Posted on 10/21/2010 12:38:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Stop. Take a deep breath. Before my headline gets you all worked up, consider what I'm saying here. The CD and other optical discs, like DVDs and Blu-rays, are obviously going to live on for a while as a way to transport media. But make no mistake that today, with two unveilings, Apple has effectively sealed the fate of the optical disc in the computer industry. Soon, it will go the way of the floppy disk...
First of all, the first-generation Airs were a bad combination of underpowered and overpriced. That is no longer the case. Second, they required some convoluted desktop computer CD syncing system to be able to install something from an optical disc to the Air (or an optional USB add-on). That is also no longer the case (though both still exists).
When you get your MacBook Air and you open the box, you will find exactly zero optical discs inside. Normally, Apple includes at least one back-up DVD to reinstall OS X and other software if your computer fails. But now, that has been replaced with a super-slim USB stick. This stick, packed in with your manual, is all you need to reinstall your system now.
This makes a lot of sense. CDs were replaced by DVDs because they offered a lot more storage. But flash memory cards, such as the one Apple includes with the Air, are already blowing DVDs out of the water when it comes to storage. They may still be more expensive to produce, but Apple has clearly figured out a way to make it work. I suspect we may see more drives like this one (which use much less plastic than typical USB flash drives -- and appear to even use less plastic than optical discs).
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Sorry, but you are mistaken.
If I am not mistaken, I am now the last known American who still has a record player.
U kiddin?
The hand-made high end replacement cartridge for my turntable now runs about 1600 bux.
I can get a cheapo version for about 250...
So my B&O gets alot of TLC...
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Record players have made a comeback:
http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&tag=mozilla-20&index=blended&link_code=qs&field-keywords=record%20player&sourceid=Mozilla-search
as have records:
http://www.whatarerecords.com/
The new Jimi Hendrix box set next month is available in all vinyl:
http://www.amazon.com/West-Coast-Seattle-Boy-Anthology/dp/B003YDZV9U/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1287698605&sr=8-2
though that is the most expensive version.
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The guy at the CD store told me never to trust my valuable disks to a cheap plastic rewinder. For a mere $300 he sold me one in brushed aluminum with ten speeds and a clear glass stacker. Awesome device - it’s made by somebody named “Cuisinart”. Probably a high-end audio company.
Nice CD rack.
You never know with someone like Yanni ...
Whatever new PC technology creates like new operating systems etc, it is outweighed by the time wasted converting over to the new latest technologies...
It's all about $....Force people to buy more stuff.
Thanks!
There will continue to be blank CDs sold, but looking for them in, for example Best Buy; the shelf technology used to lay out the store templates probably results in near-homogeneity; you’ll have to walk over into the coffin corner. There’s a few selections of blank CDs, quite near the one remaining selection of floppy disk, and also nearby one will find a still-decent but shrunken selection of blank DVDs.
“For the eighth time in nine years, U.S. album sales declined.”
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2010/01/cd-sale-free-fall-continued-in-2009/
Nope - unless a turntable doesn’t fit your definition of “record player”. I love my vinyl - over 300 mostly classic rock albums. FMCDH!
I miss the wax cylinders that Edison invented.
291,666.667 cards! Do I win any Nuka-Cola caps? :)
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