Sounds nice :) I've been looking for an SSD for my aging HP laptop which only has an IDE interface (no SATA). Are there any other Express Card SSD's out there? I really don't need the encryption, just the lightning fast reads and writes hehehe.

I was under the impression that it's more than just iTunes. In fact, Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center also cannot play back Blu-Ray. I think it's something at the OS level to make it HDCP-compliant, something Windows has and OSX doesn't.

Now, if only I could cram one of these into my aging IDE-interface laptop :(

Does anyone have any ideas? I have an empty express-card slot I'd be delighted to fill with an SSD, but nobody seems to make anything useful for that...

- daemonios -

I think Windows 7 shows great promise. I use it on my 2 computers - a 3-year-old HP laptop and a more recent HTPC. I was pleasantly surprised when the first public beta installed on the laptop without a glitch, with all my hardware recognized - it even fixed a problem where the integrated bluetooth wouldn't work on XP (which was the laptop's original OS) or Vista. I recently installed it on the HTPC, which I was more reluctant to do for fear of app incompatibility (especially Blu-Ray / HD-DVD playback software). Once again - no glitches!

I think I'll use the RC until it expires in March and then buy the full thing, unless I can see any advantage in getting it sooner.

Is it just me who can't see the connection between *HP* hardware and MS ripping off Apple's designs? What the frack does that monitor have to do with MS or Windows 7? Go troll somewhere else...

Yes, because competitors can't *ever* get along, even for a joke, right? And Bill Gates also had to pay Steve Jobs to get him on a talkshow - twice, IIRC. Man, the things trolls write!

You're better off formatting and installing anyway. I've never upgraded a Windows installation - ever. Since 3.11.

BEST - PARODY - EVER!

I lol'd maniacally ^_^

I don't miss HD-DVD. My collection keeps growing and I'm grabbing the movies at an average of € 10 a pop (i.e. about a third of what I'd pay for a Blu-Ray title) from leftover catalogues. Amazon has a huge number of titles, either sold directly by them or by third parties. I was cautious about buying from those third parties but finally made a large purchase recently and everything went fine.

In subjective viewing experience I think there is absolutely no difference in image and sound quality between HD-DVD and Blu-Ray. However, I've had *many* more problems with getting some Blu-Ray titles to play, and Blu-Ray feels slower loading the movie and accessing menus. Not to mention that I have yet to come across a title with even slightly interesting online content. Plus, I refuse to register each movie I buy in order to access that content.

Was supposed to be a reply to iFester, but the comment system effed it up...