ipodfrenzy
I just noticed, and this may have been on for some time... I have not visited the Apple Store for some time... but it seems they've phased out the 4G iPods and made the iPod name... at least, the ones that aren't shuffle nor mini... congruent with the iPod Photo.
Good news, I feel, as the colour screens are quite pretty... though the question of album art now brings to my attention the lack of third-party support in that area, since it seems iTunes will be needed to easily upload album art to the iPod itself.
I am, however, content with my 3rd Generation iPod, despite it's short battery life and mere 10 GBs of music space... it's visual appeal, I feel, with the touch-wheel and touch-buttons rather than the click-wheel, certainly looks far more appealing, despite the fact that it may very well have been the same reason the 3Gs drew up so much power.
Plus, the blue and orange lightups were prettier than the pure white, I think.
I am curious to why the black & red U2 version sells for approximately 10% more STILL, since it was released months ago and declared 'special edition' all the way back then.
They've even updated the 'special edition' with the colour screen... I think they'll be around a while yet.
In other Apple News, I'm sure those of you that care enough to know already have read that Apple will be switching to Intel processors within the next two years... which means you can likely dualboot OSX and Windows, when they come out.
I wonder about the quality, now that they will no longer be using IBM processors, which have been quite reliable in all the Apple desktops I've ever laid my hands upon (and worshipped)... but I have a feeling I may own a Mac within two or three years... since the dual-booting ability, if proven the rumours prove true by the end of development, will solve many of the incompatibility issues which have stopped me from buying a Mac all these years...
The price, of course, I do not expect to drop. That is a problem for me, as the price has also been a factor in my unwillingness to purchase a Mac... but I think I shall bite the bullet on that.
Besides... a powerbook that runs OSX, Windows, and Linux? That sounds like a pretty sweet idea to me.
In other tech news, since I'm on that streak... The new Windows (previously codenamed Longhorn), the next Windows which has been in development for quite some time, is being renamed Windows Vista and announced for 2006. Whether you choose to believe that, given the length of time we've been waiting for Longhorn to come out... is your choice.
In my opinion, with what I've seen out of Longhorn so far... Vista isn't so much of an appropriate name as "the tiny view you get out of your jailhouse window"... but I guess there isn't a word in the English language that says exactly that. If there is... do feel free to correct me.
In other far less interesting news, I updated my playlist online earlier today, though I have added more music since then... it is, if I may say so... bloody frickin' long.
Oh yes! By the way, I heart Joan Baez.