Get 1GB.
Did I hear people talking about not getting memory from Apple? Where would you recommend shopping?
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§ ita § - Jan 25, 2005 9:07:26 am PST #1372 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
NoiseDesign - Jan 25, 2005 9:15:44 am PST #1373 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
Yes, do not get memory from Apple.
My preferred vendor for memory is Other World Computing.
Also, if you know anyone who works for Apple I think they might be doing a Q Promo on the Powerbooks right now and that's would save a good amount of money.
Rob - Jan 25, 2005 9:19:34 am PST #1374 of 10003
Also, if you know anyone who works for Apple
Send me email if you want the details.
§ ita § - Jan 25, 2005 9:20:12 am PST #1375 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What's a Q promo? My company gets a bit of a discount on Apple stuff -- I was gonna wait a bit on the purchase if I go ahead with it, but if this Q thing is attractive enough, I might start looking longingly at employees ...
eta: Insent, Rob.
Jon B. - Jan 25, 2005 9:59:14 am PST #1376 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Has anybody networked two Tivos? What's the best way to do it cheaply?
Wouldn't you just attach USB networking cards to each one, and run them both to your router? Is there another way, that doesn't involve hacking?
I'm willing to run Ethernet under the floor, and I hear that the throughput is substantially better.
Better than what?
Betsy HP - Jan 25, 2005 10:10:21 am PST #1377 of 10003
If I only had a brain...
That's actually what I meant: what's the cheapest way to attach two USB-to-Ethernet cards? TiVo supports only a very small list of vendors.
The two options are cabling under the floor to our existing network, or connecting wirelessly to our existing network. I hear the throughput on a standard 802.11b wireless network isn't really good enough to move programs in non-geologic time.
NoiseDesign - Jan 25, 2005 10:12:11 am PST #1378 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
802.11b is pretty slow.
Does anyone know if the USB port on the Tivo is a USB 2.0 port? If it isn't then going wired isn't going to help much.
Betsy HP - Jan 25, 2005 10:12:42 am PST #1379 of 10003
If I only had a brain...
I believe on later models it is, earlier models not.
Jon B. - Jan 25, 2005 10:51:01 am PST #1380 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Not only is the throughput better on a wired connection, but it is also (IME) a lot more reliable. The wireless routers I've used have a habit of flaking out periodically. I have to reboot it before a device can see it again.
NoiseDesign - Jan 25, 2005 10:54:18 am PST #1381 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
I went wireless on my Series 2 when I moved into the new place here and so far it's been rock solid. I'm not transferring between Tivo's so I can't speak to the speed of that, but I do use the music streaming quite a bit.
My base is an Airport Extreme station from Apple. Also, all three of my powerbooks seem to be rock solid. At the moment I only have a small amount of Cat 5 running in the office and that's the way I hope to keep it. I'm planning to switch those connections over to GigE soon so that I can really have a fast connection to my effects and music server.