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Quote: Originally Posted by Dr Millmoss Now maybe I read the description wrong, but it sounds like Bento is at least quasi-relational in the way it handles data libraries. Not that relational is a make-or-break for me. I'd simply like to have som…
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Quote: Originally Posted by teckstud Give the MacMini HDMI with blu-ray optional and kill the environmentally unfriendly, bastard step-child of Apple, that iTunes Digital Jukebox, the AppleTV. No, please don't - or at least drop the price o…
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Quote: Originally Posted by BenRoethig The filemaker brand needs to go away and Bento needs to become part of iWork. I'm not sure that Filemaker itself needs to go away (although it's hard to imagine there's much acceptance against its target …
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Please everyone, read the cnet article before posting. AppleInsider neglected to specify just which group is going after royalties here. My own knee-jerk reaction was initially to slam the RIAA for going after additional revenue, this time targeting…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Logisticaldron The only problem with Boxee on the AppleTV is the lack of HW acceloration due to the CPU used. Hopefully a SL-base update and/or HW update will allow Boxee to really make Flash 10 driven content run well…
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Quote: Originally Posted by djames42 However, streaming HD trailers is beyond painful - I usually have to wait about five minutes (at least) before playback starts (even with SD trailers I have to wait around 30 seconds). Forgot to mention, BT…
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Quote: Originally Posted by pt123 I have a 802.11n router and 1.5 Mbps DSL, so no slow wireless yes slow internet. However, it is still a big turn-off to get a black screen for a while when clicking on a button to play video. Wife and kid ask, "w…
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Bummer. I was hopeful Quote: Originally Posted by camroidv27 BTW, anyone with an aTV run XBMC or Boxee on it? How well does that work? I use Boxee all the time. I'd use it even more if the TV had beefy enough to play HD content (other th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by cdyates Apple wants to sell and rent content from the itunes store, not give you a blu-ray player and a dvr for your cable. Not only would them allowing other content not pay off for them, It would cannibalize sales f…
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Quote: Originally Posted by teckstud WHo owns an external BR drive? anyone? FWIW, Handbrake is available on other platforms. While the machine that serves media to my AppleTV is a Mac Mini, it's only a G4 and isn't practical for ripping my DVD…
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Quote: Originally Posted by christopher126 Yep! Having thought about it a little more, I would have to say, 'I love mine, too.' I like the integration of TV, music, photos and movies, (Rentals and owned). Especially photos though. We look at …
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Quote: Originally Posted by christopher126 Overall, I've been pretty pleased with 'my warming plate.' I love mine. I'd love to have more power however so that HD content can be played back without needing to be converted to h.264 first. Then …
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Oops - that's what I get for not reading the entire thread before posting - I see someone already beat me to the punch on the real reason OS/2 died...
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Quote: Originally Posted by bdkennedy1 We switched to VMWare Fusion where Windows is all contained in one window and I haven't had to help anyone with anything since. Seriously? You paid for Parallels, then threw it away and paid for Fusion be…
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Quote: Originally Posted by a_greer Well this was kinda obvious, with Palm trying to bone Apple, why would apple waste resources supporting their antiques? I suspect part of Apple's desire to support Palm (back in the day) was that, at the tim…
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Indeed. Remaining Treo/Tungsten users are going to have to scramble to find a new solution. All three of you.
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Quote: Originally Posted by NasserAE The maximum you can go for is 250GB. Apple is using older notebook IDE HDDs which no one uses anymore. I didn't realise that - you'd think that alone would be reason enough for them to upgrade the unit. Jus…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Bregalad If Apple wants to make this part of their business more than just a hobby they'll need to make a proper home server box. A side effect of making a home server is that the very same machine could probably plug …
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Quote: Originally Posted by MsNly I have 60GB. As long as we're pounding our chests... $ du -sh iTunes\\ Music 472G\tiTunes Music Of course not all of that is stuff that needs to stay online... $ du -sh Podcasts Movies TV\\ Shows …
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Quote: Originally Posted by goodcow Apple TV doesn't really need a big HD, I have the 40GB model, my iTunes library is nearing a gig and I just stream everything. Why would anyone buy the 160GB model? Music, photos, and standard definition vid…