The W500 has two graphics adapters. An underpowered, integrated, intel(?) chipset and a full blown 3D-accelerated ATI one. You need to set your laptop to use the integrated chipset and not the ATI for max power savings.
ZapMedia has release complete specs on the ZapStation. I'm biased (I work there) but I think it compares very well to any of the competitors. Read them here
You are 100% correct, sir. The ZapStation will work just fine in Canada. As soon as we are certain that we have all the required permits and certifications we will send it there.
Europe will take a lot longer. The standards there are quite different. Canada and the US are almost identical as far as certifications go.
ZapMedia is coming out with an internet appliance called a ZapStation. It is more of a digital entertainment device/MP3 jukebox/DVD player and doesn't have DVR capabilities, but it plays mp3s, CDs, DVDs, and online movies and music. Of course, you can also browse the web or send/receive email with it.
It comes with an ethernet jack in the back--it would plug right in to a home network without trouble.
It is also Linux based and due out later this year.
As one of the authors of CCFaudio I can make a few comments. IMHO, CCFaudio offers the best performance. It has a nice gui and gui operations do not interfere with sound quality as they do for most of the others. It works well on Sparc Solaris, Intel Linux, and SGI Irix. It should work well on any pthreads based unix.
It also offers good multiuser conferencing. Most of the others don't.
On the negative side, it is not compatible with any other iphone. Most iphones offer some standard protocols--vat being the first and there are some newer ones. It wouldn't be very hard to add compatibility modes to CCFaudio, but the funding ran out (it was developed as part of an NSF funded project). Feel free to hack.
CCFaudio can be used with CCFringer which provides a gui for establishing connections. It only works if the other user is using it, too, of course. It hasn't been widely tested.
Hmm. It sounds like the SourceForge folks could use a system that helps them maintain a CVS server, distribute code, test compiles, manage mailing lists and support forums. Gosh, that would be a great Open Source project! Someone should start one--they could call it SourceForge. Then the SourceForge folks could use SourceForge to help then manage all those tasks they apparently have trouble managing. They could put the SourceForge code up on SourceForge. They could use SourceForge to manage mailing lists and support discussions...
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The W500 has two graphics adapters. An underpowered, integrated, intel(?) chipset and a full blown 3D-accelerated ATI one. You need to set your laptop to use the integrated chipset and not the ATI for max power savings.
The ZapStation has a really nice looking, 3 color VFD display that is way cooler than an LCD. It's listed in the specs
ZapMedia has release complete specs on the ZapStation. I'm biased (I work there) but I think it compares very well to any of the competitors. Read them here
The ZapStation does not currently support any DRM. If this is something high on your list, please contact customer support. ;-)
You are 100% correct, sir. The ZapStation will work just fine in Canada. As soon as we are certain that we have all the required permits and certifications we will send it there.
Europe will take a lot longer. The standards there are quite different. Canada and the US are almost identical as far as certifications go.
Here's one you didn't mention: The ZapStation.
ZapMedia is coming out with an internet appliance called a ZapStation. It is more of a digital entertainment device/MP3 jukebox/DVD player and doesn't have DVR capabilities, but it plays mp3s, CDs, DVDs, and online movies and music. Of course, you can also browse the web or send/receive email with it.
It comes with an ethernet jack in the back--it would plug right in to a home network without trouble.
It is also Linux based and due out later this year.
As one of the authors of CCFaudio I can make a few comments. IMHO, CCFaudio offers the best performance. It has a nice gui and gui operations do not interfere with sound quality as they do for most of the others. It works well on Sparc Solaris, Intel Linux, and SGI Irix. It should work well on any pthreads based unix.
It also offers good multiuser conferencing. Most of the others don't.
On the negative side, it is not compatible with any other iphone. Most iphones offer some standard protocols--vat being the first and there are some newer ones. It wouldn't be very hard to add compatibility modes to CCFaudio, but the funding ran out (it was developed as part of an NSF funded project). Feel free to hack.
CCFaudio can be used with CCFringer which provides a gui for establishing connections. It only works if the other user is using it, too, of course. It hasn't been widely tested.
Hope that helps,
Hmm. It sounds like the SourceForge folks could use a system that helps them maintain a CVS server, distribute code, test compiles, manage mailing lists and support forums. Gosh, that would be a great Open Source project! Someone should start one--they could call it SourceForge. Then the SourceForge folks could use SourceForge to help then manage all those tasks they apparently have trouble managing. They could put the SourceForge code up on SourceForge. They could use SourceForge to manage mailing lists and support discussions...
What's wrong w this picture?