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Last Minute Rumors: DRM Free iTunes, Mac Mini, iPhone Tethering
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I have no idea. Sounds like a viable argument to me, but like always it will probably just come down to who you talk to at AT&T.
Rojas already pre-ordered one. I'm waiting for the gdgt review.
FUNNY AS HELL!
And yes, those that want a thinner 17" just d!ck around with their computers.
What makes you think that an iPhone nano will cost you any less per month than a regular iPhone. It's not nano service. Same service, same costs.
I've still got $40 in iTunes bucks from Christmas. I've been eying some albums for a while and will definitely be buying them tomorrow if this is rumor comes true. Business will be booming with DRM-free music.
Doesn't seem to be on the
store yet. Will pre-order as soon as it's available!!!!
Can't wait.
For fun:
I want anTV/media server. That would be killer for my media library.
Now for work, it's time for a refresh on the design of MacPro enclosure and new ACDs please.
I want an
TV/media server. That would be killer for my media library.Now for work, it's time for a refresh on the design of MacPro enclosure and new ACDs please.
You'd be surprised. More and more third-party players are supporting AAC nowadays because iTunes has become the standard jukebox. Take a look at Sony, for example. They're probably the largest company to have embraced AAC with open arms -- in music players, phones, and the PS3.
Besides, having DRM-free tracks means you can easily just convert the songs to MP3, and you're set.
I'm sure that is exactly what the big labels are thinking. They want to sell CDs.
I have little interest in the current top 40. so if the price come down and the quality goes up to at least 256K I might buy a song.
What I really like to see is where you can specify the bit rate and format and they sell it priced by the bit rate you select. I'd buy Apple Lossless if it sold at a reasonable price.
But what's "Reasonable"? The last CDs I bought from amazon.com sold for only a few bucks. I found some I liked for under five bucks per disc.
It allows cell phones to be connected to their laptops and browse the web on their laptop through the phone's internet connection.
For a while it was offered with phone data plans. Now you may pay $15 a month extra for it.
AT&T knows that Apple fans will pay anything so they hiked the price up to $30.
The MacPro isn't a clothing line. The design doesn't need a refresh unless it's for more hardware. If not, then keep it the same.
I would have thought that too, but they've got to be waiting for something, or the Mac Pros would have had something better than the 8800 available for them for a long time now.
I guess 'prepare for Snow Leopard by buying an ATI blah blah or GeForce whatever!' sounds better than 'and now you can use those outdated GPUs for even more than just gaming!'
If they're going to show off benchmarks, they're going to want to do so on the very fastest cards available. And on Mac, that's not very fast...
Disagree,
The hardware end is the oldest Mac that needs an visual update. The whole line up has been redesigned and MacPro and displays still the same.
Maybe smaller footprint or just keep the same as long as the expandability stays the same. Intel MacPros runs cooler than the old powermacs that required such larger cases, so maybe making it smaller would not be an issue at all.
Well, I have to strongly agree with Digital Skunk, particularly if you're talking about making it smaller. I've just had a look in mine, and I can't see that there is a lot of spare space if it's fully expanded. The last thing I would want is the expandability to be reduced or to have overheating problems, just so it can look sexier in someone's view. IMHO size/appearance considerations have been taken too far in the iMac and mini relative to expandability and heat (i.e. use of mobile CPUs): let's not hinder the Mac Pro too.
I have never said it should be smaller sacrificing the expandability.
I said that it could probably be smaller and lighter due the fact the Intel chips runs cooler than the old powermac chips.
I agree that the expandability needs to stay the same or even more.
Displays also might move into LED. Not sure for the 30" display would be available without an astronomical price. I also would love a larger than 30" ACD.The look should be like the new 24" hopefully with matte screens.
I said that it could probably be smaller and lighter due the fact the Intel chips runs cooler than the old powermac chips.
I agree that the expandability needs to stay the same or even more.
Displays also might move into LED. Not sure for the 30" display would be available without an astronomical price. I also would love a larger than 30" ACD.The look should be like the new 24" hopefully with matte screens.
lol you have to pay $30 for that in the US?!?!? on my contract here its free, with unlimited data allowance.
What speeds/max speeds do you get using 3g internet connections in the US? Usually i get about 7MBP/S here but it goes to about 42MBP/S in urban locations.
i have to agree. they tried the $1.29 thing and it was a failure. I could see them dropping backlist items though. maybe to like $0.79 a track.
overall, they will definitely want to keep the total album cost lower than buying a CD and just ripping it yourself. otherwise, why bother downloading.
the point of the iphone is that it is 3 things in one. if you take out one, you don't have an iphone. you just have a regular phone that can get on the internet, or a phone that can play music. but then you can go either of those from anywhere, probably a lot cheaper.
i can't see Apple doing it. or going back to Edge only. especially since according to rumors, ATT is cutting back on Edge coverage.
