I can, but my home computer is a 27" iMac. I don't much feel like toteing it into my living room every time I feel like seeing my computer's screen in the living room.

1. No argument there. If you like your media physical, there isn't anything iTunes/Apple TVcan do to change that.

Can Roku screen mirror iOS devices (and soon Macs)?

I haven't bought a movie from iTunes that didn't have subtitles or extras in at least two years, but you did make a good point about resale. I can't sell my movie collection if it's digital, but I don't remember the last time I sold media that I'd purchased.

Pretty great, actually. I don't have a stack of discs laying around; my toddler can't get ahold of them and scratch them; in the event that my house burns to the ground along with all of my possessions, I haven't lost my (small but growing) HD movie collection; I don't need to pack discs with me when I travel across…

What's wrong with the design of the Mac Pro that they would need to change it?

I agree in part, but HTML5 ( I remember reading that they are dropping the 5 and simply calling it HTML from here on out since it has been mostly settled on) is still not at a point where it offers all of the flexibility of a native app. That's coming, but it's a ways off.

These same words have been said about vinyl records, radio, coal heating, the quill, parchment, and virtually every other "ubiquitous" technology. Do people still use them? Yes. Some people still make use of all those things. In specific circumstances, but for many there are better or simpler technologies that have…

Hearted.

Earlier today, in the post about Apple and the finance call, the author referred to 100,000 million or some such.

That's amazing!!!

Since we are ruling out the iPod, I'm assuming we are ruling out the iPhone. I would say the Zune HD, but since it isn't made anymore, I'd suggest a WP7 device.

The battery is higher capacity, but the physical size isn't much bigger.

Agreed on a number of accounts. My wife and I moved to being a lot more conscious of what we do and do not throw away. We actually were using a Swiffer, but I modified the bottle to make it refillable. I've got an instructable out there: [www.instructables.com] .

The last time I used a Roku was about a year ago, and I seem to remember being given a number, and having to visit Roku's website so I could enter that number. Also, you couldn't sign up for Netflix on the box, you had to do it from the Netflix site. Mind you, the Roku wasn't much more difficult. I shouldn't have…

I'm not positive what you mean by broken, but I'll take a stab at answering your question anyway. You can clarify if you want later.

Hahahaha. Rural area... Connecting to cell towers.... Hahahaha. Oh, son, if only you knew. Many of us in rural areas can't connect to cell towers because the nearest one is 20+ miles away. Or we live in a small town with one tower, jammed with so many users that we'd be lucky to see half of the data speeds that we are…

Just as a bit of a counter to your comment:

That would certainly work. Although I like the idea of framing a shot on the iPad and never having to transfer the footage off the device.

All I heard was, "Vocal fry, vocal fry, vocal fry, vocal fry."