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Quote: Originally posted by PeePeeSee I never doubted that they sat down and pinched pennies and figured out exactly how to squeeze money out of this machine down to a T. What I do doubt is that this was some how "modeled" after the iPod - I jus…
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Quote: Originally posted by Rolo 24p refers to 24 frames per second, as opposed to 30 fps or 60 fields/s interlaced. 24p is perfect for film conversion since film is already 24 fps. The lower frame rate also lowers the file size a little. Ok.…
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Quote: Originally posted by PeePeeSee I still don't get what "building an minimac like an iPod" means really? I mean - do you honestly think they sit in a board room and shoot philosophies back and forth over how they think building a new produc…
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Quote: Originally posted by Matsu There is no evidence to support that. Even the furthest possible deviation from my analysis still puts desktop drives at the same cost (while offering a minimum of twice the storage, and superior speed) If th…
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Quote: Originally posted by Rolo A standard definition (SD) HD video (720p) encoded with H.264 would stream at about 300KB/s so an hour of video would take up 1.08GB/hr. You could view it in real time with a 3Mbit/s connection. It could be downlo…
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Quote: Originally posted by mmmpie Penny wise, pound foolish. Perfect post. Have a cookie.
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Quote: Originally posted by nathan22t No matter what: its going to end up so that the studios/companies still "have" to create "box sets" with multiple discs. One for each film in the series... or one for several TV episodes. Making it appea…
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Quote: Originally posted by bergz [B]No. Not neon. Heavens no. BMW, Mercedes, Volvo, Nissan, Psion (sp?), Alfa Romeo, Ferrari. "The next generation adapter that's coming out this year...there's an incredible consumer demand for these things…
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Quote: Originally posted by Matsu I'm going to stop you there... The use of 2.5 drives was a bad choice for consumer and shareholder alike. Here's why (in retail prices) assume volume prices to Apple that are anywhere from 40-60% lower: …
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Quote: Originally posted by Existence Yes, Intel's Dothan is an order of magnitude faster than the G4s in Apple's PB line. It's really quite embarassing. In fact, a 2.1GHz Dothan benches close to 3.2-3.4GHz P4's, around the same ballpark as a sin…
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Quote: Originally posted by Programmer Well, a binary order of magnitude maybe. I don't disagree that the G4 is behind the Dothan, but there's no need to exaggerate. Edit: Damn! Second time in a row I'm beaten to the punch. I'm pretty …
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Quote: Originally posted by Programmer I'm doubtful that this is really the intended market for the iMac mini -- if it was then Apple would be touting software for that purpose, and probably would have mentioned it somewhere. No, its just that i…
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Quote: Originally posted by synp No, it's not marketed as a PVR, but Matsu is correct. This may be the smallest Mac they could make, but probably not the cheapest. Remember the Cube? There were a lot of complaints about the cube, but I don't r…
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Quote: Originally posted by RolandG Even if the bare CPU and GPU are unable to decode 1080p streams, they could add a dedicated DSP for decoding. And I just read that some company made a MPEG4 H.264 HD decoder chip, but unfortunately can't rememb…
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Quote: Originally posted by hmurchison I doubt Apple is on thin ice and as long as MS is making an acceptable profit from Mac Office it will continue to be made. It's really that simple. Companies that thrive don't make decisions based on emotion…
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Quote: Originally posted by Hiro The contract also does not prevent recommendation of other PCs by IBM acting in it's consultant capacity. Just direct selling of PCs. Be sure, IBM is not feeling the least bit constrained in the signing of that d…
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Quote: Originally posted by DVD_Junkie I guess, one revision G5 per year is as bad the mediocre choices for video cards. I still don't know what's stopping ATI from releasing a retail 9600 Pro for the G4. There's no new hardware to design and n…
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Quote: Originally posted by hot cha Probably a joke, but wasn't Apple incorporated on April 1st? Perhaps there's a small possibility that this could be an anniversary product. Yep, Apple's 28 today. The problem with the article is that …
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Quote: Originally posted by DaveGee Could something finally be breaking?!?! Just found on MacCentral a few moments ago... Linky While this could be hardware related (my wish) but I wouldn't be shocked to find that it's not (as indicated…
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Quote: Originally posted by Amorph Right, and all of a sudden there's a big if there, isn't there? Adobe's been talking this line for a while now. Now, you or I could argue that they're wrong, but development cancelled and goodwill lost because o…