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  • Quote: Originally Posted by Ireland I agree, it doesn't do anything for me. If you want a Mac, and you don't want to pay a grand, then buy a refurb, or a second hand one. Otherwise you obviously don't want one. If you want to play your media on y…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by troberts I think WWDC is going to be all about Leopard and iPhone so the earliest a new iMac will be shown is at the MacExpo in Paris (September?). The updates I see are: 1 - a redesigned case with a smaller chin. …
  • Quote: Originally Posted by hmurchison Nice but I'd supplant that BD drive for a HD DVD drive My predictions for the future. LED- is going to become the defacto standard for LCD screens and projectors. LiFi - will contend with LED …
  • Quote: Originally Posted by elron I'm a little surprised that only "new case design" is only at 50%. I think it's practically inevitable. The current design is getting pretty long in the tooth. Steve and Co. have bigger fish to fry this year t…
  • I think that the Mac Book update is about as telling as anything for what is to come. As Slewis points out it is out of order with the way the Mac Book/Mac Book Pro have been updated. This with Steve's announcement on the LED backlighting coming to …
  • Quote: Originally Posted by AeronPrometheus OS X 10.4.10 "Bobcat" A stripped down version of Tiger with new code to optimize it for use on even the oldest iMac and PowerMac systems. Designed for very small hard drives (By today's standards), l…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by caliminius Can anyone answer this question for me: If you purchase a video from iTunes, can you start watching it immediately (or virtually immediately) on the AppleTV or does it need to be completely downloaded befor…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Bageljoey ...what will drive the studios to agree to super low prices? I wonder what they get for a movie sale from ITS right now? Right now you have gobs of people buying DVDs for $10-20 in stores and some paying %1…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Bageljoey I can't see higher quality movies going for $2. Even self destructing DRMed things. I personally think $4 would be the sweet spot for me, but we'll see...I'm not holding my breath! going rate for a renta…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by PB I have some doubts regarding the credibility of the ThinkSecret information. It seems to more like a guess based LED delivery schedule than anything else. Moreover, since the LED displays is the next big thing in la…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Cubit Anyone else think we may be about to see a complete update in the MacPro desktops? I didn't say they were, just pointed out that the release of the 8 core was a pretty quiet one. For this reason, and depending…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by shanmugam I do not think Mac Mini will get preference over MacBook when comes to Santa Rosa, remember Mini is still in Core Duo. I would defiantly agree with you. What I was trying to point out is that IF there is …
  • Quote: Originally Posted by pfcurtis I have to agree with a previous post, the Mini could be resized to match the Apple TV planform. Then there may be enough room inside to include space for a Cablecard tuner, more memory, and all the feature req…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by GregAlexander There is much functionality they could add to the AppleTV. However... it quickly becomes a far more complicated interface. Even now, how can you find a movie preview you're interested in watching? Let …
  • Quote: Originally Posted by kubrick I'm talking about NEW releases. movies that are available on dvd but not on iTunes. so far only Disney OWNED studions do new (dvd) releases: touchstone, miramax and pixar are all disney owned, only these studio…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by melgross We don't know that the ATv isn't finished. According to the reviews I've read, it seems to do just what it's been advertised to do. This is an open system, just as the iPhone, and Apple's computers are, and…
  • The real question with Apple TV is when are they going to begin their media push with the hardware that they released. Sure there is a little out there with the current iTMS offerings, and they are probably going to be using those numbers to bring …
  • Quote: Originally Posted by ecking That's not what NAB's about. NAB's about tools to produce content, not distribution. Apple could still announce it if they wanted to. They could also tie it into production by releasing the tools to build com…
  • Rather than going the Air Disk route I would get on e-bay and look for a cheap G4 tower to use as your main media "server". Put a SATA controller in in and add up to 3 drives as you need them. Since all you will be doing is streaming media and not d…
  • Isn't China the country and Hong Kong a city in that country?