Ok so its not applicable to IPOD Nano's. I assume then, its a problem applicable to ALL portable media players that use hard drives?

that may not be necessarily true. i'd check the specs of each individual player.

Well, the details of the amount of cache will differ from player to player, but I think all hard drive-based players probably work in more or less the same way. They read data from…

magneto, what conclusion have you come to?

Oh, for a Delicious Library interface like this: http://www.steelskies.com/coverflow/

Can't say much for Coverflow as an interface, per se. Right now you can select individual tracks, let alone get any info about an album. But for browsing through a catalogue...man …

it would be kool if you clicked on the album and the jewel case opened up, displaying the list of songs on the left side of the open case. then you could select the song and play i…

unfortunately coverflow seems to cripple my system whenever I start it up - I don't think it's particularly memory secure! I have a 1GHz TiBook with 512Mb Ram - not amazing but st…

That looks really cool, but even if you COULD do that with a thousand or more titles (memory issues aside), would you really want to?

performance shouldn't be the issue, as it handles the 1329 albums in my iTunes collection quite well. (although on a brand new iMac). but interface-wise while the metaphore makes …

Agreed. For CD art it looks pretty spectacular and a great way to choose your music. I can't see a need to access book info that way. Coverflow's great for what it is--I hope he ke…

How long does it take to completely recharge a 5G 30gig iPod after completely exhausting the batteries? Does it charge any faster over USB 2.0 vs 1.1?

2.0 would be faster, and the 5G iPods take about 3 hours to charge the first time.

I've actually been curious about this as well. Good to know, thanks! But here's some other battery questions: -Do iPod's have charge memory? Say, if I don't charge it all the w…

The iPod will always charge until its full, so don't worry about it not charging. It is also safe to listen to your iPod while it is charging. If the iPod is low on battery life be…

very good to know, thank you. i remember the older lithium batteries that would remember the charge. *shudder*

so i've decided i'm getting a 13" macbook. i'll be using it for school starting in september, but also for my own stuff obviously i can wait till august to order it, i have my pc r…

I wouldn't be on there being no changes between now and August. Apple has already speedbumped the MacBook Pro several times since it was announced in January. If you can hold out, …

Quote: Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey I wouldn't be on there being no changes between now and August. Apple has already speedbumped the MacBook Pro several times since it was …

I expect we'll see one price drop or speed bump in the next couple months, howver it will probably be small and may not come until September.

Just because the new core duo 2 chips will be out by then is not a 100% guarentee that the new Macbooks get released right away. Realistically it could easily be October or Novembe…

Quote: Originally Posted by mduell I expect we'll see one price drop or speed bump in the next couple months, howver it will probably be small and may not come until September. …

well intel said july for new cpus and out on the market there for apple must have something up there sleeves. If you and me know about the new intel chips I am sure apple new about…

I would get it now... I guess we won't see any change on the MacBook before October at best...

Never purchase the first iteration of a redesigned Apple product. Apple uses it's first adopter customers as beta-testers.