Posts by pmcd

Quote: Originally Posted by vinea You think wrong. Multi-touch research has been around since before the original mac came out. Buxton has a nice history up through 1982. Doctors largely have moved back from slates to...

Quote: Originally Posted by kotatsu I still can't see why this device needs to exist. Is it just to browse the web from my sofa? If so, the price is hilarious. If it's a portable media player then it's far too bulky. Then what? A...

Quote: Originally Posted by pt123 Well, a big deal to that cuz some people say there is really no difference between DVD quality and 720p. Picture quality isn't important for everyone. Some people don't even mind watching their movie on...

Quote: Originally Posted by pt123 It is a crippled device because it only supports up to 5 Mbps 720p. Big deal. Do you want 1080p streaming over the internet? I'm sure the ISP's would love that. A 720p ATV video is pretty darned...

Quote: Originally Posted by hillstones As a hobby, Apple can build them cheaply and not have any reason to update them. Since they are probably so cheap to make, they can have it hang around for awhile, even though it does lousy in...

Quote: Originally Posted by al_bundy no optical drive, no deal a lot cheaper for me to buy shiny disks of kids' movies than store them on hard drive and worry about backing them up It will never happen unless iPods start playing...

Quote: Originally Posted by hmurchison No...but many of us don't want to pay some cable company $80 a month. Apple TV with a satellite or cable package is a bit redundant. I think they go well together. Apple TV does give you a nice...

Quote: Originally Posted by eAi I've heard it doesn't work terribly well with some video (too slow?)... I'm also not sure I want to invest in such a 'closed' system... I'll investigate some more. Either way, I might wait for the Mac...

Quote: Originally Posted by aresee Are you talking about the man who was on Clinton's campaign staff? If you are enough said, he's a partisan and not a reporter. If not, I do not know the individual you are talking about so I am unable...

Quote: Originally Posted by puzzlehead i dont really have any problems with my appletv , sure it would be alot easier if i didnt have to convert alot of my stuff , but it doesnt bother me that much , ive also played a 1080p mkv file...