What kind of quality are you recording at? At 10 MB per minute (Stereo 44.1 16bit), assuming 8 mono tracks, that's 40 MB a minute, 4000 MB drive (in reality it would probably be less, say 3800) that gives you 100 minutes of recording time. Just over an hour and a half. Now, recording music, it would be more likely, and a good idea, to record at 24 bits and dither later if going to CD, so your record time would be far far less. Just a guess, but probably under 50 minutes. So that gets you 10 5 minute songs. But if you do 2 takes of everything (which is plausible), now you have room for 5 songs. You'll probably do more than 2 takes of quite a few tracks, so...realistically, you'd be able to fit *maybe* two full songs on a 4 gig drive.
It doesn't appear that a 4 gig drive would be enough really, unless you were prepared to dump your files quite a few times a day. Doesn't seem worth it. Not to mention that a plain old IDE drive can easily handle 8 tracks, even with a moderate CPU. SS storage isn't there yet for media work, at least not from a cost/performance point of view.
It's not news...it's a carefully placed ad in Forbes. If you dig deep enough, you'll find that there is a PR company behind the "story" being published in Forbes. HP pays the company to convince various "news" outlets to make their press release appear to be news./. is merely contributing to that by providing more free advertising. Real news reporting is practically dead....
I don't have a particular bias towards or against any browser, but the comments made by the CEO of Opera do make it seem like he is clutching at straws...."A lot of people don't like our ads, which is sad as we don't have a rich sugar daddy like the Mozilla Foundation. They [the Mozilla Firefox team] don't have to think about money as they're being funded. We're not being funded," said von Tetzchner
I mean, come on...is that really necessary? Perhaps he should focus on improving his browser, instead of wasting time and energy (and press exposure) by bashing the competition.
The thing is, the media is not stored in the AirTunes base station, iTunes is streaming the media (as far as I know, there is no mention of streaming in the patent) to the AirTunes base station, to me, that doesn't qualify as "controlling a media playing device." The music is still on the computer, not on an external device.
I could be wrong, but those are my thoughts.
According to this:http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/ RTGAM.20050605.wapchips0605/BNPrint/Technology/ it's a done deal. It's amazing to watch the progression of the Apple/Intel stories go from total speculation, all the way to "it's a done deal!!" (see link above). You would *think* that major newspapers would wait until there was something a bit more solid than "according to published reports" (The story is posted on the front page!!!)
But....considering the downhill slide of news reporting lately, I suppose we shouldn't be surprised.
Seriously, give the guy a break. This mod probably wasn't as easy as it looks. Yes, it does have a very limited practical application due to the fact that you need a powered monitor (network access aside), but....in the long run, things like this can serve up some very innovative creations. Perhaps someone else will see this, and take it a step further, and eventually some ingenious application for a battery powered Mac Mini will appear. I say bravo, good job, and keep on tinkering.
No, using two wires is similar to using a larger gauge wire. It decreases the resistance, thereby allowing the path to carry more current safely with less heat dissipation.
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I'm sorry, did you say "read while you drive"? What a terribly awful idea.
What kind of quality are you recording at? At 10 MB per minute (Stereo 44.1 16bit), assuming 8 mono tracks, that's 40 MB a minute, 4000 MB drive (in reality it would probably be less, say 3800) that gives you 100 minutes of recording time. Just over an hour and a half. Now, recording music, it would be more likely, and a good idea, to record at 24 bits and dither later if going to CD, so your record time would be far far less. Just a guess, but probably under 50 minutes. So that gets you 10 5 minute songs. But if you do 2 takes of everything (which is plausible), now you have room for 5 songs. You'll probably do more than 2 takes of quite a few tracks, so...realistically, you'd be able to fit *maybe* two full songs on a 4 gig drive. It doesn't appear that a 4 gig drive would be enough really, unless you were prepared to dump your files quite a few times a day. Doesn't seem worth it. Not to mention that a plain old IDE drive can easily handle 8 tracks, even with a moderate CPU. SS storage isn't there yet for media work, at least not from a cost/performance point of view.
It's not news...it's a carefully placed ad in Forbes. If you dig deep enough, you'll find that there is a PR company behind the "story" being published in Forbes. HP pays the company to convince various "news" outlets to make their press release appear to be news. /. is merely contributing to that by providing more free advertising. Real news reporting is practically dead....
I don't have a particular bias towards or against any browser, but the comments made by the CEO of Opera do make it seem like he is clutching at straws...."A lot of people don't like our ads, which is sad as we don't have a rich sugar daddy like the Mozilla Foundation. They [the Mozilla Firefox team] don't have to think about money as they're being funded. We're not being funded," said von Tetzchner
I mean, come on...is that really necessary? Perhaps he should focus on improving his browser, instead of wasting time and energy (and press exposure) by bashing the competition.
The thing is, the media is not stored in the AirTunes base station, iTunes is streaming the media (as far as I know, there is no mention of streaming in the patent) to the AirTunes base station, to me, that doesn't qualify as "controlling a media playing device." The music is still on the computer, not on an external device. I could be wrong, but those are my thoughts.
According to this:http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/ RTGAM.20050605.wapchips0605/BNPrint/Technology/ it's a done deal. It's amazing to watch the progression of the Apple/Intel stories go from total speculation, all the way to "it's a done deal!!" (see link above). You would *think* that major newspapers would wait until there was something a bit more solid than "according to published reports" (The story is posted on the front page!!!)
But....considering the downhill slide of news reporting lately, I suppose we shouldn't be surprised.
Seriously, give the guy a break. This mod probably wasn't as easy as it looks. Yes, it does have a very limited practical application due to the fact that you need a powered monitor (network access aside), but....in the long run, things like this can serve up some very innovative creations. Perhaps someone else will see this, and take it a step further, and eventually some ingenious application for a battery powered Mac Mini will appear. I say bravo, good job, and keep on tinkering.
No, using two wires is similar to using a larger gauge wire. It decreases the resistance, thereby allowing the path to carry more current safely with less heat dissipation.