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  • Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. H Oh dear. Good luck getting the video and audio to sync. properly. Please let us know how it goes... Exactly. AirFoil now has a video client that is *supposed* to sync them; however, it doesn't work well enough…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Frank777 Taking a month of embarrassing PR setbacks to allow your content partners a graceful exit on their own terms is an honourable way to do business. They were particularly honorable in the 80s when they were c…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by opnsource I think this is brilliant! I don't know if Apple would ever actually do anything like this, but I would buy one in a heartbeat! opn Really? How would you use it? That computer has no video out capab…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Bancho On a separate note, I wonder what Netflix does with the movies when they've finished with them. The DVDs can be pretty scratched up (ususally quite playable but not very appealing). Do they eBay them or just tra…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by THT I think I'm in love with the idea of a super panoramic display! The Alienware and NEC demos from CES sparked my interest: I was intrigued as well. Then, I saw the NEC unit at Macworld. Wow, does it look like cra…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by onlooker And is all you have is the one computer your fubar, plus your answer isn't a solution it's an excuse. The idea of loosing optical is unrealistic, and exceedingly expensive. Optical will switch to Blu Ray not t…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by shady104 paramount is next out the door hahaha! Daring Fireball linked to a Financial Times article that Paramount has decided to switch to Blu-Ray: FT: Paramount in HD DVD blow The format war may be coming t…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by TBaggins Not sure why you're making this complicated. Yes, I'm talking about consumer machines. Glad you agree that five years is a reasonable timeframe for OS support. But Apple didn't do that, they did three years fo…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by hmurchison Code: HD DVD Replication Single Layer15GB Dual Layer 30GB 5,000 Discs $1.69 ea$1.99 ea 10,000 Discs $1.55 ea$1.85 ea 25,000 Discs $1.45 ea$1.69 ea 100,000 Discs$1.35 ea$1.55 ea Almost a…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Programmer Before 2002 virtually all of the Apple WWDCs were in May (don't recall one in April, and occasionally I think they would overlap into June). Apple had a standing booking at the Moscone Center all the way ba…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by addabox Huh. I didn't think I had as much problem as some with pinstripes and brushed metal and bulbous gel buttons of early OS X, but looking back it looks really over-done, compared to what we have now (and where we …
  • Quote: Originally Posted by mr O .mac clearly is in its infancy. I have to disagree with this. iTools was introduced in Jan. of 2000. Webmail, Homepage, iDisk, Postcards, etc. Other than facelifts and an occasional feature added, very lit…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Feynman Actually it was just an Apple logo, no menu. It was like this in the public beta as well. Yep, it was just an ornament. It made it match the imacs at the time (which had the little apple icon in the top cente…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by slughead can we get someone to summarize this thread and PM it to me? "HD-DVD is great!" "No, it sucks. Blu-Ray will win because it is the best!" "No, it sucks. HD-DVD is great!" Loop continually, and the enti…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin It's racist is what it is. In America where there horrifically is still abhorrent racial prejudice in the 21st century, it is obscene that color difference alone should warrant such a high difference in price. …
  • Quote: Originally Posted by scavanger I disagree with this right here. You mean you aren't under Steve's RDF!?!?!?
  • Quote: Originally Posted by BRussell They wouldn't use a keynote to merely update the processor of an iMac or MacBook pro. I agree with you. It will probably be a "Tues morning" announcement. Maybe tomorrow, but probably in a couple of weeks.
  • Doesn't it seem rather conspicuous that Apple (I know we haven't seen much of Leopard yet, but still) didn't mention .Mac? Now with Time Machine, the need for Backup is mitigated. Flickr plug-ins allow you to put your iphoto pictures onto flickr. Gm…
  • Quote: Originally posted by hmurchison I agree. Think of it in terms of License/Media. The physical disc in essence becomes the media for a license. Should the disc be destroyed It would be nice for the studios to have a policy of replacing the …
  • I confirm the rumors of WWDC.