User: Vroem

Re:Picasa vs. iPhoto?

On: Picasa 2.0 Released, Reviewed

If you can't make a photo book, grandma is never gonna use it.

I'm a big fan of Apple's products but...

On: IBM Opens Their Patent Portfolio to Open Source

I did buy some MSFT, but I used some of my profits to buy a Mac with IBM processors,

You could have bought some AAPL and buy lot's more IBMs with Windows on them while they still existed.

And what about power consumption?

On: LCD Screen for Image Editing

unless the desk space you save with the LCD is worth a couple hundred dollars, I am guessing this is not going to appeal to most people.

I replaced my 15" CRT that costs me € 52 on electricity bills by a 19" TFT that 'consumes' € 21 per year.

I figured it was worth the money on the long term.

Re:BBC rules!

On: BBC Wants Help With Dirac Codec

QuickTime has been offering a codec on par with MPEG-4 ASP (or "DivX and Xvid" as you call it) since 1998, it's called Sorenson 2. And since 2001 they offer Sorenson 3 on par with MPEG-4 AVC (wich is still VERY new in the industry).

Sorenson has actually been "MPEG-4 avant la lettre" because it licensed MPEG-4 technologies for it's own commercial codec.

You can check the quality for yourself: http://apple.com/trailers/