And just think, if whomever originally bought that machine (and then never opened it) had bought AAPL stock instead, it would worth almost $500,000 today. Oops.
Because the iphone/ipad benefit greatly from being able to use a hardware decoder to play back video. It's certainly possible to do software decoding of other forms, but the processor usage will spike, the device will get unusually warm and battery life will suffer greatly.
Transcoding before sending on a device that has greater processor capability and no power worries makes good sense.
Agreed. I've been using Plex since it was called "XBMC on OSX" and I've been chipping in about $10 a year for beer money for these guys. I use their app damn near every day. $5 for a combined iphone / ipad app? Done. And I still owe them another $5 for beer this year.
I just did the coinstar thing this weekend with about 4 years of accumulated change. I got $430 in amazon credit. Took about 15 minutes at the machine, I think. Most difficult was carrying around over 40lbs of change.
Fun fact: any combination of dimes and quarters that weighs 1 lb is worth $20.
I managed to unbrick mine by doing a restore to factory defaults. It wiped all my apps and my contacts, but I can send and receive SMS messages and calls now. Still get an iTunes error when I try to connect the phone to sync up.
Memory upgrade is tricky, but not impossible. The case is held together by dozens of plastic teeth that have to be manipulated all at once to open it. There are demo videos online.
If you really want into OS X cheaply, start hunting around for the recently discontinued models. While Apple has only dropped the price about $50 in their clearance section, you can be sure that some fanboys will be upgrading older units and hoping to get a return on their older kit.
The graphics on the new Mac Minis are not integrated in the same sense as the older Intel chipsets. They sport their own memory separate from the system's memory.
The $600 mini has only 128MB of video ram, the $800 mini has 256MB of video ram, + 1GB main memory ram + larger hard drive.
The extra memory and larger hard can both be applied to the cheaper Mini, but if you add both of them, you'll wind up paying about $25 more than if you had specced the unit with the larger graphics ram.
This is interesting because in the past the differentiators between the high and low end minis has been a) core solo vs core duo b) dvd/cdrw vs superdrive (dvd+/-R/W) c) bluetooth/wlan and d) processor speed (highest speed was only available in the priciest config)
I bought a $600 one, with the bumped processor ($150 to get to 2.25GHz is expensive, but I find the form factor compelling) and will be adding my own 4GB of ram for an extra $80 from crucial.
It sits under my TV and looks (and sounds) wonderful.
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Mar 28th 2011 8:58PM (TUAW.com)TUAW's Daily App: Plex
Aug 31st 2010 12:47PM (TUAW.com)Transcoding before sending on a device that has greater processor capability and no power worries makes good sense.
TUAW's Daily App: Plex
Aug 31st 2010 12:43PM (TUAW.com)PAX (f)East your eyes on the PAX East gallery
Mar 28th 2010 6:53PM (Joystiq)iTunes 101: From a jug of coins to an iTunes Gift Certificate
Aug 18th 2009 1:54AM (TUAW.com)Fun fact: any combination of dimes and quarters that weighs 1 lb is worth $20.
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Open thread: iPhone 3.0 upgrade experiences
Jun 17th 2009 2:59PM (TUAW.com)Apple refreshes Mac mini lineup with GeForce 9400M graphics
Mar 4th 2009 1:07AM (Engadget)- Intel Pentium Dual Core T4200 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB/1MB cache)
Minus, less cache, slower FSB
- DVI and HDMI ports
Plus for HDMI
- 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz (2 DIMM)
Plus for more memory, but minus for making it even slower than the already bad FSB
- 160GB SATA Hard Drive
Even
- Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive
Even
- Intel Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
Minus
- Lack of built-in bluetooth and wireless lan
Minus
- The fact the Hybrid doesn't look like ass compared to other mini-wannabes
Even
Apple refreshes Mac mini lineup with GeForce 9400M graphics
Mar 4th 2009 1:01AM (Engadget)Apple refreshes Mac mini lineup with GeForce 9400M graphics
Mar 4th 2009 12:56AM (Engadget)If you really want into OS X cheaply, start hunting around for the recently discontinued models. While Apple has only dropped the price about $50 in their clearance section, you can be sure that some fanboys will be upgrading older units and hoping to get a return on their older kit.
Apple refreshes Mac mini lineup with GeForce 9400M graphics
Mar 4th 2009 12:47AM (Engadget)The $600 mini has only 128MB of video ram, the $800 mini has 256MB of video ram, + 1GB main memory ram + larger hard drive.
The extra memory and larger hard can both be applied to the cheaper Mini, but if you add both of them, you'll wind up paying about $25 more than if you had specced the unit with the larger graphics ram.
This is interesting because in the past the differentiators between the high and low end minis has been a) core solo vs core duo b) dvd/cdrw vs superdrive (dvd+/-R/W) c) bluetooth/wlan and d) processor speed (highest speed was only available in the priciest config)
I bought a $600 one, with the bumped processor ($150 to get to 2.25GHz is expensive, but I find the form factor compelling) and will be adding my own 4GB of ram for an extra $80 from crucial.
It sits under my TV and looks (and sounds) wonderful.