The percentage of returned gadgets that have nothing wrong with them.
Of the $13.8 billion worth of returned products in 2007, only 5 percent were because gadgets were actually broken, according to a 2008 study.
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"if only we could convince Steve that Blu-ray and Macs could indeed get along together, we'd really be satisfied."
Oh really?
Satsified with a price-tag of $500 - $580!?
Since when?
Satisfied with the price of Blu-ray blank media that makes something as relatively complex, elaborate and expensive to manufacture as a (far larger capacity) HDD competitive!?
Since when?
Come on, take the 'shiney new format goggles' off, stop being blinded by this shiney new nonsense and wake up to reality.
Blu-ray 'could' be a useful storage medium but right now they are just laughably over-pricing it.
I kind of agree with you. But, I remember when I got my first DVD-R disc, and it was $9 for one. DVD's used to be pretty expensive, granted, not as expensive as Blu Ray media. (I was looking for printable BD-R's, and I about shat myself at the price [$12 to $20 per disc, with a minimum purchase of 25 discs]). Anyway, the way that DVD-R costs were brought down was by companies embracing it. To me, it seems that since Apple spent some money in the R&D of Blu Ray they would want to see their format do well, and embracing it would do that. Apple is confusing the shit out of me right now; seemingly beginning to abandon Firewire (their baby), and not embracing Blu Ray. To hear Apple say that the iTunes HD content is perfectly good is just nonsense. Upressed SD DVD's look better than that shit, and still have a higher data rate.
Apple, what gives?