That one is really cool. Do they have an above view of the resivoir the Russians made by putting a nuke in a river?

Daughter wants an Ipod. Went to Circuit City salesman suggested a non Ipod brand of mp3 player would be better as accessories would be cheaper. I think I'd rather stick with the …

1) There always is , but AFAIK there aren't any big deal rumors floating around. 2) If you get a normal iPod or an iPod Photo, get the biggest one you can. If you get a mini, get …

1. Apple updated the iPod line relatively recently, so there shouldn't be any revisions for a little while. 2. Get the largest one you can reasonably afford. Song collections are…

Quote: Originally posted by SpaceMonkey: That said, there are still original first-generation 5 GB iPods running around out there with their original batteries, so yours…

get her a mini... they are kinda "girly" if you wanna call it that especially if you get her pink and from apple.com you can get it personalized with engraving on the back, those a…

Quote: Originally posted by Oldbutsmart: 9) If a painter and a half can paint a room and a half in a day and a half, home many painters does it take to paint 5 rooms in…

I think all of the iPods are great values, and now is a great time to buy any of them. Apple has the whole line really spread out well, it just depends how your daughter wants to …

How old is she? How computer savvy? I'd suggest a pink Mini, maybe the new 6GB one.

Everyone has made very good suggestions so far. Knowing your daughter's age and knowledge of computers will only help to further aid you. As far as deals go, if you do decide to g…

Quote: Originally posted by Oldbutsmart: I can't imagine needing one that holds 10,000 songs. don't forget the ipod is also an external harddrive, and as such, i…

I have a 512MB iPod shuffle, and it doesn't seem to be reporting updated playcounts to iTunes. I just listened to a song in its entirety on the shuffle, and then plugged it in and…

Quote: Originally posted by wataru: I have a 512MB iPod shuffle, and it doesn't seem to be reporting updated playcounts to iTunes. I just listened to a song in its enti…

I don't think mine has ever correctly synchronized that info.

The shuffle updates playcounts, but does NOT report the time last played information... b/c it doesn't have a clock.

Here's a link to a script that updates it to the current time. I haven't tried it out yet.

Quote: Originally posted by DigitalEl: The shuffle updates playcounts, but does NOT report the time last played information... b/c it doesn't have a clock. That's …

Sorry to bump my own ancient thread, but after a year of syncing playcounts just fine, recently my shuffle has decided to stop syncing again. I don't know what I originally did to…

You hear so many switchers and peecee users lament about Apple's dearth of games, much of which is true. So why doesn't Apple spend some money and create some kick-butt games, even…

I wonder how much good that would do. I remember reading when Doom3 was under development, the good people at Id could not have enough bad to say about the Mac as a gaming platfor…

We need DirectX.

It would behoove them to break into the gaming market by buying Id outright. <cough>pixar</cough>

Funny you should ask... I don't believe this for a second, but here ya go: Apple Creating a Gaming Division? Apple and ATI have been in talks about either creating or purchasing …

It must be that there isn't enough actual Mac fan's interested to make a change profitable.