Comments on: Who’s Going to Denver? http://blog.iliumsoft.com/2006/07/10/whos-going-to-denver/ Behind the Scenes at Ilium Software Sun, 19 May 2013 20:27:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Ellen http://blog.iliumsoft.com/2006/07/10/whos-going-to-denver/comment-page-1/#comment-173 Ellen Mon, 10 Jul 2006 16:04:56 +0000 http://blog.iliumsoft.com/?p=29#comment-173 Yes, you’re probably right. The simplicity of just pick up a DVD, watch it, and be done with it appeals to me, but for travel, especially when thinking about battery life, downloading probably makes the most sense. But it’s definitely not as simple. I need to think about the software (either iTunes or some kind of ripping) as well as about the disk space, and the time to download (or rip and convert) whatever I need. I’m trying now to install and use iTunes, and am finding it not entirely straightforward. But I’m sure you’re right about this being the future.

]]> By: Marc http://blog.iliumsoft.com/2006/07/10/whos-going-to-denver/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Marc Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:38:09 +0000 http://blog.iliumsoft.com/?p=29#comment-171 Now the idea behind the DVD drive is to install software although you could certainly use it to watch movies. Not sure how well the UMPC’s battery would stand up to that (as many folks know the battery life is still a point of frustration for early adopter UMPC folks).

However, my thought is that what we are moving to is the long promised downloadable movie world. With googlevideo, the MS Video offering, and iVideo, we’re going to see people downloading all sorts of movies and TV shows to their devices. The UMPC is the perfect recipient for these and eliminates the little bag ‘o DVDs the way that MP3s and downloadable music elimiated our little bags ‘o CDs.

Unfortunately it doesn’t help Ellen with her upcoming conference but maybe next time!

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