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Fender
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PostPosted: 02-10-2005 05:26 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Kinda humorous story about how popular iPods are @ MS and how it is becoming politically incorrect to own one.

http://wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,66460, ... _tophead_2
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PostPosted: 02-10-2005 05:38 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


yeah... read it a while ago on spiegel.de

- actually it's understandable out of microsofts perspective. but i dont see why they are actually trying to establish their own music codec; mp3 seems to be fine and as it's a common standard, why change?
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PostPosted: 02-10-2005 06:17 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


the same reason apple uses their format :p



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PostPosted: 02-10-2005 10:06 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I don't care if they're pushing WMV, but MS needs to step up with a competitive product. They're missing a golden opportunity to step into another market.
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PostPosted: 02-10-2005 10:10 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


its crazy people just want to go down in quality with tunes .

compression that is.

i'd would be a little better if they were ripped from 24 bit 192 khz tho

more is more

less is less
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PostPosted: 02-10-2005 10:40 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Microsoft already has plans to introduce something like the ipod in the upcoming 2 years.
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Tormentius
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PostPosted: 02-10-2005 11:21 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


inphlict wrote:
Microsoft already has plans to introduce something like the ipod in the upcoming 2 years.


And it'll probably own, but two years is a long time. I preordered an iPod shuffle today because I'm sick of waiting.

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PostPosted: 02-10-2005 12:11 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Tormentius wrote:
I don't care if they're pushing WMV, but MS needs to step up with a competitive product. They're missing a golden opportunity to step into another market.


don't you mean step on?
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PostPosted: 02-10-2005 03:51 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


prince1000 wrote:
Tormentius wrote:
I don't care if they're pushing WMV, but MS needs to step up with a competitive product. They're missing a golden opportunity to step into another market.


don't you mean step on?

Meh, they usually improve on a product at the same time but you're right. Evil empires make for networks that are more enjoyable to administer though so I'm all for 'em.
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PostPosted: 02-10-2005 03:59 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


If MS got in on it, it would make ipods/other mp3 players cheaper, especially if MS did a good job. Bring it on :up:



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PostPosted: 02-10-2005 04:47 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Tormentius wrote:
inphlict wrote:
Microsoft already has plans to introduce something like the ipod in the upcoming 2 years.


And it'll probably own, but two years is a long time. I preordered an iPod shuffle today because I'm sick of waiting.

:icon8:



LOL!


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PostPosted: 02-10-2005 08:03 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


7zark7 wrote:





LOL!


:icon19: :icon19: :icon10:


It will do the trick. Probably a few hours a day listening time and the lack of LCD or options don't matter to me. Hell, at home on my PC I just kick up a genre-based playlist and let it run on shuffle without checking the artist :shrug:
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