On Nov 1, 2004, at 11:29 PM, seek wrote:
quoted 7 lines Did you
> Did you
> know that the new itunes service, whilst selling you tracks at $1US
> each, are pretty much limited
> to the computer that you downloaded the track to. What the hell are
> people like myself supposed to
> do who reinstall windows and linux computers and routinely change
> hardware all the time!
You're full of FUD, I see(k). You can copy the songs/authorize up to
five different computers (Windows PC or Mac). That means you can PLAY
THE MUSIC ON FIVE DIFFERENT COMPUTERS. If you sell your computer, it's
trivial to copy them to a new computer and re-authorize them.
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/authorization.html
You can also burn unlimited CD-Rs of your music and copy them to
unlimited iPods, if you choose. You can stream the music to other
users on your network, as well.
quoted 8 lines The ipod, whilst being a nice enough device, is just an extention of
> The ipod, whilst being a nice enough device, is just an extention of
> Apples control tactics...
> ipods dont even play ogg files, when they have the hardware capability
> and all that is needed is a
> software/firmware patch of like 2 DLL files! So dont give in to the
> ipod hype... they may be
> stylish, but ur likely to regret it in the long run!
> 28.05.04 @ 18:54:48
A lot of players don't play Ogg files. Why should they? Ogg Vorbis
has a very small market share. While *I* personally would like to see
Ogg support since it's open source, there's no incentive for Apple to
do so. Why, you ask? Because of aforementioned minute market share of
the Ogg files, and because AAC is just as good quality, if not better.
The iPod also supports regular plain-jane mp3 format, as well as AIFF,
Audiobooks, WAV and Apple Lossless (which is similar to FLAC/Ape).
It's funny you mention "ur likely to regret it" by buying an iPod...
Is that why Apple has over 70% of the entire mp3 market (including
those cheap Flash players)? And is that why Apple's iTunes Music Store
also has over 70% of the entire legal mp3 download market?
--
Mr. Tangent [the binary police]
www.mrtangent.com
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