kingtj said:
I just did that to my 2nd Gen 10gb iPod.
http://www.spymac.com/gallery/show_photo.php?picid=336576
It is easier to maintain and hold on to, but I don't really like it as much as the shiny metal, it seems cheaper now.
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I just did that to my 2nd Gen 10gb iPod.
http://www.spymac.com/gallery/show_photo.php?picid=336576
It is easier to maintain and hold on to, but I don't really like it as much as the shiny metal, it seems cheaper now.
Perhaps in these next versions, and with Tiger, we'll finally see what I think would be the coolest rumoured feature -- Home on iPod. I would love to be able to cart around a single small device that could store my home directory, and let me plug into any Mac (such as the hopefully soon-to-be-ubiquitous Mac mini) to see my desktop, files, and even apps.
I'm a bit surprised that Apple hasn't already implemented this, but I'm guessing it will take some tinkering on the Mac OS side. The confluence of Tiger and new iPods, along with the Mac mini as a cheap platform for folks to use in this fashion (just put them all around your corporate offices, and let folks see their desktops wherever they are) seems an excellent time to roll this out.
I'm a bit surprised that Apple hasn't already implemented this, but I'm guessing it will take some tinkering on the Mac OS side. The confluence of Tiger and new iPods, along with the Mac mini as a cheap platform for folks to use in this fashion (just put them all around your corporate offices, and let folks see their desktops wherever they are) seems an excellent time to roll this out.
jonnyb said:
Indeed. As I have mentionned in other topics before, Apple's "join tracks" feature is a joke and I really wonder how anything so useless ever got past their QA department.
When you "join tracks" for ripping a CD, the result is one single big track. If I join tracks 1 to 3, I get "track 1 of 3" as a result. No more tracks 2 and 3. No way to actually "jump" into the big track to where track 2 is supposed to start either.
Even if this is a hardware limitation of the iPods, it can be solved by this simple trick: the tracks already have metadata for "start/end" of the track. Simply add more metadata for every "joined track" included in the big track.
1. Insert CD
2. Join tracks 1-3
3. Rip CD
4. Result is one big file that contains tracks 1-3 (gapless playback) but both iTunes and iPod show 3 tracks as usual. The big track has metadata for start/end of track 1, start/end of track 2 and start/end of track 3.
Of course, this would mean gapless tracks wouldn't be sold separately on the iTMS anymore, and would kinda suck for those who already purchased single tracks that are supposed to be gapless with other tracks.
While that feature has a lot of potential, I'm not sure Apple will devote much resources to developing something that's only useful for Mac users. I'm guessing that there are a lot more PC-iPod users than Mac-iPod users now. Apple is only adding features (like the Photo features) that are PC compatible also.Tulse said:
Photorun said:
Yah, I've been around here long enough to know that nothing shuts up the G5 whiners. But what can you do? Many of them just simply do not understand the technical issues surrounding putting a G5 in a laptop, they do not even consider if they actually need the power of a G5 in their laptop (they want it "just cuz"), nor do they realize that a dual-core G4 laptop could outperform a G5 in many aspects anyway, which is a hard concept to grasp since many people assume "5" is better than "4" since it's a higher number...
virividox said:dual core power books
Yes! Dual core Powerbooks, then, once they've got the PB G5 perfected, release them upon the world. I'd love to see a near-flawless 1st revision Powerbook G5.
MacMyDay said:
No doubt you would then complain about the people who are using wireless earphones to 'show off'.
Ever occur to you that the people with the white wires are just listening to their music? How does actually using the device equate to showing off?
WRT bluetooth headphones - who wants another thing to have to charge? What if the headphones run out of juice, but your iPod doesn't? So now you can't listen to music.
Sure, wireless would be cool, but impractical imho.
Avicdar said:
Several people I know at my university purchase the headphones from Apple and simply plug them into their CD players. Thus, they can "look" like they have an iPod, but really just a cheap CD player.
Yes, those white headphones with their signature white wires are a fashion statement. Why do you think Apple uses them so obviously in their commercials? Why do you think the new iPod shuffle has a white lanyard?
edit:SiliconAddict said:
It seems several people are thinking on the same thing... Well, it's because it's obvious... Yet, I added a further development to that ideakingtj said:
/editYES! I was thinking of posting this idea myself, but I decided to read the whole post. Man, you're spot on with that one! And besides, this approach would be very consistent with all of the Apple products' line up. What is out is not white, what is out is chrome! Just think about it:
The the MDD G4 PowerMac... It had "mirrored doors", or should I say, chrome, right? It's now discontinued. The G4 iMac (I had one, absolutely gorgeous), with chrome swing arm and Apple badges... is also discontinued! The eMac... It still retains a chrome Apple badge, but that one will be EOL'ed soon, now that the Mac mini is out. And if it isn't, I wouldn't be surprised to see them put a new gray Apple badge on the optical drive door, just like the one found in iMac G5... This is just my guess, of course.
So, this leaves us with: the iMac G5, the Mac mini, and the new Apple Cinema Displays, made of white, gray and translucent plastic, and anodized aluminium; Both the PowerMac G5, XServe G5, and the PowerBooks, made of anodized aluminium; The iPod mini, made of opaque white plastic and anodized aluminium; The iBook made of opaque white plastic; The iPod shuffle and most iPod accessories, made of opaque white plastic and some hints of gray.
Hmmmm, I seem to be forgetting a hugely popular product from Apple... The scratch-prone 4G iPod! That chrome back is too much out-of-place in Apple's lineup, and is definitely asking for a change! Sure, that reflective back is as much well-known as its famous white front, but not always for the best reasons.
And we all know how cool anodized aluminium is. I could also easily see Apple producing regular iPods with coloured backs, and perhaps even matching clickwheels, they already did that kind of stuff with the iPod mini and also the G3 iMac!! And as for supply issues... If they found ways to manage them with the mini, they could, too, with the bigger iPods... Think about it Oh, and this leaves me with the impression they could do the same with the Mac mini... But maybe I'm exaggerating
SiliconAddict said:
Well I do agree that this g4 (7447a I believe) has gotten a bit long in the tooth, but the G4 series chips themselves are not all that bad. The 7448 with it's 1mb of l2 cache and 200 mhz fsb would probably be a substantial improvement.
Apple's in a hard spot right now. The g5 has been proven to be a power hungry chip(read: short battery life) and right now apple gets a pretty decent battery life out of the g4's. Sure it's no pentium m , but it's good. Most people don't use laptops for insane power hungry applications because that's what desktops are (generally) for. I'm sure a majority of people NEED a g5 2 ghz laptop (hotplate) for their emailing and general purpose computing....right.
What I would love to see is a new g4 (7448) that gets...let's say an extra hour of batty life (perhaps not all that realistic but still) at even the same clock speeds.
Justin
Oh , it's 1.67 ghz becuase the clock speed has to be a multiple of the fsb hence 167mhz X 10 = 1.67ghz. 1.7 wouldnt work.
Cochrane said:
I kind of liked the look of the 3G pods. I'm not saying I don't like the current look, but the all white was kind of nice. The ractangle/circle panache wasn't lost in the mix, just reimagined. In fact, I might just go on eBay right now and buy a 3G
That being said though, I'm with you on the possible new look. I'd have to see it first to really say for sure, but I'm not such a big fan of the iPod mini's look so I can't imagine I would jump up and drop 3-5 hunnert bones for a alu/ti-pod.
No, no, NO!
Don't change the iPod's color! Firstly, the white iPod is famous. Change it and it's just another MP3 player.
Secondly, it RUINS Apple's lineup.
Consider.
Metallic = things with Power or with Mini in the name.
Example: Mac Mini. PowerMac. PowerBook. iPod Mini.
White = things that begin with i and e.
Example: eMac. iMac. iBook. iPod. iPod Shuffle.
So unless they rename it to PowerPod, this contradicts the lineup!
Don't change the iPod's color! Firstly, the white iPod is famous. Change it and it's just another MP3 player.
Secondly, it RUINS Apple's lineup.
Consider.
Metallic = things with Power or with Mini in the name.
Example: Mac Mini. PowerMac. PowerBook. iPod Mini.
White = things that begin with i and e.
Example: eMac. iMac. iBook. iPod. iPod Shuffle.
So unless they rename it to PowerPod, this contradicts the lineup!
A while back, there were rumours about Apple letting third parties develop games for the iPod. This would be good.
Even better, if Apple released a SDK for developing Applications. Of course, such SDKs would probably be crippled to stop people writing their own codecs, such as to watch DivX on iPod Photo etc.
Blue tooth enabled iPod for headphones would be good (BT is fast enough to stream stereo sound) - but at the moment limited, since blue tooth head phones ( as opposed to headsets) cost $hundreds.
Bluetooth to transfer music would be a no go - too sllooowww.
Even better, if Apple released a SDK for developing Applications. Of course, such SDKs would probably be crippled to stop people writing their own codecs, such as to watch DivX on iPod Photo etc.
Blue tooth enabled iPod for headphones would be good (BT is fast enough to stream stereo sound) - but at the moment limited, since blue tooth head phones ( as opposed to headsets) cost $hundreds.
Bluetooth to transfer music would be a no go - too sllooowww.
I would like to see an LCD remote....I know some people don't even use the current remote, but i travel a lot in airports, trains, busses, etc, and HATE to take out my ipod for any reason in fear for dropping it.....I'm not sure that it isn't possible to do that with current ipods, and am willing to bet it's more of a 3rd party issue, cost effective, etc...however, outside of battery life, to me, that is the #1 issue....
It's about time they make a major revison to the iPod. i've never considered the "4G" a "new iPod generation" per se, since it has too many similarities with the 3G. We need another huge jump, like the jump from 2G to 3G; there was no debate about the improvements there! They were major, and a huge shift in the right direction.
I have to say the thing I like best about the iPod Mini is the rounded sides combined with flat ends, it just looks great. I'm sure there will still be a white iPod, but I still can't see how they can change much about the interface.
A significantly bigger battery would be nice.
A significantly bigger battery would be nice.
GFLPraxis said:
You're not being very accurate on this one... Read my above post, and you'll see that that distinction is kind of blurry, now. It doesn't have much to do with naming or anithing, but mostly with the amount of white vs metal... The professional products are almost entirely made of aluminium, the iPod mini being the biggest exception (even though we can consider that as a "pro" product, since it's higly miniaturized, thus having a bad relationship between price/features, yet being utterly cool)... But every Apple product (except the PowerBook and the PowerMac) has a hint of the opposite material. This is some sort of "industrial design yin-yang" thing
Even those two exceptions, when accessorized with Apple peripherals and Displays, end up having a hint of white here and there. The iPod mini has a more 50-50 proportion, the iMac is mostly white with an aluminium stand, and the iPod is white and chrome, unlike both minis (the iPod and the Mac), damn it! It doesn't fit in
. So, you see, Apple products should be either all white, all aluminium, or both. You can even see that among the peripherals... iSight vs. KB and Mouse, for example! And now that I think about it, Mac OS X has a bit of that duality too, even though in a more anarchic fashion, with that Aqua vs. Brushed Metal thing This is a recurrent thing with Apple: A few years ago it was coloured plastic and white/translucent plastic across the lineup; then it was translucent and gray plastic or white and translucent plastic, both combined with chrome elements. And now, we have this lineup. We could roughly consider the first one, the G3 era, the second one, the G4 era, and the third one, the G5 era. Just go and ask Jonathan Ive about that, and you'll see
Stella said:Is it early in the morning for you?
He meant Generation 4 and Generation 5 iPods.... (G4 , G5)...
Hmmm... Didn't early PowerBooks have B&W and grayscale LCDs??? Of course, the first colour LCD PowerBooks weren't the TiBooks, and weren't the black G3 PowerBooks either, but anway... I think that, just like PowerBooks, all iPods (except the shuffle
) will end up having colour screens. Perhaps even OLED screens... BTW, have you seen the Creative Zen Micro with a colour screen? It's OLED, you know? Not that I'm an advocate of Creative or something, I love Apple, Macs and iPods and everything, but I guess Apple should be aware of these inroads from its competitors, IMHO.