Type of Article: MacTech Blog

Recently I lamented that Apple seems about to drop iDVD from the iLife suite. I think that’s a mistake, but “Macsimum” reader John Konopka points out that Apple often gives us a replacement if they drop something.

Could it be that the giant server site that Apple is building in Maiden, North Carolina, will be the replacement for iDVD? Rather than burning DVDs Apple may want us to send movies to the cloud from which they can be accessed almost anywhere.

Another reason why I think we’ll see 3D Macs at some point in the not-too-distant future (say, within four years, tops): the DisplaySearch research group (http://www.displaysearch.com) forecasts 3.4 million 3D TVs to be shipped in 2010, with the market expected to reach 42.9 million in 2014.

I’m one of the biggest Apple supporters around — and have been even during its “beleaguered” years (when I actually did some freelance PR work for the local Apple education branch) — but I certainly don’t consider Apple my religion. Or a religion, at all.

I’m a Christian, and proud of it. On the other hand, I’m a fervent (well, usually) supporter of Apple products, but certainly don’t worship them or the company that makes them. The same can be said of other Christians — and Jews, Hindus, Muslims, etc. — worldwide.