Guess this will finally kick me to replace my aging G4 Cube with a Mac Mini. All my music is on the Cube, then gets shared out to the network for playback on my Powerbook, one of …
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Originally Posted by ghporter
I haven't yet understood the hue and cry about Apple shipping iPods without Firewire cables in the first place. Firewire may be faster than…
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Originally Posted by DigitalEl
Wasn't Firewire a technology pushed hard by Apple in the first place? Why have they now abandoned it on their signature devices?
Apple …
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Originally Posted by moki
In *theory* FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 are about even... in reality, the bassackwards nature of the USB protocol ensures that this isn't the case.…
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Originally Posted by robby818
This is very true. I have heard firewire described as a more "robust" technology and that usb is hampered by overhead. in my experience I …
In all honesty, whatever differences in speed exist between FireWire 400 and USB 2 on the hardware side are more than negated by software differences. Take any dual-interface hard …
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Originally Posted by ghporter
Unfortunately that robustness comes with the penalty of extra hardware. More components are required to do all the error checking, etc. nee…
iPod nano has been a huge topic of the week among Mac users. Well, I have a ground breaking news for you, and it might dissapoint you but I must inform people: ZEN Micro is better,…
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Originally Posted by james9490
Here is an excellent example of why WMA beats AAC big time. It is more efficient: 64kbps WMA equals 128kbps MP3, which equals to 192kbps AA…
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Originally Posted by RAILhead
Here goes RAILhead again, offending anyone who don't believe in the Mac religion. What an arrogant bigot he really is.
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Originally Posted by james9490
iZEN Micro is better, and it's been available for some time now.
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Here is an excellent example of why WMA beats AAC…
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Originally Posted by james9490
Here I again, offending anyone who don't believe in the Microsoft religion. What an arrogant bigot I really am.
Fixed.