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Serengeti
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Poll: Be honest with yourself, are you still happy with DVD?

Feb 7th 2008 8:18AM on Engadget

No, the Daily Show airs on Comedy Central. You're thinking of Fox News. They're both pretty funny, so I'll forgive you for the mistake.

:P

MacBook Air's custom-built CPU going PC?

Jan 31st 2008 8:43AM on Engadget

It really doesn't matter why the chip was designed, nor what PC manufacturers do with it. The fact is, the Mac Book Air set the tone for this year in laptops. Everyone else is playing catch up. Sounds familiar, doesn't it?

Of course, don't give too much credit where it isn't due: The custom Core 2 Duo chip is only one small (no pun intended) part of why the Air is as thin as it is. Do you really think that the space saved by that extra half inch wide and tall on the custom chip is what made the Air so thin??

Gartner: Blu-ray to win in 2008, HD DVD price cuts are "useless resistance"

Jan 28th 2008 11:09AM on Engadget

@Boudu

Sorry, could you bring me up to date on the different types of Soapboxes there are? I honestly wasn't aware there was more than one.

Perhaps the original poster could have modified his comment each time he posted it so that each was a unique snowflake immune to the criticisms of the easily irritable or the close minded.

Gartner: Blu-ray to win in 2008, HD DVD price cuts are "useless resistance"

Jan 28th 2008 11:08AM on Engadget

Poll: Did you pre-order a MacBook Air?

Jan 15th 2008 9:04PM on Engadget

Easy now. I live in an apartment, and being a 21st century young male, I can afford wireless routers... which means I don't need an RJ45 jack. If I really need one, on the road, I'll bring the USB adapter.

Apple TV Take 2 hands-on

Jan 15th 2008 2:37PM on Engadget

I have a Mac, and a 360, and I'd definitely not get the ATV2.0, but I can see value in it if I wasn't interested in games. Don't make the mistake that because you're a gamer and visit gaming-pro sites like Engadget and Kotaku that there's only a market for machines like this that must also play games.

HD DVD fires back, slashes hardware & software prices

Jan 14th 2008 10:00AM on Engadget HD

John, I mentioned above, but you're also forgetting that while HDDVD (-only) players may disappear, the format itself will continue to be supported by everyone else. Maybe even Sony at some point.

HD DVD fires back, slashes hardware & software prices

Jan 14th 2008 9:58AM on Engadget HD

Well, if it makes you feel any better, Ron, you'll still be able to play your HDDVD movies when they stop making HDDVD players.

Just like CD's, VCD's and even Divx players, hardware manufacturers in the future will support every possible format in existence as part of their 'feature set' on any player they make that accepts 12cm optical discs. Be thankful that at least Bluray stuck to THAT standard.

HD DVD fires back, slashes hardware & software prices

Jan 14th 2008 9:55AM on Engadget HD

And your remark probably comes from pretending that 100% of PS3 owners play BluRay movies.

Don't be so willing to jump on the fanboi train when you clearly have no more clairvoyance than Toshiba or Nielsen or anyone when it comes to market share.

Universal HD DVD exclusivity contract has expired, sits non-renewed

Jan 10th 2008 2:15PM on Engadget

"let's not just simply dismiss them as evil, greedy idiots."

I know!! I mean, if they were, they'd try to control the very consumers they depend on by adding software to their computers without their knowledge! ... okay, bad example. But they're not evil. It's not like they're fighting open standards like the MP3 format! ... hold on... another bad example. But hardware wise, they've been totally receptive to open standards, like SD Cards! ... Ahh, jeez.

Well, at least they don't force people to buy into a format when all they want is a gaming system!

Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.

"I'm pretty much a complete noob when it comes to camera stuff. My wife loves to take pictures, though. So much so that she literally wore out her first point and shoot camera, and the Kodak Z712 I bought for her less than two years ago is starting to act up as well. To compound the matter, we are expecting our first born sometime next year. I fear the Kodak just isn't going to cut it any longer. What would be the best starter DSLR to get? She hates missing photo opportunities due to camera 'lag' so speed would definitely be at the top of the list. Photo quality and features would be next. Price should be no more than $800. I'm not interested in video capabilities."

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