The Apple thread

WiteWulf · Post by **WiteWulf** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:19 pm 0

Time Capsule....sounds like AirPort attached storage.

Surfr · Post by **Surfr** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:23 pm 0

499 USD for 1TB NAS. Yes Please

goldfish · Post by **goldfish** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:30 pm 0

Acronym wrote:Ajax? The big selling point of the mobile Safari browser is its really excellent Javascript support.

You're never going to get Flash - it's a Quicktime competitor.

Apple need to buy Adobe.

Simon

skip · Post by **skip** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:32 pm 0

I predicted something along these lines in another forum.

I'm wondering if it will work as an 'external drive' as well as a TM backup (can you do that with TM, I don't have Leopard yet). I'd be concerned about redundancy too...

Tempting though...

Acronym · Post by **Acronym** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:33 pm 0

Backups for the rest of us. It's a pretty obvious, but fairly inspired, move I think.

Rod_S · Post by **Rod_S** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:40 pm 0

iTunes movie rentals. Boring.

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:41 pm 0

Oh dear. Pay $20 to upgrade your touches software to include the things the hackers have mostly got in already...

Surfr · Post by **Surfr** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:41 pm 0

I like the idea of renting films via iTunes, but how long will it take to get one down my 2Mbit line I wonder? Or will they be shite quality?

skweek · Post by **skweek** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:46 pm 0

Surfr wrote:I like the idea of renting films via iTunes, but how long will it take to get one down my 2Mbit line I wonder? Or will they be shite quality?

Depends what codec they use and if you can stream them really.

teamonkey · Post by **teamonkey** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:47 pm 0

Surfr wrote:I like the idea of renting films via iTunes, but how long will it take to get one down my 2Mbit line I wonder?

Probably not too bad. With a DVD-quality Windows Media movie it takes about 15 minutes before you can start watching on a 2MBit line. I'd expect the same for a HD-quality Quicktime movie. A couple of hours total to download and push onto your iPod, I guess.

Surfr · Post by **Surfr** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:48 pm 0

Steve reckons it will be streaming within 30 minutes. Now talking about watching on flat screen TVs toomos ,maybe the quality is ok.

Surfr · Post by **Surfr** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:49 pm 0

Or maybe that was the engadget reporters own little editorial, sorry!

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:49 pm 0

Surfr wrote:Steve reckons it will be streaming within 30 minutes. Now talking about watching on flat screen TVs toomos ,maybe the quality is ok.

Engadget has put 30 seconds.

Apple TV 2 with no PC required. Interesting.

Gus · Post by **Gus** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:51 pm 0

I can feel the disappointment building...

Surfr · Post by **Surfr** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:51 pm 0

Ooh DVD Quality rentals with Dolby 5.1 on Apple TV 2. I'm sold again!