I want my Mac TV
Stephanie Murdock — Your clause about using a Mac as a home entertainment center could n’t have been more timely ( “ The Multimedia Mac , ” February 2006 ) . I just move into a diminished studio apartment apartment in Los Angeles and am using my G5 iMac for everything — net , radio , and TV . I was n’t sure how well it would all work or whether I would miss my 20 - inch tv set set ( which is in storage ) . But I have to say that I ’m extremely felicitous with the way it has work out : the sound is absolutely adequate for my flyspeck living space , and my apartment feels far more aerodynamic with few components cluttering up my desk . Now if only I could get my cable provider to make its pass receiver as good - looking as my Mac !
Bill Davy — Thank you for the excellent article summarise the Mac ’s suitability as a home medium center . It ’s novel to study some analysis of how and where Apple is drop the ball . Thank you for cutting through the hype and comparing Apple ’s offerings with those from Microsoft and Sony . I hope to see more of these objective functionality comparisons in the future .
Can’t stop the music
Alan Olson — In response to Christopher Breen ’s article about Madonna ’s young gapless album on iTunes ( “ Uninterrupted Music,”Mac Beat , February 2006 ): I would n’t require to download album - length songs if I could avoid it . I keep my iPod for good set to shuffle songs , and hour - long songs do n’t fit my listening flair very well .
Rob Balton — There is a simple path for Christopher Breen to meet his desire for gapless album : Import the tracks into iMovie , sew them together there , export them to AIFF , import them back into iTunes , and convert them to ACC . OK — mayhap it is n’t round-eyed . But hear tracks played together , the way the creative person intended , is worth the endeavour .
Not enough RAM
Thomas Teague — Why are you testing a Power Mac G5 Quad with only 512 MB of RAM (; Reviews , February 2006 ) ? You should test it again with 8 GB of random-access memory , so we could see what it can really do !
The nonpayment amount of tup that ships with the Power Mac G5 Quad is 512 M . Also , we attempt to keep the RAM configuration consistent when we screen different system , so the test upshot are comparable . We ’ve find that anything beyond 512 megabit of RAM has little impact in our test , except for some memory - intensive surgical procedure ( such as processing huge Photoshop files ) . That ’s because our tests valuate the speed of one coating at a metre . The advantage of summate more RAM show up chiefly when you have many apps move concurrently.—Ed .
Tell the truth
Bruce Carey — Like many articles about written matter - protection scheme , yours ( “ Your Rights Reserved?”Mac Beat , February 2006 ) missed an authoritative point : If hoi polloi would just be honest and respect the right wing of the creators of the works in question , none of these copy - protection scheme would be necessary . It always amazes me that people feel they have the rightfulness to make a copy of a copyrighted work and then give it to someone else . This is stealing , sheer and unproblematic , just as much as walk into a fund , catch an particular , and walk out without paying for it . I think the Web is a boon to all artist , particularly to the small , independent artists who can now distribute their work worldwide with proportional ease . But thanks to citizenry who have n’t yet realized they do n’t have the effectual or moral right to freely broadcast works of artwork they have buy , we ’re stuck with copy auspices — and it ’s probably just go to get worse .
Custom calculating
Russ Carlson — Your critical review of PCalc 3.0.2 (; Mac Gems , February 2006 ) fail to cite one of import feature of the programme : The user can total custom calculations . This is something I have n’t seen in any other calculating machine , and it makes PCalc even more herculean .
iPod infinitum
Daniel Oelke — I ca n’t believe what I ’ve been reading in recent issues ofMacworld . the great unwashed are suppose that iPod have little or nothing to do with the Mac and thatMacworldshould stick to enshroud issuing relate to calculator manipulation . Are they banter ? I screw my iPod , as many Mac and personal computer substance abuser do . The iPod has become integrated into mil - lion of citizenry ’s lives . The kinship between the iPod and the Mac may just be one of the most authoritative relationships since the integrating of digital cameras and camcorders into the computer world . How can someone be so nearsighted as to not recognize the importance of the relationship the Mac , iTunes , and the iPod have progress together ? Your articles are really useful to anyone who , like me , may be looking to purchase an iPod in the near future .
Where’s the news?
Peter G. Park — How embarrassing it must have been for you that the February outcome — on newsstands in previous January — makes no mention of the new Intel - based iMac and MacBook Pro foretell at Macworld Expo weeks sooner . It would have been a real coup for both Macworld and Apple if that outcome had wrap up the new machine . Either ( 1 ) Apple has really good entropy security department or ( 2 ) Apple missed a good PR chance by not giving you the information ahead of prison term so it could be used in the February issue — or ( 3 ) you are n’t very well tuned into Apple development .
You ’re right about ( 1 ): Apple does n’t tell anybodyabout its forthcoming announcements . As for ( 2 ) , do you think Steve Jobs is going to countenance us steal his boom by issue details of his announcements before he make them ? Our February publication is mailed to contributor at the close of December — a couple of weeks before Macworld Expo . We work nonstop to get Expo news into our March issue , which leave our printer at the close of January . As for ( 3 ) , we leave that up to the judgement of our readers.—Ed .
