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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Oops, you give it out at the end! Cheers.
February 23 2006 at 5:52 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThanks 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.
February 23 2006 at 5:37 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyC.K. is there any slow down running AOL in rosetta?
January 20 2006 at 10:51 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHey, 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.
C.K. - Your wife cussing in the background was a golden moment! I was cracking up.
January 20 2006 at 6:02 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHey guys any chance of releasing future one in a format older slower computers can run? Thanks.
January 20 2006 at 11:54 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyC.K. thanks for showing me that AOL works on the iMac. Is there much of a slow down runnning in rosetta? Thanks.
January 20 2006 at 10:25 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI 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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