Comments on: Apple’s Front Row – A Review http://designorati.com/articles/t1/creative-culture/377/apples-front-row-a-review.php A 360-Degree View of the Creative World Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:54:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Jeff http://designorati.com/articles/t1/creative-culture/377/apples-front-row-a-review.php/comment-page-1#comment-241 Jeff Wed, 16 Nov 2005 18:04:56 +0000 http://designorati.com/?p=377#comment-241 Here's my hangup. Sounds great for a 700sqft apartment or bedroom, and only then if your seating is about 8ft from the iMac. Who wants to either a) sit in a computer chair and watch a DVD a few feet back or b) sit on a couch and watch a DVD from across the room on a 20" screen? For my primary means, I sure as hell don't, and I can't really grasp anyone in the "Apple Mindset" of gadgetry being okay with that either... unless you're a college student or a starving artist in a meager/small apartment or bedroom. I just don't get the excitement. I've had the ability to watch DVDs, play MP3s, and view photos on my PC for 4 years now. I can tell you that the reason I *don't* do it has nothing to do with the lack of a remote control. Someone, please, enlighten me. Here’s my hangup. Sounds great for a 700sqft apartment or bedroom, and only then if your seating is about 8ft from the iMac. Who wants to either a) sit in a computer chair and watch a DVD a few feet back or b) sit on a couch and watch a DVD from across the room on a 20″ screen?

For my primary means, I sure as hell don’t, and I can’t really grasp anyone in the “Apple Mindset” of gadgetry being okay with that either… unless you’re a college student or a starving artist in a meager/small apartment or bedroom.

I just don’t get the excitement. I’ve had the ability to watch DVDs, play MP3s, and view photos on my PC for 4 years now. I can tell you that the reason I *don’t* do it has nothing to do with the lack of a remote control.

Someone, please, enlighten me.

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