x-country and don't want to watch inflight fare. Not a volume item. 3) DVD is featured on the "value-priced" 350 mhz G3 at $1999, but it's also not a hot seller. 4) You can't output these to a regular TV, so for those with home theater systems, it makes more sense to go with a free standing DVD player. 5) Nonetheless, I think it would be great to have DVD, along with an AM/FM/TV tuner, as a BTO option on an iMac making it computer-cum-entertainment-system-dormroom-solution". Even without DVD, I think internet/QT4/RNWK/IBM/SNE/MSFT, etc. are moving things this way anyhow.