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Unread 13-10-2005, 16:45
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Re: New iPods (Again...)

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BTW, if you connect one of these players to your TV, with a low quality (high compression) 320 x 240 video, it will look like regular TV with a lousy antenna. Image quality definitely shows on the TV monitor. The baseline resolution of a standard TV is approximately 640x480.
Not necessarily, back in the good old days I used to capture at 352x240 and it played back almost perfectly on the TV. I haven't played with the iPod export feature yet, but I have seen some samples, and they are fairly decent in quality. Granted they are not DVD quality, but defiantly viewable with a small amount of pixilation.

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*cough* Just wait til the Mac QUAD intel hits the market.

http://www.hardmac.com/news/2005-10-10/#4588

http://www.macrumors.com/c.php?u=ht...10-10%2F%234588

Yes folks 4 CPUs!!!!!
That isn't an actual mac, it is just a hacked version of the x86 beta development version. It is mostly likely a hacked Pentium D or Xeon.

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Did anyone else notice that the new iMac G5's don't have intel processors?

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They wouldn't, Apple promised developers a full year until the first x86 macs would come to the consumers. Besides the time to port their apps, apple needs to do a lot of preparation itself in order to release x86 macs. Especially in the way of boot sequence, firewire target disk mode, etc. The first macs to use x86 would be the ibook and the powerbook, which are in definite need of an upgrade from the aging g4 processor. The G5 is still a very competitive processor and probably won't retire until the end 2007.


The video part of the iPod is going to be very cool. $1.99 seems a bit high for a TV episode, but that is roughly the price you pay if you want the DVD of it. They do need more content though, if they convince NBC, CBS, HBO, Spike, TNT, etc to have their shows on iTMS then it will be a viable alternative for people who just can't watch TV at regular times. Soon they will be applications that will take content from a Tivo or other PVR, and automatically transfer it to the video specs of an iPod.

I wouldn't buy an iPod right now for just the video features. The infrastructure is just not there yet, and there will be much better revisions shortly.

The iPod is still and foremost a music player, and that is what it will do the best at.
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The first macs to use x86 would be the ibook and the powerbook, which are in definite need of an upgrade from the aging g4 processor. The G5 is still a very competitive processor and probably won't retire until the end 2007.
I'd beg to differ. I'm making this post on a 1.42 GHz G4 iBook. The other Mac I'm around is an iMac G5. It's faster, but both hold up beautifully for everything I throw at it (save NeoOffice/J, which appears to be slow for everybody).

However, it would make more sense to start introducing the Mactels towards the low-end, just to avoid ticking off those folks who spend bajillions a year on Macs if something's horribly wrong.
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Re: New iPods (Again...)

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I'd beg to differ. I'm making this post on a 1.42 GHz G4 iBook. The other Mac I'm around is an iMac G5. It's faster, but both hold up beautifully for everything I throw at it (save NeoOffice/J, which appears to be slow for everybody).

However, it would make more sense to start introducing the Mactels towards the low-end, just to avoid ticking off those folks who spend bajillions a year on Macs if something's horribly wrong.
They are saying low-end with an emphasis on potability first, so expect Mac minis and iBooks with x86 first, then Powerbooks/iMacs, then PowerMacs.
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Did anyone else notice that the new iMac G5's don't have intel processors?
I thought Macs with Intel processors were supposed to go into effect in 2006.

I still need to figure out which models will have em though...

But as far as the new iPod goes, I think this version is actually worth the money. Not only is the capacity a step up from the last version (in regards to the 20GB moving up to 30GB), it also adds a worthwhile feature (okay, I think its acutally useful, in my opinion), not to mention that you can download ABC and Disney shows onto the new iPod...

Portable "Desparate Housewives," here I come!
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