Quote: Originally Posted by analogika Actually, the newest generation (5G, nano, and shuffle) sound surprisingly good, especially via the line out. I agree; they're getting b…

Quote: Originally Posted by Mastrap Ahhh, I missed that bit, sorry. Now it makes sense to me. And as analogika says, the new iPods sound pretty sweet. Actually I don't thin…

Dell Dimensions DIM2400 2.6 Celeron Processor hi, I have a 30gb ipodVideo connected to an xp machine through a USB port in the back. When the ipod is plugged in the new harware …

Anyone? Another thing, when I plug them in windows makes that beep sound. But when I unplug it, it beeps 3 times in quickly? thanks dave

Quote: Originally Posted by David number 2 Dell Dimensions DIM2400 2.6 Celeron Processor hi, I have a 30gb ipodVideo connected to an xp machine through a USB port in the back…

Ye i manged to fix it. The problem was the install wizard was looking in the wrong folder. plug the ipod in n the wizard should open; (by the way im doing all of this by memory bu…

David and magil57, WELCOME to the MacNN forums! The real problem you both ran into with the iPod is that you didn't install the iPod driver software before you plugged in the iPod…

Has anyone seen, or used, the Adobe Messenger bag? I realize it's really expensive, but I can't find any reviews on it and am interested in it. Any comments from powerbook users? T…

I've been looking at this online for a few months as well. I guess it just became available November 15, 2005. I would also appreciate any real world views or reviews. Quote: …

*insert throwing up smiley here*

I'd want Adobe to pay me for lugging that around Seriously, they can pay for their own advertising.

Quote: Originally Posted by schuey100 I'd want Adobe to pay me for lugging that around Seriously, they can pay for their own advertising. Agreed... I could do without the …

is this just another peer to peer sharing network? is there reason to think you'd have access to more functioning movies here than limewire and acquisition which i already use, an…

"I thought the software was free. Why am I being asked to pay? The software is free. You are paying for the online help and support and the online tutorials for the lifetime of the…

I bought Free DVD Direct and after some days I can’t download any movies. I tried E Mule, BioTorrent, Lphant and others and these are free and work better than Free DVD Direct. Fr…

Hi, I'm wondering which config will give me the fastest speeds. Two 400 gig, 16mb cache 7200RPM drives RAIDed or the 400 gig with a 72 or 36 gig 10krpm Raptor? I use this machin…

Quote: Originally Posted by 2009059 Hi, I'm wondering which config will give me the fastest speeds. Two 400 gig, 16mb cache 7200RPM drives RAIDed or the 400 gig with a 72 or 3…

What matters more to you, seek time or throughput?

Quote: Originally Posted by mduell What matters more to you, seek time or throughput? I'm guessing RAID would be throughput, raptor be seek time? I'm leaning towards RAID…

More to the point, what do you need RAID 0 for? It's reliablity is terrible. If you don't have a purpose for it, you shouldn't use it.

Do you need the storage more? Or do you need speed?

2009059: You got it. I think a 74GB Raptor and a 500GB Hitachi is a better solution for everything except video editing (where you'll want the space and the throughput). So my answ…

Quote: Originally Posted by new newton More to the point, what do you need RAID 0 for? It's reliablity is terrible. Its failure rate would be exactly twice that of a one-dri…

Quote: Originally Posted by Cadaver Its failure rate would be exactly twice that of a one-drive system. I'm not sure about this, but what about the added variable of the sof…

So reliability and space I would go for raptor and RAID for speed? I guess I should go raptor then. Thanks everybody.