Quote: Originally Posted by wilsonng can anybody verify if you can make an mpeg-4 with dimensions greater than 480x480 and still play on the iPod. As noted in my post above refe…

Quote: Originally Posted by Icruise My PB is slower and has less RAM than yours, but MPEG4 encoding doesn't seem *that* slow, especially given that you can just start it and do …

Paco500: Do a 'Get Info' on the video clip in iTunes. I believe if you switch the tab to Options, there is a checkbox to remember playback position. See if that works.... dazzla:…

Quote: Originally Posted by wilsonng Paco500: Do a 'Get Info' on the video clip in iTunes. I believe if you switch the tab to Options, there is a checkbox to remember playback p…

That's how the show is encoded, and the Time Warner DVR cable box obeys orders from TW, not you. If you want to be able to watch only what you want, you need to get a DVR that's i…

I've never experienced this before; however, I have a Comcast DVR.

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You do this (somewhat counterintuitively) using iTunes.

It also depends on whether you have a Mac or PC. On the Mac, it will work through iPhoto (although the setting itself is done through iTunes). Or you can also use just a folder ful…

With the iPod nano, you also have to limit the amount of songs since otherwise there isn't any space left for photo's. Took me a sec to realise what went wrong the first time. Then…

The disk used in those was the Toshiba MK1504GAL, which had one platter and a rotational speed of 4200rpm.

I am also in the same consideration. Any help on this would be great. Also, is there a significant performance increase? Say the same increase in going from a 4200 to a 5400? Beca…

I'm curious about the performance increase too? I know a 7200 will be faster than a 5400, but is it "worth the $200" snappier?

I posted a thread awhile back all about the 100GB 7200rpm drive, comparing it to the 5400rpm drive, and providing links to pages online that compare them. The brief version is tha…

I just ordered it. I'll let you know I've also heard that it actually makes marginal difference. But, if it's <10% battery power, I'll take a 10% increase in speed and product…

7200RPM drives have a higher idle power consumption, but the active power consumption is only a tiny bit higher. In both cases, it's not going to make a huge difference in real use…

iomatic: I hear newegg is a good place to buy RAM. Without a specific link, I can't tell if the RAM you're looking at is the same as the RAM in the Powerbook. So the speed is sli…

tooki > can you elaborate on this a bit? Does this mean the 7200 would eat up more battery when the HD is not doing anything? That sounds really bad! When you say the differen…

Quote: Originally Posted by Fusion I have a 100gb 5400 drive in my powerbook right now, and I am very impressed with the performance. In ordering the new one, I was immediately …

Quote: Originally Posted by iomatic What I want to know is, can you use the 533MHz RAM that's only available through dealram and pricegrabber? Yes. No problem. Although it…

The difference in power draw is tiny. Below are the power numbers for Hitachi drives, but they should be similar for other brands Hitachi 5K100 (5400RPM): Startup (peak, max.) 5.…

Wow, that's an extremely helpful post, Mark. I hope your numbers are right. But I've read your posts before and found them informative. I'm still nervous about pulling the trigger.

When I said it was negligible, I meant negligible. Like 5 minutes total, if that. CPU usage is going to make a far bigger difference, as will screen brightness and wireless usage. …

You people rock. I am going to go for the 100GB, 7200-rpm hard drive. I will be using the fastest Powerbook ever. OK, I admit that it's not that fast, but I'm still excited. Thanks…

Thank you guys so much for the informative posts! tooki or mduell > You mentioned the speed differences were going to be noticed on seek/random read/write, but not much on read…