Even if the physical media are still readable, don't forget to think about storing and updating your video in file formats which will still be readable by future apps. I have text documents written in MS Works and the like on a Mac Classic in the early 90's which still exist, having been copied from drive to drive over the years, but are barely if at all readable.
Also, the BBC Domesday project is an interesting example of what can happen if you store something away in a proprietary format for too long.
I've just put a Hitachi 7k60 in my TiBook 500, the speed difference over the old 4200 rpm 20gb drive is pretty impressive, it feels like having a new 'book at the moment. The install was very straightforward.
I'll be a bit worried about putting it in an aluminium powerbook myself if this is what's still current when the time comes to replace the TiBook, but it seems it is possible.
This site claims to have signed up 2012 people to become part of the suit, and gives some of the history of the problem and comments from users.
Apple do seem slow to announce programmes to deal with product problems - a similar suit has been mooted over the iPod battery problems - but with the iBooks we're looking at a consistent design flaw rather than something like a non-user replaceable battery.
It's clearly been an issue for some weeks, Apple should have introduced this before now.
This is exactly what I thought when I saw Jobs give the keynote. It's only $50 more for another 11 GB in the low end full size iPod. What a rip off.
Then I looked at the size of the mini. It's smaller than a Sony Ericsson T610 phone. "Way too little" *is* what costs more cash in tech. The 1.8" Toshiba drives in a normal iPod aren't exactly going to be cheap. The iPod mini is using a 4 GB 1" *microdrive*. Yet it's not much more expensive than comparable flash memory players.
I think expectations were raised far too high by rumours before the keynote of $99 2 GB iPods. In the UK, we're seeing it priced at 199 pounds "subject to change." I reckon it'll come down in price a bit fairly soon anyway, maybe to $200. Then people might realise what a good deal it really is.
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Even if the physical media are still readable, don't forget to think about storing and updating your video in file formats which will still be readable by future apps. I have text documents written in MS Works and the like on a Mac Classic in the early 90's which still exist, having been copied from drive to drive over the years, but are barely if at all readable.
Also, the BBC Domesday project is an interesting example of what can happen if you store something away in a proprietary format for too long.
Yes, and we particularly like to moan about people who can't spell "whinge".
I've just put a Hitachi 7k60 in my TiBook 500, the speed difference over the old 4200 rpm 20gb drive is pretty impressive, it feels like having a new 'book at the moment. The install was very straightforward.
I'll be a bit worried about putting it in an aluminium powerbook myself if this is what's still current when the time comes to replace the TiBook, but it seems it is possible.
This site claims to have signed up 2012 people to become part of the suit, and gives some of the history of the problem and comments from users.
Apple do seem slow to announce programmes to deal with product problems - a similar suit has been mooted over the iPod battery problems - but with the iBooks we're looking at a consistent design flaw rather than something like a non-user replaceable battery.
It's clearly been an issue for some weeks, Apple should have introduced this before now.
Apparently it has, it's called a Vickrey auction.
I'm sure people would get it, after a few predictable and expensive disasters.
This is exactly what I thought when I saw Jobs give the keynote. It's only $50 more for another 11 GB in the low end full size iPod. What a rip off.
Then I looked at the size of the mini. It's smaller than a Sony Ericsson T610 phone. "Way too little" *is* what costs more cash in tech. The 1.8" Toshiba drives in a normal iPod aren't exactly going to be cheap. The iPod mini is using a 4 GB 1" *microdrive*. Yet it's not much more expensive than comparable flash memory players.
I think expectations were raised far too high by rumours before the keynote of $99 2 GB iPods. In the UK, we're seeing it priced at 199 pounds "subject to change." I reckon it'll come down in price a bit fairly soon anyway, maybe to $200. Then people might realise what a good deal it really is.