Patience rewards the cautious: Every day, more considered reports emerge on the MB. For example, Peter Cohen has a very good opinion on 3D games and the MB, along with the gaming…

http://www.collectorz.com/movie/ Another cataloging program, and they have one for books or music or DVDs etc. But they also pull information from IMDB, amazon, all-movie-guide, a…

Quote: Originally Posted by Chris Paveglio I'd like to see DL have more cross checking against other services for more complete info. Agreed. I cross-graded to DL from Boox…

Hi, i was reading the apple website which states that regarding the iPOD Nano, songs over 9MB will fill the cache in 25 mins. what does this mean exactly?

hmm, not sure. I have a 3000 song library, and I don't even think a single one of my songs is more than 9MB!

Quote: Originally Posted by magneto Hi, i was reading the apple website which states that regarding the iPOD Nano, songs over 9MB will fill the cache in 25 mins. what does this…

agreed. interested to see what this is all about...

The only thing I can think of is a thing I read about songs above a certain size (may have been 9MB) exceeding the iPod's cache, which would cause the hard drive to spin up more an…

Just a FYI, the 60GB video iPod offers 64MB cache and 30GB offers 32MB.

Thanks for all your replies. Here is the link where I read this: http://www.apple.com/au/batteries/ipods.html The relevant section is at the end of the page. I dont know anythi…

Also Im assuming the 60GB IPOD (with the larger cache) is no good for me. I want a flash drive (which I understand I need if I want to use it during physical activity such as joggi…

Quote: Originally Posted by magneto Thanks for all your replies. Here is the link where I read this: http://www.apple.com/au/batteries/ipods.html The relevant section is at t…

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?

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.