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New iPod Next Week?
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Eastend said:I'm with you on that one, but it looks like most of the people here are just thinking iPods. I need a good PowerBook. I will say that with a red curtain though it had to be cinema related, seems strange no video iPods, anyway we will all find out next week. Who know maybe it's an update on iDVD or iMovie.
Brian
Higashi ( Brian) ....soca.... soca....
I NEED a PB NOW! as in long ago.
Tokyo/LA/NYC/Paris/Toronto commutes with a breakout box in hand.
More power PB means more
podding is fine - but very seriously i got to run powered, daily with a PB tweaked and not choked.
BTW - Ima Nihon dessu ka?
I will buy the sake / beeru ( sheesh even obento) if a PB power comes about in days.
Just checked the ship times in oz and the 15 and 17 inch poerbooks jumped from 24hrs this morning to 5-7 days as we speak, looking good for part of the rumor
Nice, but zen zen sujimasen. Ima Nihon desu. yondemashita ne.odd-eyo said:Higashi ( Brian) ....soca.... soca....
I NEED a PB NOW! as in long ago.
Tokyo/LA/NYC/Paris/Toronto commutes with a breakout box in hand.
More power PB means more
podding is fine - but very seriously i got to run powered, daily with a PB tweaked and not choked.
BTW - Ima Nihon dessu ka?
I will buy the sake / beeru ( sheesh even obento) if a PB power comes about in days.
Brian
Video enabled AirPort Express: Good, useful idea, and very doable. Along with a Mac mini (or any Mac really) it would make up a vital nerve in a Media center (still don't like that name).
Video enabled iPod: Stupid idea. Ok, so we have H.264, which has a very good size/quality ratio, no question about it. But, when my iBook G4@800 isn't powerful enough to playback H.264 encoded video, what are they going to put in the video iPods? The only way a "vPod" is possible is if the movies use another (more lossy) encoding...
Also the marked isn't there, the number of people who'd get an iPod solely because of video capability is very small, and the wast number of iPod buyers that don't need it would probably not be happy about a price increase to pay for video capability.
So bring on a AirPort Express with full media capability for iTunes, DVD player and, maybe even, QuickTime player. Oh, yeah, and new PowerBooks and PowerMacs.
Video enabled iPod: Stupid idea. Ok, so we have H.264, which has a very good size/quality ratio, no question about it. But, when my iBook G4@800 isn't powerful enough to playback H.264 encoded video, what are they going to put in the video iPods? The only way a "vPod" is possible is if the movies use another (more lossy) encoding...
Also the marked isn't there, the number of people who'd get an iPod solely because of video capability is very small, and the wast number of iPod buyers that don't need it would probably not be happy about a price increase to pay for video capability.
So bring on a AirPort Express with full media capability for iTunes, DVD player and, maybe even, QuickTime player. Oh, yeah, and new PowerBooks and PowerMacs.
llapgoch said:
And why didn't they do it in Paris?
There's something movie related going on. If it's not a video iPod, it has got to do with iTMS selling videos. There aren't THAT many possibilities, folks.
odd-eyo said:Higashi ( Brian) ....soca.... soca....
I NEED a PB NOW! as in long ago.
Tokyo/LA/NYC/Paris/Toronto commutes with a breakout box in hand.
More power PB means more
podding is fine - but very seriously i got to run powered, daily with a PB tweaked and not choked.
BTW - Ima Nihon dessu ka?
I will buy the sake / beeru ( sheesh even obento) if a PB power comes about in days.
I don't know what you're talking about, but pass me some of that sake, because it must be goooooood if you're so messed.
Blue Velvet said:Finally, the 80gb iPod I've been waiting for... although I will continue to wait until the price drops as it always does after 6 months or so. Be interesting to also see if they've fixed those distortion problems in the earlier Photos...
I will continue to suffer with the burden of my 4th 40gb iPod.
I don't understand why would someone buy 80gb iPod just to carry music and photos? Cmon guys, who are you, photographer of National Geographic?!? My 5 year worth music archive is hardly 35gbs, plus 5-6gbs of photo, and thats it.. I'm really curious to see who has 80gb of music here?
So what I am saying is, if not video capable there is no logical reason to raise the bar to 80gbs for iPod. But if it's gonna be showing videos on-the-go, then I could carry some divxs and stuff, and then 80gbs iPod is meaningful..
zv470 said:hehe, Pro iPods... toroidal transformer, audio optical out, midi interface, 64 track playback, hmm, Organic LED Screen, biometric security, fuel cell, etc...
That was good, man..
The G4 can't support DDR2 memory (and I can't see any necessity for it with a pathetic 200 MHz Bus). I don't know why TS thinks it's going to happen.
toughboy said:
My current AAC256 library is about 56gb. I buy about 6-10 CDs per month sometimes more. I want a device that has some extra capacity to keep me going for a couple of years.
You gotta problem with that?
I also would like some extra Gbs to carry work around on. I'm a designer some of those files get pretty big.
Edit: Besides, who made you judge of what other people's needs for equipment should be? Just because you don't understand the need for extra capacity doesn't mean that there isn't a market for it. My music archive is certainly older than 5 years...
If the Power Mac enclosure gets redone I will suckle my thumb.
Also, I don't think TS flip flopped, more just added to what they had previously said..
well.. I guess they did kinda flip flop about the powerbook update.. but hey, everyone deserves a break. Plus, if this update comes out how they predict, a lot of people are going to be eating crow around here.
Also, I don't think TS flip flopped, more just added to what they had previously said..
well.. I guess they did kinda flip flop about the powerbook update.. but hey, everyone deserves a break. Plus, if this update comes out how they predict, a lot of people are going to be eating crow around here.
I've been thinking about this, and the more I think about it, the more I think "One more thing..." must mean something.
Here are the possibilities as I see them:
1. 5g iPod with some new feature the rumor sites haven't caught wind of
2. PowerMac with redesigned form factor, dual core processors, and DDR2
3. Something completely new
Or...
4. PowerBook G5
I know I know, you're thinking "not another PowerBook G5 post!" and it seems unlikely because we know Apple will be switching to Intel processors in that not TOO distant future... But think about it, we also know that IBM has developed a new lower-power G5 chip. This post isn't a joke, I honestly think we might see a PowerBook G5.
Here are the possibilities as I see them:
1. 5g iPod with some new feature the rumor sites haven't caught wind of
2. PowerMac with redesigned form factor, dual core processors, and DDR2
3. Something completely new
Or...
4. PowerBook G5
I know I know, you're thinking "not another PowerBook G5 post!" and it seems unlikely because we know Apple will be switching to Intel processors in that not TOO distant future... But think about it, we also know that IBM has developed a new lower-power G5 chip. This post isn't a joke, I honestly think we might see a PowerBook G5.
Apple can tell these rumor sites anything to throw them off, if they wanted to do so.
The evidence of a video iPod is pretty overwhelming. It's definitely something related to videos/movies, that much is positive. Not necessarily a "vPod" though.
The evidence of a video iPod is pretty overwhelming. It's definitely something related to videos/movies, that much is positive. Not necessarily a "vPod" though.
ARM chips have been shipping with Neon (a DSP) for a while, and other ARM licensees have included their own or other third party DSP modules for a long time. I believe that PortalPlayer's chips includes something like this that is powerful enough for H.264 encoded video (MPEG4 SP CIF their PDF says). OTOH the PP5024 doesn't include a Firewire controller unlike the 5022.
Of course it could be that Apple have switched to another supplier, especially for an improved Airport Express device where power consumption isn't an issue.
Of course it could be that Apple have switched to another supplier, especially for an improved Airport Express device where power consumption isn't an issue.
animefan_1 said:
The G4 doesn't support DDR memory either, nor SDRAM, nor any type of DRAM. That functionality is provided by the chipset, in Apple's case Intrepid (DDR), and presumably the mythical Intrepid 2 for DDR2 (and PCIe? - ATI's recently delayed X1x00 chips could be one reason for the PowerBook/PowerMac being delayed).
toughboy said:
i have over 90GB of music as I have over 800 CDs (Originals) and several hundres LPs, all ripped at AAC 224Kbs. My 60GB iPod is great but for me, not big enough. Don't ignorantly assume that everyone is like you...
Chaszmyr said:
1. What new feature(s) do you predict? No sarcasm here; I'm truly curious. If not video then what? More PDA functionality?
2. To be honest, I think the cheese-grater look is still cutting edge.
(Sorry, had to.) Honestly, though, how long do they usually go between redesigns? G3 > G4 > another G4 > G5?3. What could something completely new be? A new Airport Express with streaming video could be it, but event worthy? Hmmm...perhaps an iTunes remote? Again, event worthy? Dunno. Tablet?
4. Powerbook G5? If they did release one, they would probably sell it for as long as possible before a complete intel switch. So, at the most, we'd be looking at 20-24 months of sales before another radical change. As much as I'd like to agree with you, I'd reckon a 2.13 GHz Pentium-M would be a more likely candidate. (And, no, I'm not suggesting that.)
Squire
toughboy said:
Me thinks you spoke too soon. I have over 170 GB of music and it is growing.
Brian
Mitthrawnuruodo said:
Just to make sure: you mean H.264 right? Whilst your iBook cannot play it back using it's general purpose CPU there is no reason that a custom hardware chip could not play it back on an iPod. I remember back in 1996 or so that custom boards for MPEG playback were quite popular as the CPUs at the time struggled.