Analyst: Apple and Sony, best friends forever?

Re: Zoidberg For sure, Real are annoying. I agree 100%, but there are many Internet sites who support Real technology (like the BBC) or give you the option of only Real or Microsoft (like Zdnet) - no Quicktime choice sadly. Yeah, I agree with you about a wider Apple-Sony link up being most unlikely, but unless the competition work together Microsoft will dominate the AV codec like they did the wordporcessor file format - and we don't want that again do we?

You're kidding about Real, right? If they are relying on Real to help them combat MS, then they might as well surrender now. Real hasn't done anything in the past 5 years except annoy media developers. Also, Apple has much invested in the G5 IBM processors, they're not going to switch to Cell (mainly because Cell isn't exactually a 'step-up' for them). Beides, they already said the next evolution (the G6) is a G5 variant. Finally, it wouldn't be an 'iMovie Store' it would be a Quicktime store. iMovie is the equivalent to Garageband, not iTunes. So why was the Sony pres there? It could be nothing more than he's a Mac fan. Just because Sony and Apple team up on one product, doesn't mean that the doors are open and they are doing to start shareing everything. Apple and MS colaborate on projects, but they are still rivals. As far as all this video stuff? It might be, but we'll have to wait and see. Steve has been very close-minded (at least as far as the public is concerned).

Microsoft are out to get Sony and take over consumer electronics, so a tie up would make sense. Windows Media, I believe, will take over the planet unless Apple, Real, Nokia, Sony, etc, etc get together to stop them.

Cell will inevitably become either the G6 or G7 evolution for the Mac. First it will be a serious workstation at the high end only but will trickle down in some kind of iteration as the future PPC...