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MacBook Pros with 7200RPM HDDs getting a touch too noisy? {Engadget}
Jul 12th 2009 3:52AM That would be "G-Force", not "G-shock".
MacBook Pros with 7200RPM HDDs getting a touch too noisy? {Engadget}
Jul 12th 2009 3:51AM A MacBook Pro does not need G-shock protection built into the hard drive, because the same tech is already built into the laptop. Installing a G-shock-equipped Seagate Momentus drive could actually cause the two technologies to conflict with each other should a sudden movement or free-fall be detected.
Editorial: Taking the iPhone 3GS off the job market {Engadget}
Jul 10th 2009 3:49PM I use Mobile Colloquy often in chat rooms which I frequent during the NHL hockey season, where I frequently have to type unfamiliar words (e.g., players' names). I can't say I've had the same trouble with the iPhone keyboard, now that I've gotten used to it (which did take a while). These days, I can type just as quickly and accurately as I used to on my Sidekick II/III, which had the best keyboard on any mobile phone, in my estimation.
Elecom keeps things simple with U2H-TC410B wall socket USB hub {Engadget}
Jun 30th 2009 2:48PM I'd like actual wall sockets with USB ports built right in.
AIRPod looks dorky, makes friends easily {Engadget}
Jun 29th 2009 3:45PM Anything with potential energy sufficient to propel a vehicle is going to be deadly in a worst-case scenario. Lots of research goes into avoiding that worst case -- gasoline tanks try to prevent leakage, GM's hydrogen tanks are designed to radically deform instead of rupturing. Even a wind-up spring big enough to move a car would be lethal in a crash.
Acer introduces Aspire M5800 and M3800 desktops, H235H display {Engadget}
Jun 28th 2009 6:23PM Just proves that taste is subjective, I guess. Sony industrial design is awesome, and good design is expensive.
iDVD - black sheep of the iLife suite {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Jun 28th 2009 12:29AM For that, you can blame the mountain of code necessary to make iDVD comply with the unbelievably arcane and byzantine DVD specification. Very few companies, upon getting their app to the point where gets the job done and burns your video to a DVD-R with minimalistic menus, are willing to go much further beyond that. To see what I mean, just compare the output of iDVD with what you get from any other consumer-level tool, especially one that's as easy as iDVD.
When you try to build as much flair, style, and flexibility (fully themed motion menus, drop zones, customization) into a consumer-level authoring tool as Apple has with iDVD, debugging it becomes an absolute NIGHTMARE. It definitely needs polishing, but it always seems to get the shaft in that regard compared to many of Apple's other products.
iDVD - black sheep of the iLife suite {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Jun 28th 2009 12:18AM While I certainly can't fault you for opting out of Apple's software based on your experiences, I can't let a recommendation of Premiere Pro stand when we're talking about iMovie users. If you're starting to grow beyond the basics, and iMovie is feeling constrictive, you're far better off picking up a copy of Final Cut Express for $199 than jumping all the way to Premiere Pro at $739. FCE really gives you a lot of power for two bills.
Premiere Elements is another option at $139, but it's really not in the same class as Final Cut Express if you're looking for a robust non-linear editor.
SanDisk's 32GB class 10 SDHC card competes for world's fastest {Engadget}
Jun 26th 2009 12:44AM Sadly, my editing setup doesn't handle AVCHD natively yet... Right now, I have to transcode AVCHD to Apple ProRes, which is annoying but still better than dealing with tape, and the quality is stellar. The Final Cut Pro suite has served us so well over so many years that I'm willing to give Apple a a fair amount of time to get their act together in that one regard.
SanDisk's 32GB class 10 SDHC card competes for world's fastest {Engadget}
Jun 25th 2009 11:02PM As of earlier today, I have the Panasonic 32GB card in one of these: http://catalog2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ModelDetail?storeId=11201&catalogId=13051&modelNo=AG-HMC150
I can't tell you how happy I am kiss MPEG-2 compression goodbye.
