[r00fus]

The Apple TV has had HDMI for years.

If you're talking about the new HDMI interface on the retina screen - I think it's a good move - DisplayPort will take years to appear on TVs and this was a serious feature that didn't compete with Apple's other products (unlike Blu-Ray - the entire Apple ecosystem relies on the fact that people are moving away from spinning media)... HDMI is not unlike the addition of the SD card slot in the MBP a couple years ago... a welcome addition.

[LaSombra]

I agree with you, but Jobs always said he wouldn't add HDMI to Apple's laptops because of license fees and rigidity of the standard, IIRC. Jobs never said anything against SD or EC.

Though I agree it is useful, I doubt HDMI would make it under Jobs.