Posted on 03/24/2010 5:20:49 AM PDT by ShadowAce
***Im sorry - but as photographers having had 2 external hard drives crash and 1 were not able to open at the moment has made me LOVE CDs. I like having that initial back up for the master copy of our pics.***
I had the same thought, and I don’t even have any tunes on my computer. But, if I did, I’d hate to start all over again collecting the music.
Wow...I think it was Bop Til You Drop by Ry Cooder, maybe Jeff Beck - Wired ...
Understood. But my use is utilitarian. However, in my experience with MD's, I am amazed that they didn't rise to a higher level of use, given their flexibility and durability vs. CD's. To me, it is a far superior format.
Thumb drives die, too. I've killed about six of them, so far, starting with 128mb. The latest to die was a 4gb. Flash is not an archival format. Music and documents, both.
I'm a graduate student at OU, and having them die is PITA.
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I received it as a gift last Christmas and am now just getting around to playing with it.
The software that comes with it has so many options and features,(many that I'll undoubtedly not use), but, if I can convert LPs to CDs, then I'll be happy.
I buy MP3’s of media I like and enjoy. I buy hard copies of things I adore and don’t want to risk, especially expensive cd’s. For instance, my Ella Fitzgerald songbooks. (These are not reallybooks; they are just the name of certain series).
Also, MP3’s come without any notes. As a real music lover, I like the notes along with info listed such as musicians.
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