The latest issue of Popular Mechanics talks about a new MiniDisc player from Sharp that also plays MP3 audio. The model number is MD-MT15. It comes with Voquette's NetLink software/hardware for copying MP3s from your pc. "This combination allows you to download, record, and manage web content on your minidisc, as well as personalize web audio playlists including music, news and streaming video." It can record audio MD too, so all your bases are covered. Retail price is $249.
The folks who bought 400's and 450's hoping they had some headroom are out of luck, I guess. Although I believe the motherboards are jumperless in the Sawtooth 450's to begin with. I hope Apple is on IBM's back over their non-support of AltiVec. They can't be happy about being stuck with a single source for 7400's.
Apple is ordering a couple million PowerPCs every year. I honestly don't see why IBM isn't taking that account more seriously. I'm sure there are good reasons for it. But they must be pretty serious for IBM to turn away all that business.
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The latest issue of Popular Mechanics talks about a new MiniDisc player from Sharp that also plays MP3 audio. The model number is MD-MT15. It comes with Voquette's NetLink software/hardware for copying MP3s from your pc. "This combination allows you to download, record, and manage web content on your minidisc, as well as personalize web audio playlists including music, news and streaming video." It can record audio MD too, so all your bases are covered. Retail price is $249.
The folks who bought 400's and 450's hoping they had some headroom are out of luck, I guess. Although I believe the motherboards are jumperless in the Sawtooth 450's to begin with. I hope Apple is on IBM's back over their non-support of AltiVec. They can't be happy about being stuck with a single source for 7400's.
Apple is ordering a couple million PowerPCs every year. I honestly don't see why IBM isn't taking that account more seriously. I'm sure there are good reasons for it. But they must be pretty serious for IBM to turn away all that business.