Posted on 09/18/2005 7:44:51 PM PDT by SamAdams76
I am giving up CDs. Within the next several months, I expect most of my family's CDs will be converted for playing on our iPods and personal computers. The actual CDs will either be sold or given away. As more people connect their digital music players to their home stereos and car stereos, they realize they have no use for the racks of CDs taking up space in their homes. If you no longer play CDs, why keep them? That is the conclusion my wife and I reached, and that is why I am completing the arduous process of moving the music to more compact computer storage from the CDs.
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I find that the iPod/iTunes combination puts me in much better touch with my massive music collection (some 24,000 tracks). Though iTunes is a memory hog with that many songs. I had to upgrade to a full gig of RAM.
Newer iPods feature album art and lyrics so the issue of liner notes will be going away shortly.
iTunes 5.0 already allows for lyrics and there will shortly be a program written that will search the web for lyrics for all those songs on iTunes (as well as cover art) and insert them for you.
Apple has sold 27 million iPods to date. For the next two quarters, Apple is forcasting the sale of 26 million iPods. So within six months, the iPods will double to nearly 54 million!
I saw the new nano iPod over the weekend and I tell you that this is one of the most amazing consumer devices I have ever seen. I'm definitely getting one to complement my 40gig iPod. It will be perfect for taking on the road and for workouts.
I take it you work for Apple.
Wise move. Theoretically speaking, if you no longer own the albums, you no longer have a legal right to own the music on your iPod. Unless of course you bought it seperately through iTunes or some such. I expect this columnist will probably receive a letter reminding him of that. Not that I necessarily agree with this state of affairs - I merely report ;)
Sometimes I think must be the only person left who doesn't have an iPod and doesn't feel the need for one.
Sometimes I think I must be the only person left who doesn't have one and doesn't feel the need for one.
If you want your CD's to last.....you WON'T be putting them in your attic!
I don't get the iPod craze.......but, then, I'm not a music afficiando...AND.....I'll have my hearing when I'm 80....LOL.
give me my thirty three and one thirds or give me death...
Paging Freeper lawyers to answer this question.
give me my thirty three and one thirds or give me death...
Can someone explain to a technical ignoramus. What is an IPOD?
Well, it looks like there are three of us, ## 4 & 5 and me now!
I keep hearing apple geeks proclaim this is possible with an iPOD but I found out for myself - nope.
Lots of mp3 players out there now.
I've put my entire collection on my Mac PowerBook G4 and have the same experience. Not shuffling CDs is wonderful.
I also move favorite playlists to my iPod. I'm currently playing it through the car stereo with a poor cassette tape adapter. I've got a CD changer in the car, but I plan to buy an iPod adapter to provide a direct line-input to the car stereo for better sound quality. I've also bought Rush's 24/7 which includes automatically downloaded podcasts. It's great to hear him on the way to work in the morning. Our local AM station is pretty poor, so hearing Rush on the iPod is like being in the sound-booth with him. The sound is incredible.
Be sure to also buy a back hard disk in case your primary HD goes kablooey. I bought a Seagate 300 GB drive last week for $129 to back up my Mac. It's great peace-of-mind knowing I don't have to re-rip all my CDs.
You missed me....#6.....I could CARE LESS about iPODS....
Until you own an iPod, you will never understand! I bought mine on a lark and now I don't know how I ever lived without it.
Nope, you're not. I love my CDs and my portable CD player. Nothing against those who want iPods, of course.
The Nano looks cool and useful for workouts. I may soon get one or something akin to it.
This person better hope they never have any computer viruses, or any problems with their Ipod, unless they want to have to pay for the same music over and over.
I don't think I'll be scrapping my several hundred opera CDs in the near future.
I still haven't bought my first CD yet!
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