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Originally Posted by Luwalira  Ever since the introduction of intel Macs, Apple's laptops have become so much more competitive and have a much higher value than the G5 and G4s. Still one problem remains. Apple don't have any proper gaming laptops. The Macbook is completely worthless when it comes to gaming. The Macbook pro on the other hand has a proper GPU but is still not powerful enough to satisfy an occasional gamer.. |
Hopefully the introduction of the Santa Rosa chipset will alleviate some of the gaming woes. I know there's some fancy stuff with regard to driving video that's leg-up with the new gen (now Centrino Pro I think) stuff.
Our IT guy at work brought in a MacBook Pro running Windows some time ago and it just knocked my socks off. He almost never even uses Mac OS!
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Originally Posted by Luwalira As for the Apple TV i don't think it is a good product and i would want it to control med media library... |
I think you're right Lu - I'm almost embarrassed for mentioning it. Nice thing about Apple TV is the ability to stream wirelessly - but on the other hand
everything is done under the strict supervision of iTunes, if I'm correct. Which means... well, no fun I guess.
I think Apple has formulated a very effective and public-friendly way of organizing
music, but not video. iTunes, the iTunes store and the iPod all mesh together in a way that's pretty logical and still alternative-friendly (for instance, I use eMusic.com). When it comes to video, however, I'm not anywhere near convinced that Apple has an effective vision for the future, nor is capable of delivering content in the way that's sustainable and responds to the demands of consumers now, or in the not so distant future.
If Apple is going to dominate video, they need the ability to manage and play video files of all sizes, shapes and colors just as iTunes is able to accommodate .mp4 .mp3 .wav .aif and a multitude of other sound files.
There's also the issue that people, by and large, aren't using iTunes as a hub for their video consumption. For me, all my movies are bought using Video-on-demand with my Digital Cable service. I don't even have a DVD player - don't need one. My only gripe with Video-on-demand is that the library is limited to recent releases.
Anyways, I'm getting way off topic here. But yeah - you're right Lu. Apple TV is much too restrictive as is. Either it needs to play friendly with other software (which it certainly won't) or iTunes needs to be seriously retooled to play better with many, many more formats and codecs (wich, I'm sure for licensing reasons, it won't anytime soon).