Just a few minutes ago Steve Jobs wowed us with video rentals on demand (in HD no less!) right from our wide-screen TVs.
No more waiting for Netflicks. No more driving to Blockbuster.
And the new MacBook Air comes complete with no optical drive. And it doesn’t matter because you can hijack another computer’s drive and use it natively to your own machine.
So has the day finally arrived when we have no more tapes, no more CDs or DVDs? No more packaging material to pull apart?
You’ve asked the $64 bajillion question, David: do we need any recording media anymore?
Clearly it’s going to take some time to get there. I was reminded of the pace of things today when I was talking to an elderly professor who has never used e-mail and isn’t starting now. But yes, I think that’s the way we’re headed.