[Swordmaker]

Very POSITIVE article about Apple's marketing moves and future PING!

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[coconutt2000]

XSAN is a BIG deal...

[Ff--150]

For business I have a program that is "non Mac-compatible." I'd rather use a Mac--is there a way to run that program on a Mac?

[SunkenCiv]

"Tech industry analysts that chuckled over the iPod company's efforts to rack up real market share in computers now have to deal with a well-heeled Apple minus the humility and projected timidity of old. Apple's $500 Mac mini is going to eat the lunch of low-end desktops. But not just that: Tricked out with accessories that are on the Macworld Expo show floor now, Mac mini is a DVR (think TiVo) without capacity limits, intrusive advertising, or phone-home reporting of users' viewing habits. It's a Playstation with a hard drive, USB, FireWire, Ethernet, expandable memory, a keyboard, and a mouse. Mac mini burns CDs, plays DVDs, and puts out composite, S-Video, VGA, or DVI (LCD flat panel) video. QuickTime 7 does that HD playback and editing thing, and the system's performance is on par with Apple's newest PowerBooks. It really is everything other Macs are, just smaller."

Quick, somebody, how do I order a Dell? [snicker]

[avenir]

"It really is everything other Macs are, just smaller."

And in a rare fit of absentmindedness, Apple chose to only charge $499 for it.

Everyone, sell your G5's before they become boat anchors!

[AZLiberty]

I hope the reapprochement with Sony means that Apple will finally support the Sony camcorder my wife bought a couple of years ago. There are a lot of disappointed IP-5 and IP-7 owners who assumed that a Firewire interface meant Apple connectivity.

[af_vet_rr]

If you want to truly amaze somebody that doesn't care for Macs or doesn't know much about them, if you have a somewhat recent video camera that has firewire (maybe called 1394 or iLink depending on the mfr.), record some footage, import it straight into iMovie and then straight into iDVD. The fact that HD support is being added to these applications is amazing. I have yet to see anything quite like these two apps on the PC. Adobe is trying hard with Premier Elements, but it still...

Sony should be worried, but at the same time, Apple doesn't make cameras, and if Sony could ship an HD camera under $1000 or so...Sony would own the consumer video camera market. If Sony was smart, they would try to jump on the Apple bandwagon, there is still plenty of room, and the fact that the head of Sony spoke at MWSF, tells me Sony may realize that.