Re: [CGUYS] New Mac Mini

2010-06-17 Thread Stewart Marshall
What you fail to realize is that you live in a unique area. From DC north to NYC and the environs have the highest density of population on the east coast and the companies that serve that area put a large share of their resources in that area to ensure good above average Internet connectivity

Re: [CGUYS] New Mac Mini

2010-06-17 Thread TJPA
The only people I know who can't manage a decent broadband connection are on his list. And the DC area is not all that advanced. To get g4 I would have to go to Baltimore. Enough of the country has sufficiently advanced connectivity that I think the future is not in peril. Sent from my iPad

Re: [CGUYS] New Mac Mini

2010-06-17 Thread mike
Well I will, my point was, that mac mini would sell better, as would the apple tv if it did HD for media centers. The ease and beauty of OS X is perfect for an entertainment center...although itunes is a bit stiff in the media playing department. On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 3:01 PM, John Duncan Yoyo

Re: [CGUYS] New Mac Mini

2010-06-17 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
Eh, if you want a Blu-ray buy a blu-ray. They are getting down to a reasonable price and many do the streaming services. I haven't had my I need BR event yet- a cheap player and Star Wars is what got me to finally buy a DVD and might work for BR. On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 4:26 PM, mike wrote: >

Re: [CGUYS] New Mac Mini

2010-06-17 Thread mike
Well my rinkey dink service is servicing more households than the future service you speak of. You know very well the ranking of the US for broadband penetration, so the only reason you have having this argument is to hold up Apple as some kind of visionary who sees BR going away. All Apple did w

Re: [CGUYS] New Mac Mini

2010-06-17 Thread TJPA
I am of course assuming you have proper broadband service. RinkeyDink Comminications Corp is not going to provide state of the art service. The future is not going to halt just because you can't find a good service provider. Sent from my iPad On Jun 17, 2010, at 2:51 PM, mike wrote: > You liv

Re: [CGUYS] New Mac Mini

2010-06-17 Thread mike
Too bad he won't sweep away DRM. On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 11:20 AM, TJPA wrote: > These are licensing issues, not technical. A smart Steve Jobs can sweep > them away with a wave of his hand. > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jun 17, 2010, at 1:46 PM, "Rev. Stewart Marshall" < > popoz...@earthlink.net>

Re: [CGUYS] New Mac Mini

2010-06-17 Thread mike
You live in a dream world. I broke my foot in October and spent the month of November watching Hulu on my tv, Qwest turned off my internet connection shortly after. I called and was informed my usage was too high and this was their way of warning me to lower it. They would not say how much I had

Re: [CGUYS] New Mac Mini

2010-06-17 Thread TJPA
These are licensing issues, not technical. A smart Steve Jobs can sweep them away with a wave of his hand. Sent from my iPad On Jun 17, 2010, at 1:46 PM, "Rev. Stewart Marshall" wrote: > New releases usually are not on the view menu. Because of Studio agreements > and what not they usually

Re: [CGUYS] New Mac Mini

2010-06-17 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
I am a subscriber to Netflix and view Netflix movies on my computer and my WII on the wide screen TV (Streamed) Few drawbacks yet. New releases usually are not on the view menu. Because of Studio agreements and what not they usually take some time before you can watch them this way. (and us

Re: [CGUYS] New Mac Mini

2010-06-17 Thread TJPA
BR is yesterday's answer. Look at what NetFlix is doing to see what replaced it. Sent from my iPad On Jun 17, 2010, at 11:47 AM, mike wrote: > Well Jobs does make bags of money from selling media as he does...I know > he's leaving out a lot of people though who know for now, BR is > a necessary

Re: [CGUYS] New Mac Mini

2010-06-17 Thread mike
Well Jobs does make bags of money from selling media as he does...I know he's leaving out a lot of people though who know for now, BR is a necessary item in any serious entertainment system. Also he was talking about licensing two years ago, BR has taken off, there is no other option on the market

Re: [CGUYS] New Mac Mini

2010-06-17 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
To quote Jobs -'Blue-ray is a bag of hurt.' The licensing was complex and expensive in 2008. http://www.betanews.com/article/Steve-Jobs-Bluray-is-a-bag-of-hurt-no-netbook-planned/1224007987 On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 11:51 AM, mike wrote: > Be a lot more useful if the thing had a bluray player, 7