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NO Firewire confirmed on Nano! — #15

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 …
MacNN Networking by Drakino

NO Firewire confirmed on Nano! — #16

Quote: 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…
MacNN Networking by moki

NO Firewire confirmed on Nano! — #17

Firewire is far better than USB, my Mini updates faster with firewire than usb 2.0. I am sad apple didn't put it on the nano
MacNN Networking by jdc45

NO Firewire confirmed on Nano! — #18

Quote: 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 …
MacNN Networking by tooki

NO Firewire confirmed on Nano! — #19

Quote: 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.…
MacNN Networking by robby818

NO Firewire confirmed on Nano! — #20

Quote: 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 …
MacNN Networking by ghporter

NO Firewire confirmed on Nano! — #21

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 …
MacNN Networking by tooki

NO Firewire confirmed on Nano! — #22

Quote: 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…
MacNN Networking by Simon

ZEN Micro is better than iPod nano — #1

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,…
MacNN Troubleshooting by james9490

ZEN Micro is better than iPod nano — #6

Quote: 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…
MacNN Troubleshooting by Doofy

ZEN Micro is better than iPod nano — #8

Quote: 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.
MacNN Troubleshooting by james9490

ZEN Micro is better than iPod nano — #9

Quote: Originally Posted by james9490 iZEN Micro is better, and it's been available for some time now. Quote: Here is an excellent example of why WMA beats AAC…
MacNN Troubleshooting by Kevin

ZEN Micro is better than iPod nano — #10

Quote: 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.
MacNN Troubleshooting by Kevin
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