I predict this product will be a flop.

Quote: Originally Posted by Eriamjh I predict this product will be a flop. Well they sold at least one! More money than sense? We'll see...

Quote: Originally Posted by Eriamjh I predict this product will be a flop. i like it

I have a Bose Soundock and it is nice. The problem is that it just sounds like a single speaker unless you crank it. The biggest problem with the Bose, and with the Apple thing, is…

Quote: Originally Posted by k2director I might be a bit more excited if the thing had a rechargeable battery. That's forward thinking. 6 D batteries hardly is... How hard is…

I'm wondering what the playtime with batteries on moderate volume is, anyone know?

Quote: Originally Posted by Eriamjh I predict this product will be a flop. I tend to agree with this sentiment, plus I wouldn't mind seeing them piled up at my local Apple …

I'm underwhelmed and certainly can't see my self paying $350 for this thing. But if it hits the bargain bin, perhaps...

Why are people defending this thing, if it didn't have apple on it im sure it wouldnt get a second look, its just a speaker with a dock in it?? if you have a half decent hifi with …

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Quote: Originally Posted by angelmb I don't get it… why would I need that thing if I can enjoy my iPod video with my harman/kardon sound system with just a $19 cable No…

I'm shopping for more hard disk space and thinking about my future needs. Is there any kind of gigabit hub or switch that includes FW800 or e.SATA ports for turning external drives…

What you're looking for is Network Attached Storage (NAS). Buffalo has some products that allow you to plug in USB hard drives for sharing on the network. Since you're accessing i…

Quote: Originally Posted by mduell What you're looking for is Network Attached Storage (NAS). Buffalo has some products that allow you to plug in USB hard drives for sharing on …

You want something called "network attached storage," and a search for such products will give you a plethora of good products. Most are almost entirely plug and play. Some requi…

Well, going several pages deep in a Google search (plus an Amazon search) still doesn't turn up any gigabit NAS devices you can plug a FW800 or e.SATA drive into. There are plenty …

I'm sort of remembering something about disk response speed and gigabit networking... I vaguely recall somthing like gigabit being faster than most drives can handle, so 100BaseT …

I'll probably just stick with non-network drives then. I'm sure a NAS like yours is great for many things, but I shudder at the thought of opening 500 MB Photoshop files over a 100…

Quote: Originally Posted by CaptainHaddock If not, are there any affordable network storage appliances that can be formatted in HFS? Why not build a cheap linux server and i…

D-link has this box. Takes one ATA hard drive internally and up to 2 more external USB drives. Connects via gigabit ethernet or wifi.

I have weird question: The set up: My iMac connects to my wireless network via built-in Airport. I have a PC running (you guessed it) XP; I only use the PC to do win apps and tes…

airport and ethernet are separate connections, you can have them both running and used at the same time.

Can anyone enlighten me as to why a foreign name is appearing on the list of my active wireless networks ??? When I click on the airport icon in the menubar, it lists my network na…

do u have ur wirless encrypted? on my wirless network with my belkin, i have it encrypted and i have mac adress filtering turned on, so i have to enter the mac adress for them to…

What that is, is another person has a wireless access point and when your wireless card scans for access points it sees all the avaliable ones that are broadcasting an ssid. The f…