TUAW Video Podcast: iMac Core Duo, Part 2
Here's part two of my
video podcast on the new iMac, and this one is super-sized. It is both the longest and largest video podcast we've ever
done, weighing in at close to 20 minutes and 109.7MBs in size. Here's a direct link to the file [ctrl click
and save to disk] or you can grab it in the iTMS here. In the first two
minutes, I boot the iMac, then I race it against my wife's PowerBook. Next up, I launch a variety of programs to show
you the speed of the iMac when launching Intel-ready programs. I next launch a few Rosetta programs to give you a feel
of the difference. I log into World of Warcraft and have a quick look around to show you what it's like. I then take
you through a mini-tour of Front Row, and end by launching a whole slew of programs simultaneously to see how the iMac
holds up.I did discover a few bugs along the way, though. When I launch iMovie HD and first try to preview yesterday's video podcast fullscreen, it plays with no picture and only audio. I stop and then replay it and it works. Also, while navigating to an episode of Lost in Front Row, Front Row totally froze on me. I had to option Apple esc to force it to quit. Additionally, while editing the video podcast in iMovie, I noticed that certain transitions caused audio to jump over from the beginning of the project, so I ultimately went sans transitions. Needless to say, there are some slight quirks. Check it out.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Douglas F Shearer said 5:37AM on 2-23-2006
Thanks for showing us some stuff running on the new iMac. One question though, what is the video you have playing in Safari? Looks pretty interesting.
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Douglas F Shearer said 5:52AM on 2-23-2006
Oops, you give it out at the end! Cheers.
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Larriveejp said 9:57AM on 1-20-2006
I get the same "no video" bug in iMovie 6 on a PowerBook G4. Hope they fix that one sooner rather than later.
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jimmie geddes said 10:25AM on 1-20-2006
C.K. thanks for showing me that AOL works on the iMac. Is there much of a slow down runnning in rosetta? Thanks.
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passerby said 11:54AM on 1-20-2006
Hey guys any chance of releasing future one in a format older slower computers can run? Thanks.
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Rob Knight said 6:02PM on 1-20-2006
C.K. - Your wife cussing in the background was a golden moment! I was cracking up.
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C.K. Sample, III said 7:21PM on 1-20-2006
Hey, Rob,
Yeah, I meant to edit that out. My wife says, "Can you please tell them that I had just almost cut my finger off and so I wasn't cursing gratuitously?"
Consider yourself told.
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jimmie geddes said 10:51PM on 1-20-2006
C.K. is there any slow down running AOL in rosetta?
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