this is OT, i know, but, ixus_123 - what program are you using for the time zones?

I'm not using it anymore but it was World Clock Deluxe http://www.mabasoft.com/products/worldClockDeluxeX.html When I was using it, it was a very polite share / nagware. It to o…

iBoom electrical issue MacFixIt reader Brian Fellers reports a potentially dangerous problem with the iBoom, a boombox adapter for the iPod from Digital Outdoor Lifestyles: "My fa…

I can't resist. http://www.jeremyburge.com/net/boom.mp4

Ouch...

This is the sort of device hazard that needs to be reported. https://www.cpsc.gov/incident.html is a link the Consumer Products Safety Commission. I once reported a computer speake…

Quote: Originally posted by Guy Kuo: This is the sort of device hazard that needs to be reported. https://www.cpsc.gov/incident.html is a link the Consumer Products Safe…

so as has already been mentioned here, Apple can't even make enough iPod's right now so there isn't a lot of pressure to upgrade or drop price. nevertheless, i'm wondering if there…

I think everyone wants: 1) Video (god knows why) 2) wireless 3) colour screen

A Rams fan once told me: "Apple doesn't want to update the iPods now because it would piss off the 4.5 million people that just bought them for the holidays."

Quote: Originally posted by nforcer: A Rams fan once told me: "Apple doesn't want to update the iPods now because it would piss off the 4.5 million people that just bou…

Apple's track record might indicate that 5G iPods might surface sometime in the summer.

1. What I would like to see is Color screens all around 2. Keep the same pricing. 3. Bluetooth. So that you could get a BT remote or allow you to sync via BT While charging from…

Quote: Originally posted by OmniX: e.g. eventually when/before Tiger ships, they are gunna have to upgrade the crappy ATI 9200 chip in the MacMini, and then all the mill…

Quote: Originally posted by nbnz: um, no, they won't have to upgrade the crappy chip in the Mac mini, the Mac mini is perfectly capable of running Tiger as is, albeit wi…

Quote: Originally posted by OmniX: right, so then it's 'not perfectly capable'. False. It's "perfectly capable"...now, if it's "perfectly optimal", that's another…

Quote: Originally posted by typoon: 1. What I would like to see is Color screens all around If Apple did that there would be less reason to buy the expensive iPod …

Quote: Originally posted by ManOfSteal: False. It's "perfectly capable"...now, if it's "perfectly optimal", that's another story. Actually: CoreImage is a capabili…

Quote: Originally posted by OmniX: Actually: CoreImage is a capability of Tiger, and a non programmable GPU such as the 9200 can't fully support many of CoreImage's func…

Quote: Originally posted by nbnz: Anyway, back on topic, I want to see user replaceable batteries in iPods - but don't think it'll happen as it'll mess with the clean de…

Didn't Toshiba announce that the 80Gb 1.8" drives would be ready to roll in Autumn? I'd say that there will be 80Gb iPods pre Christmas, maybe pre school year. Until then, small up…

My 3G iPod has finally died for good, and I'm faced with having to replace it. I've never been wowed by the 4G enough to be actually happy about the need to upgrade. I have a 15G…

KP* - first of all, iPods don't die for good, they just die in such a way that replacement parts costs are outweighed by the lesser cost of getting a new one. If it's the battery,…

nbnz et al: see interesting post today from Macintouch: -------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm a previous iBook owner who is looking to buy a new…

It all comes down to where you place your quotes... "perfectly" capable "perfectly capable" "Capable to run is one thing" "perfectly" capable is another thing. ;-) Quote: …