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• This is very bogus. You can't run a speed test of Windows on a Mac and have it mean anything other than which OS runs faster on a Mac. You are really testing Boot Camp. That's its. BIOS, motherboard drivers, graphics drivers, app tuning have a tremendous impact on these performance numbers. I'm not sure what point the author is trying to make at all and this is so weighted to Mac hardware and applications that you have to wonder why it is given so much space. Why doesn't the headline make it clear that you are talking about the performance of the OSes on a Mac using Mac applications? In reply to: "Performance showdown: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard"

  October 16, 2009

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• It does seem like the biggest benefit of BD, higher video quality, can be supplanted by HD downloads. What about HD video. Without a HD disc, how will consumers make use of all the new HD camcorders and AVCHD content? Seems like you would need more than a streaming service. You need to be able to edit, store and play and that gets more complicated without being able to burn a personal disc. You end up needing a home network server and gigantic lifelong storage. In reply to: "Why the Playstation 4 won't have Blu-ray"

  September 16, 2008

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• The Patents Matter
  Sony has a terrible history of extorting patent royalties from the electronics industry to manufacture technology for which they claim to be the inventor. Just look at the MPEG licensing authority as an example. If you want the technology to be available at a reasonable price you should hope Sony does not prevail. Before Sony and Blu-Ray are crowned victors, they should be forced to disclose what it will cost to have other manufacturers make Blu-Ray players and associated software and applications for it.

  January 18, 2008

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• Doesn't Add Up
  The entire software world offers additional features through upgrades and downloads without charging users for features like this. Perhaps a patent royalty is at issue here. Perhaps royalties are due for use of this functionality and rather than pay on all systems shipped, Apple is using this download process to count users and reduce royalties.

  January 19, 2007

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