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Okay, I am really confused. What happened to "the real internet - on your phone!"? I thought the iPhone was above all that mobile optimized nonsense from the dark ages?
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VOD is going to be a big bag of hurt for many years to come. We are not ready for VOD to become the mainstream way of getting HD movies to your house and we are unlikely to be ready within the next 5 years and even then it will take another 5 years …
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Quote: Originally Posted by wobegon Laptops are the desktops of tomorrow. Apple realizes this, which is why they advertise the new Cinema Display as follows: An LED display that turns your notebook into a desktop[...] http://www.apple.com/…
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Quote: Originally Posted by wobegon Mmm, that's nice for BMW, a car company. Not exactly analogous to Apple, a computer company. With that said, the entire car industry is moving towards smaller cars and likewise, the entire computer industry i…
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Quote: Originally Posted by wobegon Well looking at the last few products they've introduced - the thinner MacBooks/Pros, the thinner iPod nano and touch, and the impressively thin MacBook Air - I can only see the Mac mini getting smaller. That'…
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Quote: Originally Posted by wobegon We're also ignoring the possibility of minor to major case changes, which could make it an even minier Mini; I don't see Apple making a larger Mini because I can't think of any recent product revisions that wer…
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Quote: Originally Posted by DHagan4755 Just a stab in the dark here... What if the new 17" MacBook Pro isn't actually 17-inches......but one of those new 18.4" 16:9 screens that others have been incorporating into their notebooks Because both…
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Quote: Originally Posted by wobegon Yeah, I wasn't trying to argue that. But of course, you don't need HDMI to get audio on the same channel as video. You just hook up separate audio and video cables to corresponding inputs. Not really t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by wobegon True, I shouldn't assume receiver penetration will remain the same, it's likely to increase. What I should have added was of those who do have HDMI-equipped receivers, very few hook up their computers to them.…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Adjei These companies will cut corners to get to those prices and then there won't really be any incentive for them to really keep improving technology if we are willing to settle for less. I don't really have any prob…
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Quote: Originally Posted by wobegon Macs already have a 66% share of the +$1000 computer market, ie the premium market where they largely compete. Quote: Originally Posted by mcarling Can you provide a citation? Quote: Originally Posted…
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Quote: Originally Posted by wizard69 All I'm saying here is that what many of you are calling netbooks are not what the original concepts and some of the original products where. If anything they where machines with half sized keyboards and sma…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hillstones How many of you people actually own a Mac mini? Why get excited over a Mac that you wouldn't even consider buying? I have had a Mini under my TV since it was first released, since replaced with an Intel …
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Quote: Originally Posted by GregAlexander A Display Port from the new Mini could output sound and video with copy protection through a converter to a TV HDMI port. That would work well for a mini as a media centre. Well I never knew that (the …
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism I'm not following why you think a MagSafe connected to an adapter won't come apart, but connected directly to the Mac Mini will come apart. Both ACD MagSafes could be firmly secured to their respective devic…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism Again, you are focusing on the connector itself, not the benefit of the having power pass-through. BTW, the MagsaSfe would only be the female end on the Mac Mini or its adapter. This is not a huge cost. An…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism You keep forcing on the connector itself, not the benefit of being able to remove a powerbrick, a cable and used wall outlet. Since the most common Mac sale is a notebook it only makes since that they use the…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism You keep forcing on the connector itself, not the benefit of being able to remove a powerbrick, a cable and used wall outlet. Since the most common Mac sale is a notebook it only makes since that they use the…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hezekiahb Or thinking it through more thoroughly than you. I totally agree that at first glance it seems crazy, but then look at 2 things: 1. the connector on the Cinema display is the one that comes out sideways s…
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Quote: Originally Posted by WIJG I think the new mini might use a MagSafe. It may not. In any case, there's no problem with me thinking clearly. You, however, are still guilty of a logical fallacy--regardless of the outcome next week. Have …