Posts by pt123

Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil    A terabyte HDD is under $100. I know that printing plastic discs is cheaper than NAND or even spinning disk media, but the latter will last you far...

Quote: Originally Posted by bugsnw  I know SJ hates optical drives. His NeXT box, which I used in college, was bogged down by that finicky recordable optical disk. It would spin up and down constantly and eventually...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil    And think of the future he proposes: scratch a disc at all, lose a terabyte of data.   Scratch a hard drive, you have a metal case with a scratch...

Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX  Why haven't you used HandBrake to copy those videos to your drive? DVDs are MPEG-2. MPEG-2!!!!!!! MPEG-2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't expect anyone to scrap their DVDs but if you...

If I answered in the survey, I would say yes to an Apple TV at any price just because I would like to see Apple do one.

The rubber banding is cool but is there a way to disable it?

Quote: Originally Posted by DancesWithLysol  Seriously, I really wish my iDevices would automatically update their applications without prompting me (for authentication or even to say "yeah, download the updates")....

Quote: Originally Posted by virginblue4  I'd prefer to be able to see full cities and one day maybe large areas of the planet in 3D than see the inside a cave or a tunnel.... Yeah from my computer with a larger...

Quote: Originally Posted by MacBook Pro  That is Google propaganda. iOS Maps is now and has always been an Apple app. The difference is who managed the geographic data and infrastructure while the user interface was...

Quote: Originally Posted by MacBook Pro  You do realize the public transit directions in Google are absolutely atrocious? I have used Google maps for BART and Muni. Directions and schedules have been spot-on when I...