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Hmmm.... I thought the C2Ds were supposed to run on the 965 Broadwater chipset. But I see Apple's store lists the low end model as sporting the GMA 950 with a C2D. What gives?
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Your nick says it all. That will eventually happen (if society doesn't collapse before then), but there's a few "corners" to go before we get there. Buy when you need, not when you want. There is something to be said for waiting maybe up to a mon…
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Quote: Originally Posted by dutch pear Airport HD - it is indeed possible, see This C|net article Not over 802.11a/b/g/n, and not using tcp/ip. As playlistmag notes, any video, even if non-HD with decent compression that is over an hour gets b…
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Here's what I hope Apple will deliver on Tuesday. (In case you're wondering, I don't actually believe they'll do this at all; it's just what I think they should do.) Hardware: 2, 4, 8GB nanos (nanoes?) 40, 80GB iPods w/ video 80GB "true" Video…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Ireland http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hear_hear http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oy_vey
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Quote: Originally Posted by sunilraman Nitpicking: That's rampant speculation. "Rampart" has something to do with when you are trying to defend or take over a medieval city 500-800 years ago...? Since we're nitpicking, 500-800 years ago is exa…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nathan22t I wonder how shitty the video quality will be and how many extra features these movie downloads will come with? I'm thinking... extremely and none. Oh well, at least I can't be disappointed. Oh, I can…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ctachme Despite what apple says, iTunes sucks horribly at playing video. I wish they would create a whole new video-playing App and leave iTunes for the songs. Here here!
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich Regardless, they are the biggest retailer...better make that "company"... in the world, and when they jump, the whole world shakes. [nitpick]They're the biggest employer, not the biggest company (which i…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hmurchison I think it's clear which format is superior for movie distribution. HD DVD Given that we're on page 30-something (?) of this thread, I think this is highly contentious at best. Like I've said, there ar…
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Quote: Originally Posted by shetline My biggest problem with ethernet being standard is if it becomes part of some annoying DRM scheme where your player has to phone home so you can electronically beg for permission to play your movie. This was…
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Umm...... I think most people here missed the point of Munster's analysis. He's not saying it is more expensive to own a Mac. And he's not dissing the Mac at all. He's praising Apple for generating more revenue per customer than Microsoft. And…
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Quote: Originally Posted by pmjoe As for the mini as a media center, it's biggest deficiency is its 2.5" drive, but you can always get a FireWire drive with a nice case. In a well designed home theatre setup, one might be able to hide everythi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hmurchison We musn't forget that Managed Copy is going to give is the ability to store movies to persistent storage and likely modify those stores in ways we are simply unaware of right now. Ah. Someone else sees t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell This is already possible, Elgato has integrated eyeTV 2.0 into Front Row 1.0. Not that I'm aware of. Are you sure? I hadn't heard of that. And I just looked at EG's site, and saw nothing about it. It has …
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross There seems to be a problem with Firewire in this respect. I've seen, in my own use, many problems resulting from connecting other devices to a Firewire bus when an HD is connected, and transferring either data…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. Dirk I'm with you on that: Apple should just by El Gato. Now, I know it's too early to be thinking this, but what about Blu-Ray down the road? With the Sony PS3 being $499, if Apple really wanted to get into the l…
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Quote: Originally Posted by gremlin IT departments make all their money by talkin' thick users into installing windows; Vista is going to be a right little money spinner for them! Why do you think no IT peeps push OS X - They would be out of work…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Sybersport If you take 800,000 units at 12% of the total market, you're looking at roughly 6.7mil/quarter total sales - Apple would have to ramp up production 205,000 units - and that's a 25% increase over current level…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Booga Depends how you count market share. Apple claimed 12% of the US retail laptop market, but obviously that doesn't include Dell or other direct-shippers, or desktops. In overall US market share, they're still in t…