RealOne for Mac subpar?; Dual-booting a dead practice

RealOne for Mac subpar? CNET laments on the the new version of RealOne Player Gold for Mac OS X, which lacks the capability to play QuickTime files, which is included in the Windows release. "Macintosh users are finally getting a finished version of RealNetworks' streaming media player, but they will have to wait at least another several months to rip a CD or play QuickTime files like their Windows counterparts." More.

SONICblue debuts networked DVD Player SONICblue has released its first networked DVD player, dubbed Go-Video D2730, displays media stored on personal computers (such as pictures and video) on a TV screen. The D2730 works with either a PCMCIA Ethernet Adapter (included) or an optional PCMCIA 802.11b Wireless Network Card and can stream MPEG1 and MPEG2 video files that are compressed at bitrates up to 3 Mbps. The networked DVD Player can also stream audio files in both WMA and MP3 format and JPEG image files. More.

Dual-booting a dead practice An ExtremeTech article opines on the state of dual-booting operating systems, portraying the practice as going extinct: "Microsoft is about to pull that option, and require PC vendors to only install a single Windows flavor on each PC they sell. Apple has already moved to eliminate the OS 9 or OS X option in new Macintosh computers, which has led to a bit of an outcry among its users. Apple wants everyone to use OS X, and will stop shipping machines with the prior OS next year." More.

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