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i got a mac mini in june.

it works fine and does everything i need it to.

i don't care about integrated graphics because i don't want to play Quake 4 on it. i have a PC and xbox360 for that sort of thing. not that i want to play Quake 4 on those either.

the oh noes intergheyted gfx don't fuck the system one bit, despite what a million internet nerds who don't own an apple system with a GMA 950 in it say. perhaps they need to 'grok' 'perl' in a resolution of 126178836816313 X 9867995793459493596 whilst playing the sims 2 but i don't.

only a total pillock would use aperture to fiddle with their holiday snaps.

i also own one of those nice moleskine notebooks, which means i pwn this thread

― The Real DG (D to thee G), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 17:06 (seventeen years ago) link

TOM, DO U HAVE A HIPSTER PDA [Y/N]?
IF Y, DOES IT HAVE COAX IN [Y/N]?

N
N

― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 17:09 (seventeen years ago) link

rumors about ipod phone, wireless video unit and itunes w/movies

http://appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2017
http://appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2016

― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 17:54 (seventeen years ago) link

Let's just say I have been informed by a little reliable birdy about Tommorow's event. The line-up will follow this similar structure:
Welcoming of Media Members
Discussion on iTunes software, iTMS integration into iTunes, and iTMS
sales and facts.
Announcement of iTunes version 7.0
Announces better search feature for Music Store
Announces Movie Store. Available Immediately will be movies from
Disney and Pixar, among other studios.
New iPod Nano Announcement (nice brushed casing, while it will have
same features as first gen, only a longer battery life)
New iPod Announcement (Widescreen, Bluetooth, and featuring virtual
touchwheel. Does not include Wi-Fi, or any other protocols)
One More Thing....
TubePort. A $99 2-piece set that includes a dongle that connects via USB to your mac, and another dongle that connects via included HD cables or regular Component cables to your TV. The movie is accessed on your Mac via an iDisk-like storage component hosted by Apple.

Jobs will then explain the pricing structure of the Movie Store.
Movies wil be available as either a smaller iPod-format (which will
cost $9.99 per movie), or as a larger, streamed movie to be streamed
to your TV via TubePort. This cost $14.99 per movie. To purchase an
iPod-formatted movie and a streamed version of the same movie, it will
cost you $19.99.

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 14:26 (seventeen years ago) link

Intriguing. (And since I'm about to bite the bullet to get a Mac Mini to replace the Cube, good timing in general.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 14:29 (seventeen years ago) link

One More Thing is usually something completely unrelated, not an essential part of whatever he was talking about before. What's he going to say? "We have this boom movie store and it's really, really great. Now the iPod nano .... Oh, wait, one more thing. The movies will cost X or Y". In fact, that running order could go in reverse and it'd make more sense.

TubePort is a stupid fucking name.

― stet (stet), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 14:34 (seventeen years ago) link

The mini is a good solid performer, I've had one on my desk at work since just after the Intel ones came out and it's great.

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 14:34 (seventeen years ago) link

the mac mini is the most awesomest thing ever

i was mucking about with my £1100 PC over the weekend and it nearly went out the window several times whilst with a bit more RAM i think i'd marry the mini

― The Real DG (D to thee G), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 14:40 (seventeen years ago) link

Streamed? STREAMED?

― mei (mei), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 14:43 (seventeen years ago) link

good thing that bit in italics is bullshit

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 14:44 (seventeen years ago) link

Apparently this is live: http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/sep_2006/event/index.html

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 14:54 (seventeen years ago) link

I don't like the look of the URL

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 14:56 (seventeen years ago) link

Edgesuite is just an Akamai URL.

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 15:01 (seventeen years ago) link

ooh bejewelled on an ipod. I heart bejewelled

― stet (stet), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 16:12 (seventeen years ago) link

Don't admit your mistakes
(Do fix them next time)
same old...

― boredom to the left, babylon to the right (fandango), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 16:22 (seventeen years ago) link

thank fuck they're fixing some of these. iTunes will pull cover art now, and has an album view.

― stet (stet), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 16:30 (seventeen years ago) link

streamed, non-DVD quality movies for $13-15 bucks? Gee, thanks, I'll walk ten minutes to Best Buy and get it for the same.

― milo z (mlp), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 17:03 (seventeen years ago) link

I'll get mine offof torrents, ta.

iTV looks cool tho -- wireless set-top box. And being able to sync different macs using yr ipod is top.

― stet (stet), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 17:07 (seventeen years ago) link

iPod now offers gapless playback

GRRR

― Really cool, wickedly cool, cooly cool bon apetit! (ex machina), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 17:10 (seventeen years ago) link

ALERT!!

iPods can now be used to move stuff from computer to computer!

― Really cool, wickedly cool, cooly cool bon apetit! (ex machina), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 17:15 (seventeen years ago) link

iTV looks interesting if it means the Apple Store is getting HD content when it comes out.

― milo z (mlp), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 17:16 (seventeen years ago) link

Will it have tivo functionality?

― Really cool, wickedly cool, cooly cool bon apetit! (ex machina), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 17:20 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm thrilled they went to the mini-style music extruded aluminum enclosure for the Nanos.

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 17:23 (seventeen years ago) link

Jon: Apple sa "And if you’ve got iTunes Store purchases you’d like to move from one computer to another" ... I think the twats have limited it to songs downloaded from iTunes.

― stet (stet), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 17:39 (seventeen years ago) link

Multiple libraries tho: keep a small one on Laptop and full one on external HD. Sweet.

― stet (stet), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 17:40 (seventeen years ago) link

any news on whether gapless playback will be available as a software update for existing 5G ipods?

― toby (tsg20), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 18:17 (seventeen years ago) link

will these new nanos include non-fucked up VBR playback? or is there an update for existing nanos?

ALERT!!

iPods can now be used to move stuff from computer to computer!

erm, you can do this already. Winamp + ml_ipod plugin = easy.

― boredom to the left, babylon to the right (fandango), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 18:22 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm probably missing the sarcasm there.

― boredom to the left, babylon to the right (fandango), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 18:22 (seventeen years ago) link

sorry, kneejerking a bit. some of this is cool.

― boredom to the left, babylon to the right (fandango), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 18:28 (seventeen years ago) link

I dropped my ipod the floor yesterday and it's been fucked since, so this is all good timing.

the movies are overpriced, I think, if they're streaming, but there's nothing to indicate they are from what I've read....as someone with a baby, though, who hardly gets to the theater now, I'd be happier if they were able to offer current releases this way.

― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 18:59 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.apple.com/itunes/jukebox/sourcelist.html

Your library contains everything you’ve bought from the iTunes Store or imported from CD. Music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, audiobooks, iPod Games, and streaming radio. As your collection grows, you can keep multiple libraries — even store them across more than one hard drive.

Nice to see this made simple

― Really cool, wickedly cool, cooly cool bon apetit! (ex machina), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 19:41 (seventeen years ago) link

that new shuffle is incredible.

― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:47 (seventeen years ago) link

Holy shit, that Shuffle!!!!!

― Young Fresh Danny D (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:48 (seventeen years ago) link

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/2483/stevejobsyp7.jpg

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:54 (seventeen years ago) link

apple store won't be getting HD streamed content for movies, and almost certainly not downloadable HD either. the bandwidth demand is enormous. but for whatever you rip or steal or Tivo onto your mac from an HD source, it will be balls to pump it over to a real screen.

― don weiner (don weiner), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:57 (seventeen years ago) link

even store them across more than one hard drive.

thank god, finally.

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 21:09 (seventeen years ago) link

I've been doing it forever.

― Really cool, wickedly cool, cooly cool bon apetit! (ex machina), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 21:22 (seventeen years ago) link

now if only you could tell the library to "watch" a certain folder and import the contents on a regular basis. or barring that, let multiple users on one machine share a library (this is for windows, maybe the mac version does do this, I haven't tried)

― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 21:24 (seventeen years ago) link

getting video over to your tv wirelessly is the last piece of the puzzle, really. the rest is bandwidth, pricing and DRM. and yeah, that shuffle! i'd be afraid to lose it. i've always been afraid to lose ipods, it's a big reason why i've never bought one. make it bigger dammit!

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 22:04 (seventeen years ago) link

UWB or WiMax will do it when they appear the IEEE really needs to pull its finger out when setting standards. Stomp on the vested interests, make it work, with the best technology available, don't make us wait for the political wrangling.

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 22:11 (seventeen years ago) link

I see Jobs is finally embracing the role of Emperor.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 22:13 (seventeen years ago) link

Anyway, not entirely sure about the new iTunes design but whatever. I presume the blue note is someone's in-joke.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 22:15 (seventeen years ago) link

is the gapless playback only available via brand new ipods or a software thing?

― zappi (joni), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 22:20 (seventeen years ago) link

the blue note is horrid - can you change that?

zappi, i assume it's a software thing 'cos my itunes is currently scanning all my files for "gapless playback information".

― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 22:26 (seventeen years ago) link

you can change the blue note -- it's teh same as itunes 2.0 (dere christ I've outsadded myself).

Apparently there's a firmware update that gives older video iPods the gapless playback and the games.

― stet (stet), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 22:45 (seventeen years ago) link

80GB iPod! finally.

― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 23:04 (seventeen years ago) link

can't hide the store so many playlists off page f

― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 23:11 (seventeen years ago) link

This is indeed great timing. I was planning on buying an iPod today and then found this thread. Good news.

― Ivan G (Ivan), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 23:26 (seventeen years ago) link

Whoa I guess Apple bought CoverFlow! I guess that's why the guy/gal hasn't updated his app in awhile. Useless to me since I don't use iTunes but it was/is a beautiful little program.

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 23:52 (seventeen years ago) link

PINK IPODS! (I'm a bit excited. yay!!!)

― lyra (lyra), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 00:00 (seventeen years ago) link

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