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photos, 50+ movies, 16" screen, plays CD's and DVD's, and in its
spare time is a 3.2Ghz P4 Wintel HP laptop. (HP not Apple because I
need the portable Wintel for use with critical business software.)
Don't exactly stick it in my pocket, but it's got all the portability I
want or need. And it works great in the car, in motels, and at other
remote sites. Price was $1000, but well worth it.
photos, 50+ movies, 16" screen, plays CD's and DVD's, and in its
spare time is a 3.2Ghz P4 Wintel HP laptop. (HP not Apple because I
need the portable Wintel for use with critical business software.)
Don't exactly stick it in my pocket, but it's got all the portability I
want or need. And it works great in the car, in motels, and at other
remote sites. Price was $1000, but well worth it.
but then delivered the iPod plus iTunes and smoked every other
competitor. Then they brought it to Windows and things got
even hotter. The ACC (mpeg4) format is quickly becoming the de
facto standard for digital music as a result.
Every iTunes user has QuickTime installed and now Apple has
introduced an iPod that plays video and upgraded their online
store for downloading new content - music videos, short films
and TV shows. I wonder how the video offerings from Microsoft,
Real and Apple will compare in a year.
Microsoft, Real, TiVo, Sony and others better hope Apple doesn't
add a tuner and recorder to that new iMac. Check out the new
Front Row software that comes pre-installed. Looks like a good
start to a full-on media center to me.
but then delivered the iPod plus iTunes and smoked every other
competitor. Then they brought it to Windows and things got
even hotter. The ACC (mpeg4) format is quickly becoming the de
facto standard for digital music as a result.
Every iTunes user has QuickTime installed and now Apple has
introduced an iPod that plays video and upgraded their online
store for downloading new content - music videos, short films
and TV shows. I wonder how the video offerings from Microsoft,
Real and Apple will compare in a year.
Microsoft, Real, TiVo, Sony and others better hope Apple doesn't
add a tuner and recorder to that new iMac. Check out the new
Front Row software that comes pre-installed. Looks like a good
start to a full-on media center to me.
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your mouth is?
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I know there are 3rd party solutions that do this, but they're clunky in my opinion.
Maybe 20 feet. I do like it, but I'd rather have an appliance I could put on a 40-50 inch screen.
Is Front Row available for download?
I know there are 3rd party solutions that do this, but they're clunky in my opinion.
Maybe 20 feet. I do like it, but I'd rather have an appliance I could put on a 40-50 inch screen.
Is Front Row available for download?
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long flights to Japan, China and Thailand for alot of things,
gaming and yes video watching. The PSP screen is still small but
its alot bigger than the ipods. And I can get a full season of
(name that show here) at a very very good quality in mpeg4 on a
1 gb memory stick. I will be looking at the new creative video
player soon. I love my ipod mini and it still does an awsome job
of playing my mp3s. My on flight pack houses an ipod mini, psp,
notebook and a change of clothes (sucks when your bag gets
misplaced by the airlines). Would be nice to have an all in one
unit that works with itunes for music and movies.
long flights to Japan, China and Thailand for alot of things,
gaming and yes video watching. The PSP screen is still small but
its alot bigger than the ipods. And I can get a full season of
(name that show here) at a very very good quality in mpeg4 on a
1 gb memory stick. I will be looking at the new creative video
player soon. I love my ipod mini and it still does an awsome job
of playing my mp3s. My on flight pack houses an ipod mini, psp,
notebook and a change of clothes (sucks when your bag gets
misplaced by the airlines). Would be nice to have an all in one
unit that works with itunes for music and movies.
Apple remind me of DVD releases. You get the first release with just the movie, then a month later a two disc version, and then the re-releases just keep on coming! A version with extra deleted scenes (Bourne Identity), a version with the deleted scenes blended it (Gladiator), a version with third disc (Pirates of the Caribbean), etc.
This is exploitation and Apple should be ashamed to be joining the club. One of the many reasons why I would never consider going back to Apple. (I am still cut over their lack of Apple IIGS support!)
Windows MC has a mobile version which is used by creative in a lot of its products and the screens on those are HUGE compared to this iPod crap.
And, after-sell services do not apply on added value.
Steve Jobs is a marketer - actually that is an essential quality for CEO. However, marketer usually is not as solid as engineer like Bill Gates. That is why Gates is not the CEO! Agree?
OS 7, which is nice and stable, and runs all your programming
quite well, thank you.
The front edge of the technology wave is inherently a dynamic
and expensive place to operate. But some people like 'the thrill
of the new'. It's not for everybody, and most of the time cannot
be justified economically, but it can be fun.
Your problem with Apple, and with technology in general,
sounds sounds a bit artificial if you exclude, and you clearly do,
the WinTel environment from your list of complaints. Microsoft,
and Intel, and the various OM's, have played the nickel-dime
technology distribution in depth, but you don't seem to notice or
care.
I;m not sure that you remember that far back, but Apple had
damn little support forany of my Apple II's, Iie's, IIc's, and IIgs's.
All the support came from user groups. I ran a couple of Woz
machines for the last three or four years of the Apple II period,
and had no trouble with support from the local Apple User's
Group, or from multiple national user groups. (No email or
downloading then, tho.) The Woz's were equivalent in speed and
memory to the first two Mac's, and had much more useful
software. But the Woz's were effectively archived at work when
the Mac Plus arrived. And shortly, the home Woz was moved
over for another Mac Plus. And all through the Apple II period,
support was relatively easily found.
But, again, that's in the US. In Australia, you may have been just
a bit too far away to find that user group support.
And before I go any farther, just where are you getting your
information about Apple's design path for the iPod family?
Apple remind me of DVD releases. You get the first release with just the movie, then a month later a two disc version, and then the re-releases just keep on coming! A version with extra deleted scenes (Bourne Identity), a version with the deleted scenes blended it (Gladiator), a version with third disc (Pirates of the Caribbean), etc.
This is exploitation and Apple should be ashamed to be joining the club. One of the many reasons why I would never consider going back to Apple. (I am still cut over their lack of Apple IIGS support!)
Windows MC has a mobile version which is used by creative in a lot of its products and the screens on those are HUGE compared to this iPod crap.
And, after-sell services do not apply on added value.
Steve Jobs is a marketer - actually that is an essential quality for CEO. However, marketer usually is not as solid as engineer like Bill Gates. That is why Gates is not the CEO! Agree?
OS 7, which is nice and stable, and runs all your programming
quite well, thank you.
The front edge of the technology wave is inherently a dynamic
and expensive place to operate. But some people like 'the thrill
of the new'. It's not for everybody, and most of the time cannot
be justified economically, but it can be fun.
Your problem with Apple, and with technology in general,
sounds sounds a bit artificial if you exclude, and you clearly do,
the WinTel environment from your list of complaints. Microsoft,
and Intel, and the various OM's, have played the nickel-dime
technology distribution in depth, but you don't seem to notice or
care.
I;m not sure that you remember that far back, but Apple had
damn little support forany of my Apple II's, Iie's, IIc's, and IIgs's.
All the support came from user groups. I ran a couple of Woz
machines for the last three or four years of the Apple II period,
and had no trouble with support from the local Apple User's
Group, or from multiple national user groups. (No email or
downloading then, tho.) The Woz's were equivalent in speed and
memory to the first two Mac's, and had much more useful
software. But the Woz's were effectively archived at work when
the Mac Plus arrived. And shortly, the home Woz was moved
over for another Mac Plus. And all through the Apple II period,
support was relatively easily found.
But, again, that's in the US. In Australia, you may have been just
a bit too far away to find that user group support.
And before I go any farther, just where are you getting your
information about Apple's design path for the iPod family?
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- by October 12, 2005 6:21 PM PDT
- Mac is always in news with improvements and developments and i wish it would continue to meet the new demands.
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