Apple MWSF 2008 - MacBook Air, iPod touch, iPhone, Apple TV & iTunes Store updates...

[RCuber]

Re: Apple MWSF 2008 - MacBook Air, iPod touch, iPhone, Apple TV & iTunes Store update

let me rent a movie tonite *gigasmilies.googlepages.com/31a.gif .. will checkout if there is any way to hack it *gigasmilies.googlepages.com/16a.gif

now the $4 question.. what movie to rent *gigasmilies.googlepages.com/24.gif!!! I have them all *gigasmilies.googlepages.com/21.gif

 

[aryayush]

Re: Apple MWSF 2008 - MacBook Air, iPod touch, iPhone, Apple TV & iTunes Store update

I've posted some (final) thoughts on the MacBook Air over here. I think the post has turned out pretty well, so give it a read if you feel the inclination to do so. Enjoy!

 

[goobimama]

Re: Apple MWSF 2008 - MacBook Air, iPod touch, iPhone, Apple TV & iTunes Store update

Damn! After all that trouble of getting a crappy quality one through "The Network", this shows up.

Macworld 2008 keynote now available in iTunes

If streaming isn't your thing you can now download Macworld 2008's keynote from the iTunes Store. It is, once again, in the Podcast section and clocks in at 889.8 MB. Surely it is worth it though to see the MacBook Air introduction and rock out with Randy Newman.

 

[iMav]

Re: Apple MWSF 2008 - MacBook Air, iPod touch, iPhone, Apple TV & iTunes Store update

iv already dwnldd 577 mb

 

[gxsaurav]

Re: Apple MWSF 2008 - MacBook Air, iPod touch, iPhone, Apple TV & iTunes Store update

I saw it the same night online on Quicktime stream, whose gonna download that StupidNote.

 

[napster007]

Re: Apple MWSF 2008 - MacBook Air, iPod touch, iPhone, Apple TV & iTunes Store update

Yeah, but you won't be sending DVDs to iMav while you're in your car or in an airplane.

so you mean is that one is desperate to send the DVD's only when in a car or an when in an airplane? but he cant wait for another 4hrs(avg).....so he is going to spend 90k just to transfer files on the move..........WTF?

Sensible people archive their movies and stuff on external hard drives.

Tell me one thing....i get gather 350gb of data every six months. So going by your rules i have to buy a HDD Worth 4K where the same can be done with just 1.1K???????? Damn man......for once in your life try to talk sense

And DVDs don't add to the clutter?

Are the 4 times the cost??????(refer above)

 

[goobimama]

Re: Apple MWSF 2008 - MacBook Air, iPod touch, iPhone, Apple TV & iTunes Store update

Baba. Who taught you to read and write? Cause what you've written doesn't make any sense. If you could just rephrase what you've written, aayush or myself make a sensible reply.

@gx: You'd be surprised as to how many do in fact download that keynote. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean everyone else thinks the same.

 

[napster007]

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which part tell me re....... i'll pm you and explain it to you in full detail.

 

[goobimama]

Re: Apple MWSF 2008 - MacBook Air, iPod touch, iPhone, Apple TV & iTunes Store update

Hmm....

 

[gxsaurav]

Re: Apple MWSF 2008 - MacBook Air, iPod touch, iPhone, Apple TV & iTunes Store update

Tell me one thing....i get gather 350gb of data every six months. So going by your rules i have to buy a HDD Worth 4K where the same can be done with just 1.1K???????? Damn man......for once in your life try to talk sense

Dude, that's arya u r talking about. He is filthy rich, earns 20k a month & can easily spend 4k every 3 months for a 500 GB HD + Casing. When he needs to search, he will plug the drive & copy the file or play.

If he said so that sensible people backup in HD, then it is so

[/sarcasm]

 

[aryayush]

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Yes, external hard drives are a much better way to backup your content than DVDs. Even if they are more expensive, they are much better. And that's what matters. If something is better then it is of course going to be more expensive.

Quality, always, comes at a price.

And yes, I prefer better quality than dirt cheap prices. Sorry if it bothers you!

The one time I decided to buy something cheap in favour of something better, I've been stung so severely that I'm never ever making the same mistake again. I bought a Netgear Wi-Fi router for Rs. 2,000 and I thought I'd saved money. It's been only six months and its not even turning on anymore. Ever since the day I bought it, it has been kept in one place. No movement, no jerks and certainly no falls. And then, suddenly, it just won't work anymore. Stupid cheap stuff!

 

[iMav]

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1. sony dvds cost a bomb
2. costlier is not always better

its not necessary that external hdds are better quality than dvds .... portable hdds offer more space quicker access but they are less portable its something like ur argument of macbook air vs mac book pro .... lighter smaller yet not the same thing .... add to that u can use a dvd more roughly than a portable hdd .... so trust ur just shooting blanks when ur talking arya ....

 

[gxsaurav]

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Yes, external hard drives are a much better way to backup your content than DVDs. Even if they are more expensive, they are much better.

I would like to ask the $64 million Question, How is having a say 80 GB external HD from seagate for Rs 4,000 is better then buying 18 DVDs at Rs 270 for archiving movies, TV shows, last year vacation picks etc.

If you talk "only" about computer backups then yeah a Harddisk is better. A harddisk is better when you have to make monthly backup of all your documents & softwares which u keep on replacing & updating. But for permanent archiving DVDs are best.

 

[aryayush]

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No, it is extremely cumbersome to have to manage so many DVDs, keep them labeled and such. I, for example, do not have even one DVD around. If I need one for some particular purpose, I buy one, use it and throw it away. That's what they are supposed to be used for - temporary purposes.

For all other things, pen drives and my 250GB external hard drive are the best. When Milind sends me a bunch of DVDs, I promptly copy them to my hard disk and throw them away, unless I intend to give them to anyone else.

I know that whenever I need anything, I can just connect my external hard drive through the super-fast FireWire 800 port and instantly find my files through Spotlight. If I'd been managing several DVDs, I'd probably have wasted hundreds of them so far (which adds to the cost) and would constantly have to be searching for the right one and accessing them via the comparatively slow optical drive.

 

[iMav]

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If I'd been managing several DVDs, I'd probably have wasted hundreds of them so far (which adds to the cost) and would constantly have to be searching for the right one and accessing them via the comparatively slow optical drive.

that can be attributed the great os x which cant make multi session dvds

 

[goobimama]

Re: Apple MWSF 2008 - MacBook Air, iPod touch, iPhone, Apple TV & iTunes Store update

Where have we reached with this thing? Macbook air being used as a permanent DVD writing machine.

Here's my view of things: Important backups that you don't want to lose: External hard drive.
5k for 500GB = Rs. 10 per GB.
DVD5 good quality = 22 per disc = Rs. 5 per GB.
The cost different is not in any way very high. The benefits of a hard drive are well known to all. Super fast read/write. Unlimited read write. Much more reliable, accessible, searchable, all that. I've totally given up DVDs. So has my brother. We've both had bad experiences with data loss and it's done for us. As for movies, my net connection is fast enough that if I want to watch something again (even HD) I can download it overnight. And with iTunes movie rentals in the US, you can imagine how the case is with movies (Jobs mentioned this point while intro'ing the MBA)

Now, for burning something like a crappy movie collection or maybe some things you 'might' just require but you don't think you will, you can of course burn them on a DVD. But where does the Macbook Air come in this? You have a perfectly good desktop at home. Just keep burning those. While on the move, you can dump in quite a few movies on the Macbook Air's hard drive and if you have more, you can carry upto a 320GB portable hard drive (for now). Where does the DVD come in this?

 

[gxsaurav]

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No, it is extremely cumbersome to have to manage so many DVDs, keep them labeled and such.

All I would say that you don't know how to use DVDs. Just burn a DVD, then write with a "permanent marker" on the DVD about what it contains. Simple.

For all other things, pen drives and my 250GB external hard drive are the best

Pen drive is for file transfer from here & there. Harddisk is the worst solution for permanent archival purpose. it is good for frequently updating content.

If I'd been managing several DVDs, I'd probably have wasted hundreds of them so far (which adds to the cost) and would constantly have to be searching for the right one and accessing them via the comparatively slow optical drive.

DVD burner -> Permanent Marker -> Write on the dvd about what u have burned inside. Too bad you can't make a multisession DVD in Mac . Use those lines on the cover of DVD???? those are for writing what contents it has inside.

 

[aryayush]

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Yeah, you guys totally get my point.

Anyway, what's the point of arguing with both of you anyway. It is a known fact that you guys always, without exception, prefer inferior gadgets, inferior software and inferior ways of doing things. So be it. Your life; it's up to you.

If it was your decision to make, those floppy drives would still have been around!

 

[iMav]

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If it was your decision to make, those floppy drives would still have been around!

ah if im not wrong it was cds that replaced floppies and dvds replaced cds .... now dvds are being replaced by blu-ray and hd dvd ... no matter how intelligent u think of urself or how great u think of urself optical drives and optical media is something that is not gonna go away and will not be replaced hdds ...

 

[napster007]

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It is a known fact that you guys always, without exception, prefer inferior gadgets, inferior software and inferior ways of doing things. So be it. Your life; it's up to you.

ok dude.......Answer these questions in one word and if it is in your favour i'll call my self an JACKASS

1.) Which software(OS) sells the most B/w apple and microsoft??????
2.)Whose Hardware sells the most in india THe ROTTEN[/sarcasm] APPLE or intel,AMD etc etc....

Go on answer in one word.........

ps- Don't be an idiot and write the wrong answers