Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger

[Eric]

Upgraded both my systems today and I must say, I'm very impressed with this new version. Everything seems to be a bit snappier, Mail looks alot different (and a bit fugly) but I'm oh-so-glad the mailbox drawers are gone.

Also picked up a LaCie 160GB firewire backup harddrive and a Griffin iTrip (fm transmitter) for the iPod mini.

Three nice purchases; too bad I got into my car accident right after that...

 

[tobby4]

I like my griffin iTrip.. works well just find a station that works well and you are golden... Even though i think my next purchase for my ipod will be the adapter to my pioneer headunit so that i can just plug it in....

It shows your Ipod display on the screen of the headunit very nice...

 

[Eric]

I like my griffin iTrip.. works well just find a station that works well and you are golden... Even though i think my next purchase for my ipod will be the adapter to my pioneer headunit so that i can just plug it in....

It shows your Ipod display on the screen of the headunit very nice...

I want to do the same but I believe the only current thing that will work with my manufacturers radio is the Denison IceLink (which doesn't do all the niceties that the Pioneer kit provides).

 

[tobby4]

yea.. I believe that you are correct... I just bought another car, (a 95 Civic with 55K miles on it so i would not have a car payment) a different story...


but it does not have a CD player and i have to buy a headunit anyway so i might as well fork over the extra 20 bucks to buy the one that comes ready for the adapter and then if i decide later on that i really do what the adapter then i will pay the 129 for it... Its a little steep if you ask me but the idea and technology is great, hopefully in a few years everybody will do what BMW is and hard wiring an ipod portal in the middle console....

 

[Eric]

I'm really suprised that more of the car and stereo manufacturers haven't taken advantage of adding the support for it. Look at companies like Belkin and Griffin. Both making a killing on the iPod market now...

 

[tobby4]

Honestly Pioneer might have a contract.... but when you think about sony for example... arent they trying to push their own Portable device?

 

[MadAl]

How are those fm transmitters? Do they work with older iPods?

 

[tobby4]

yes madAl i have the second generation Ipod and it works fine....
I actually just bought a new head unit for my car with an auxiliry outlet in the front so all i have to do is plug the ipod straight into the CD player and it sounds just like it does out of the headphones...

 

[MadAl]

tobby, you have a CD adaptor? I've been wondering if those are available as I bought the missus an iPod and her new car has a CD player (my iPod is a 5 gb, not sure if it's a first or second generation). Tell me more!!!! (her birthday is the end of the week)

 

[Eric]

The only big complaint from me on Tiger is that Spotlight is painfully slow. Then again, I'm used to running LaunchBar. And yes, I do realize Spotlight searches every file on your system while LaunchBar does not. Why couldn't Apple integrate a 'recently searched' group to the Spotlight interface, where it would come up immediately (ala browser auto-completion)?

 

[tobby4]

damn.. i need to check this room more often...

Madal, i bought a new headunit for my car and it has one of the auxiliry speakers up front so all i have to do is plug the ipod up via a mini to mini cord, yes it would work with your 5 gb Ipod but there are not any factory headunits that i know of that come with an auxiliry outlet up front, as a matter of fact most after market headunits dont either, they leave them in the back for amps and so on...

sorry it took so long but i have not been reading this room very much....