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http://www.insanely-great.com/news.php?id=439
Surround Sound for Mac petition started
By ron carlson, Insanely Great Mac
May 20th 2002
Perhaps the most glaring performance gap between Macs and PCs is the utter lack of
surround-sound audio
O''Grady''s PowerPage notes the posting of a petition which asks Apple to provide 5.1
Surround Sound audio hardware. The petition states:
Dear Apple Computer,
We the undersigned current and future users of Macintosh computers, hereby petition
Apple Computer to provide us with 5.1 surround sound hardware for use on our Macintosh
computers.
1. We would like to see an upgrade option to allow the use of surround sound for
games, music or movies. These upgrade options would include both of the following
forms of connectivity where applicable.
a. Through the use of a PCI plug in card for current Power Mac users.
b. Through the use of an external system utilizing USB or Firewire ports, this would
allow iMac and laptop Mac users to have the option of surround sound if they so
desire.
2. The ability to use a self-powered surround sound system is also important. e.g.
Boston Acoustic 7500 or Klipsch Pro Media 5.1 speaker setups.
3. The hardware would not have to be manufactured exclusively by Apple Computer.
Turtle Beach or Sony would be great choices for manufacturing [Apple''s] first step
into the digital world of sound and music.
Sincerely,
If you want additional information or to sign the petition, please click here. The
petition is hosted on Petition Online.com.
Analysis: The lack of Mac-compatible Surround Sound is inexplicable to say the least.
Without this hardware DVD, games, etc. are missing a critical element of the
multimedia experience.
Post your comments at:
http://www.insanely-great.com/news.php?id=439
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