Tomorrow and more...

Maybe tomorrow we will have an Intel based Mini. Do I feel a bit fooled into buying an "old" Mac if it is released tomorrow. Most likely if it is released, it will have more connectors than the current model. Anyways, it is never the right time to buy a computer, and these days Apple products seems to be even more "vulnerable" to this statement. This new mini would be a step towards the player I want my mini to be. If there was a digital tv slot/addon for it and the current mini, now that would make the current bulky hardware needed to "have a somewhat decent" home media system. RCA connectors for my stereo speakers would be great too.

What more about tomorrow? Well, some predicts that we will see a true "movie ipod" and a movie download service within iTunes. That I don't care for so much, but also that will be a step towards furthering the world from the pc-era. I don't yet own an iPod (or any other mp3 player for that matter) as I am not convinced that this is the format for the future. HDs that contain our media, be it music, movies or images will become more and more commonplace.

One question that I began thinking about today was, when we migrate to HD based media storage solutions like the iPod and such, what happens when the device is broken and the media is lost? Who's responsibility is that? Do we have to begin backing up our media hubs? How many would like to do that? Not me, I want storage solutions that is secure, and faultfree. Quality over quantity, not the other way around that we seem to choose today, quantity over quality. Anyways, will this media hub way of thinking generate more electronical waste? Upgrade the hub every two years so that it can play the latest version of the media files that are hip within the media industry. Unrealistic, what we need is to adopt a standard on a long term view, like the CD. Is mp3 the new standard?