There is no doubt the G4 will remain a staple in Apple's notebook lineup through 2005.
It amazes me that my 1st generation 400 Mhz G4 Powerbook is mostly hindered by lack of RAM (256mb installed) than processing speed. I have no doubt a 1Ghz G4 iBook would satisfy the computing needs of a liberal arts college student. Perhaps for those in engineering or graphics classes they would push the envelope, but teh G4 remains a great chip.
I would rather enjoy the cost savings and power consumption savings of a G4 laptop than the cool factor of a G5 because I just don't have that great a need.
First, the 30 seconds is not the first 30 seconds, it is chosen by the content managers as representative of the song.
Secondly, I thought that you wanted to hear the entire album, not just the few popular songs. With the exception of some late night classic rock stations, I have never heard an entire album played onthe radio.
You can discover music in a free medium at the iTMS - there are 30 second preview clips instantly available for every song.
Is that not enough for you? Think before you answer, if it isn't, then how ever did you make a purchasing decision before Napster/Kazaa/et al allowed you the "freedom" to tkae the music, listen to it, and then buy what you like (which for the record, I don't believe one bit but that is beside the point).
If I formated and didn't backup my music then that amounts to throwing away my CDs. If I backed up my music, then when I try to play the AAC file, it asks me for my user name and password (managed by iTMS).
Apology accepted, the onis is on the industry to appeal to the market, not the market to buy what the industry wants to sell. 1. Yeah, buying 15 songs off one album does make the album just ask expensive as in the store, but you can buy JUST THE ONES YOU WANT, making the cost of the songs-you-listen-to, just 2-5 bucks. Plus, it is the rare exception that an alum is more than $9.99 at iTMS. This DOES include album art that is displayed right in iTunes as you browse - very cool in my opinion. 2. Your speakers are lossy. So are your ears. be honest with yourself - can you tell a difference? If you listen to downloaded MP3s then you are listening to a lossy format anyway. Spend $99 and buy your favorite song to test it out. Listen to it on CD, then AAC, then CD again and AAC again until you get it - there is no difference without high end audiophile equipment. 3. If you think DRM is a bitch, you must be wanting to break the copyrights. iTMS goes you playback on up to three windows and/or mac machines, unlimited iPods, and you can burn a track as many times as you want to CD (the restriction being you can't burn the same playlist more than 10 times - who does this anyway?) 4. Let's say you wanted to download an entire album - not just the two good tracks, the whole thing "because you love the bang". Go find all the tracks on Kazaa. I'm timing you. It takes forever, and if you can find them, half the songs are on a slow connection or they will conk out, or they were ripped with a skip or some other something that makes you spend over an hour downloading it. Isn't you time worth more than that? iTMS has instant 30 second previews for free and FAST downloading.
Again, apology accepted. The industry must figure out how to give consumers what they want. 1. Heck yeah $0.50 a song is a good starting point! Have you read/heard Apple's conference calls with stock analysts? They break even at $99. Some analysts speculate the record labels get up to $0.66 per song. So $0.50 is a good starting point - but is not going to happen. as for the $0.01 additional for a FLAC version, you have to get back to the comparrisons of the formats to realize AAC is excellent and will only get better. 2. With iTMS you get art work even if you buy 1 track. It isn't high-res enough to print out like a CD insert, but you can view it and it looks great. 3. ISO downloads is a great idea - why not provide them from the artists web site? I usually have CDs in my car. But my computer is always on the web. Artists added stuff to CDs because it was the only distribution channel they had. Now there is broadband web connectivity. Issue solved. 4. I'll stop being a bitch about people breaking copyright laws when people stop breaking copyright laws. You can turn your friends on to a new band by playing the song for them, then they can go buy it for themselves - IT ONLY COSTS $0.99!!!!
You aren't being converted because you like stealing music. That's the truth isn't it? Free is better to you. be honest with yourself and then think about the price of your own honor. Isn't it worth more than a dollar?
Usually I like to interject my own thoughts, but I will let the numbers speak for themselves:
4/28/2003 - iTunes Music Store for Mac launches 5/5/2003 - iTMSfM sells 1 millionth song 5/14/2003 - iTMSfM sells 2 millionth song 7/22/2003 - iTMS sells 6.5 millionth song 10/2003 - Napster launches 10/2003 - 300,000 Napster 1st week sales / 1.5MM iTMS sales same week 10/2003 - iTMS for Windows launchs (~13MM songs sold to date) 12/9/2003 - iTMS sells 20 millionth song 12/16/2004 - iTMS sells 25 millionth song (2.5MM/mo.) 2/2004 - Napster sells 5 millionth song (1.25MM/mo.)
On the bottom 1/3 of this page is a chart and analysis of the numbers too.
WARNING: My two cents - Interesting that while Apple's numbers are much higher than Napsters', and Apple had to overcome the initial proof of concept that it would even work, so many REMAIN critical of the service.
Interesting still is that those same critics won't even spend a few dollars to give iTMS a *TRY* before they ink their mal-informed pens.
DISCLAIMER: My only experience with using X11 on OS Xis running OpenOffice via it.
I am concerned that this will simply be too slow to be useful. Even with a 1Ghz G4, loading OO.o, which uses X11, is very slow (takes minutes to load). I could only imagine loading an exe via WINE via X11 via OS X would be an exercise in patience.
Any info on minimum system specs or performance levels the project is targetting. (I tried to RTFA but there was little substance.)
Thanks for the insight. What is the deal with the Dell store. Do you download it? is it only for Dell owners or can anyone use it?
Seems like there are two kinds of on-line music stores - the integrated ones line iTMS (music match) and the web sites that make you downlaod it like buymusic.com
I would like to see statistics on how well those websites do compared to the integrated solutions.
From the press release, I understand the iPod will be the same as the existing 3rd generation iPod, ust with dark "HP Blue" color instead of white (which should look sharp with the chrome back).
Apple Doesn't make money off the OS, they make money off the hardware. There is no reason to port OS X to the x86 platform. Especially when the G5 is a faster chip and their new architecture is butter than Intel's.
Apple made the decision, probably before OS X 10.0 was released, not to switch to the x86. With people switching to Apple in a slow by steady fassion and all those who haven't switched drooling for a Mac to run OS X, there is no reason why they should.
Now that the news has sunk in a few minutes, I am not so certain HP had a lot of better options.
They are already (1) fighting off loosing market share to Dell (2) managing a HUGE merger with Compaq (these things take years to work themselves out) (3) spending tons in R&D with the iPaq
When HP sat down, they had a few options
The WMA way: (1) Go with the WMA music store everyone else has and try to differentiate, knowing that at $0.99, the service is basically break even (2) Build a player in house - a huge R&D expense (and risk) should the solution not work out when they launch head to head with Dell that isn't going through restructuring, has a huge market share, and doesn't have the iPaq taking R&D dollars.
The Apple way: (1) recognize no one is teamed up with the market leader and WHY THE HECK SHOULDN'T WE! (2) instead of trying to improve on what 31% of the entire MP3 market has already said they wanted by purchasing an iPod, just rebrand the damn thing like IBM did with the Palm III and be done with it.
The Apple way is less risk (and less money in HP's pocket) but if it turns out to be a fad, then haven't spend tens of millions in R&D and they can walk away. If it works out great, then five years from now, they can build their own in-house if they think they can do it better than Apple.
This is a HUGE win for HP and I bet it has Michael Dell slappin' his head sayin "I could'a had a V8!"
HP came in after 3Com/Palm had the market owned, and after Apple had dropped out, and made a real splash with the iPaq and Jornada (iPaq being the only really successful PocketPC, and Jornada being one of the two other break-evens [the other being Toshiba's]).
Just my point - HP(Compaq) has demonstrated the ability to enter a market with an obvious leader (Palm), and use a competing technology (WinCE) to deliver a highly successful product (iPaq).
In the digital music arena, it just underscores how well Apple has devised the iPod and iTMS that unlike Dell, HP has looked at this market and said "as good as we are, we aren't gonna beat what Apple has built" and decided to join forces.
The mac clones were not produced by Apple for the cloners, they were licensed the OS and the chips they needed to run them and were responsible for the components and specs of the devices themselves.
Not trying to start a flame but please, please don't start the Ogg Vorbis conversation. This is an APPLE device...APPLE is committed to AAC+Fairplay. Apple knows about Ogg, as do all the other WMA music sites and music device manufaturers.
As hard as it is to swallow, Apple has decided AGAINST supporting Ogg Vorbis in current devices. So have all but ONE music device manufacturer. The market isn't there because as bad as you want Ogg, you will settle for AAC and buy an iPod because it is a more complete package. And if you won't, then you are a market minority so small that Apple doesn't have the time and money to spend reaching you.
According to ZD NET's Article and reported by Mac Rumors, the devices will come in an exclusive "HP Blue" color and be compatible will all 3rd generation iPod accessories.
If you don't know what color "HP Blue" is, look at the/. icon for this story.
This is a pretty huge sign that the PC world is impressed with what Apple has done. From a company that clearly has the ability to enter a new market behind other market leaders and have success (iPaq PDAs), they recognize that they can't build something to defeat the iPod (unlike Dell's DJ move) and their best move is to join 'em.
Beter still, HP is preloading apple software on their systems. This will be a boon to Apple as it makes it even easier to access the music store.
With AOL, HP, and Pepsi all endorsing iTMS and the iPod, 2004 is shaping up to be a big year for Apple and On-line Music.
I read in the Star Telegram of the 8th grader who was suspended for three days for using the "net send" command to broadcast "Hey" to computers on the school network.
While I understand that this behavior was frustrating, disruptive to staff, and not in line with the day's curriculum, I challenge the administration at Richland Middle School to consider this behavior akin to other immature classroom behavior that many adolescents resort to during their developmental years to create an identity for themselves. I hold that young Grammer's antics, as reported in the Star Telegram, could have been more appropriately addressed with the school's policy on appropriate classroom behavior than as "hacking" the school's computers.
No doubt you have received correspondence from computer professionals that have gone to great length to explain the innocuousness of the "net send" command, perhaps explaining how it is the basis of the Instant Messaging protocol that has been well received by corporate America and Europe. It is unfortunate that the school did not have available to Carl the resources with technical expertise to know the difference. Perhaps the class would benefit from a guest speaker such as Carl's father, (who reportedly had educated him on the use of "net send"). Would a class lead instruction on now networks work, lead my Mr. Grimmer and son and under the instruction of Ms. Sweeney, not be a more creative punitive measure? I would like to hear a response to this recommendation.
I have volunteered as a teen educator for four years, taught computer science and algebra, and myself was a young kid who found a place of belonging with the crowd that knew more than the rest when it came to the PC Jr. and Apple II. I tell you that my middle school friends who did years ago the same as Carl has today, have all gone on to bright fields in Computer Science, two of us with masters degrees, a third with a PhD. I myself am Director of Internet Services for a national healthcare company. In the paper's account, you are quoted as having found the "hey" message a non-issue initially. When Carl was questioned, he did not deny that he had sent the message and when asked if he understood that it was a serious matter he indicated that he did not. This to me says that the boy is either not to be trusted, or that there was not a malicious nature to this action.
Please be gentile with the young minds of those already perceived as "nerds" to society. Social injustices perpetrated on the hearts and minds of those barely in their teens may never be overcome. "Making an example" of a student I find a laughable excuse for this action. To what other actions does this example apply? Other "hackers"? I would hope a true hacker would be arrested, not suspended for three days. Other computer students? I would hope that being creative and inquisitive when it comes to the nature of the tool, be it a computer or paint and brushes, would never again meet with this type of punishment.
Best of luck to you and your administration in working through this situation and finding resources to educate, not punish, those who can be easily redirected.
iTunes can convert AAC files directly to MP3; it is not necessary to burn it to CD and re-import it.
I am note certain that this can be done with a protected AAC but more importantly, the AAC format (which is MP4) uses different compression than MP3. When one encodes an AAC (MP4) stream into MP3, there is noticable degradation in sound quality.
This is all based on what I have read. I have not personally done any testing. However, I do admit that of my MP3s, AACs tipped by iTunes from CD, and the protected AACs purchased from iTMS, I believe the iTMS sound quality is superior.
My first thought when I heard about the 1100 VT deal was that when g5 xServes are available, VT will replace the PowerMac cluster and distribute the 1100 over the campus.
Any rumor of that?
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There is no doubt the G4 will remain a staple in Apple's notebook lineup through 2005.
It amazes me that my 1st generation 400 Mhz G4 Powerbook is mostly hindered by lack of RAM (256mb installed) than processing speed. I have no doubt a 1Ghz G4 iBook would satisfy the computing needs of a liberal arts college student. Perhaps for those in engineering or graphics classes they would push the envelope, but teh G4 remains a great chip.
I would rather enjoy the cost savings and power consumption savings of a G4 laptop than the cool factor of a G5 because I just don't have that great a need.
First, the 30 seconds is not the first 30 seconds, it is chosen by the content managers as representative of the song.
Secondly, I thought that you wanted to hear the entire album, not just the few popular songs. With the exception of some late night classic rock stations, I have never heard an entire album played onthe radio.
You can discover music in a free medium at the iTMS - there are 30 second preview clips instantly available for every song.
Is that not enough for you? Think before you answer, if it isn't, then how ever did you make a purchasing decision before Napster/Kazaa/et al allowed you the "freedom" to tkae the music, listen to it, and then buy what you like (which for the record, I don't believe one bit but that is beside the point).
Backup my encryption keys? huh?
If I formated and didn't backup my music then that amounts to throwing away my CDs. If I backed up my music, then when I try to play the AAC file, it asks me for my user name and password (managed by iTMS).
Where is this encryption key lurking?
Apology accepted, the onis is on the industry to appeal to the market, not the market to buy what the industry wants to sell.
1. Yeah, buying 15 songs off one album does make the album just ask expensive as in the store, but you can buy JUST THE ONES YOU WANT, making the cost of the songs-you-listen-to, just 2-5 bucks. Plus, it is the rare exception that an alum is more than $9.99 at iTMS. This DOES include album art that is displayed right in iTunes as you browse - very cool in my opinion.
2. Your speakers are lossy. So are your ears. be honest with yourself - can you tell a difference? If you listen to downloaded MP3s then you are listening to a lossy format anyway. Spend $99 and buy your favorite song to test it out. Listen to it on CD, then AAC, then CD again and AAC again until you get it - there is no difference without high end audiophile equipment.
3. If you think DRM is a bitch, you must be wanting to break the copyrights. iTMS goes you playback on up to three windows and/or mac machines, unlimited iPods, and you can burn a track as many times as you want to CD (the restriction being you can't burn the same playlist more than 10 times - who does this anyway?)
4. Let's say you wanted to download an entire album - not just the two good tracks, the whole thing "because you love the bang". Go find all the tracks on Kazaa. I'm timing you. It takes forever, and if you can find them, half the songs are on a slow connection or they will conk out, or they were ripped with a skip or some other something that makes you spend over an hour downloading it. Isn't you time worth more than that? iTMS has instant 30 second previews for free and FAST downloading.
Again, apology accepted. The industry must figure out how to give consumers what they want.
1. Heck yeah $0.50 a song is a good starting point! Have you read/heard Apple's conference calls with stock analysts? They break even at $99. Some analysts speculate the record labels get up to $0.66 per song. So $0.50 is a good starting point - but is not going to happen. as for the $0.01 additional for a FLAC version, you have to get back to the comparrisons of the formats to realize AAC is excellent and will only get better.
2. With iTMS you get art work even if you buy 1 track. It isn't high-res enough to print out like a CD insert, but you can view it and it looks great.
3. ISO downloads is a great idea - why not provide them from the artists web site? I usually have CDs in my car. But my computer is always on the web. Artists added stuff to CDs because it was the only distribution channel they had. Now there is broadband web connectivity. Issue solved.
4. I'll stop being a bitch about people breaking copyright laws when people stop breaking copyright laws. You can turn your friends on to a new band by playing the song for them, then they can go buy it for themselves - IT ONLY COSTS $0.99!!!!
You aren't being converted because you like stealing music. That's the truth isn't it? Free is better to you. be honest with yourself and then think about the price of your own honor. Isn't it worth more than a dollar?
Usually I like to interject my own thoughts, but I will let the numbers speak for themselves:
4/28/2003 - iTunes Music Store for Mac launches
5/5/2003 - iTMSfM sells 1 millionth song
5/14/2003 - iTMSfM sells 2 millionth song
7/22/2003 - iTMS sells 6.5 millionth song
10/2003 - Napster launches
10/2003 - 300,000 Napster 1st week sales / 1.5MM iTMS sales same week
10/2003 - iTMS for Windows launchs (~13MM songs sold to date)
12/9/2003 - iTMS sells 20 millionth song
12/16/2004 - iTMS sells 25 millionth song (2.5MM/mo.)
2/2004 - Napster sells 5 millionth song (1.25MM/mo.)
On the bottom 1/3 of this page is a chart and analysis of the numbers too.
WARNING: My two cents -
Interesting that while Apple's numbers are much higher than Napsters', and Apple had to overcome the initial proof of concept that it would even work, so many REMAIN critical of the service.
Interesting still is that those same critics won't even spend a few dollars to give iTMS a *TRY* before they ink their mal-informed pens.
Hey man - whatever the point of your post was, it was lost in the language you used.
We can all use foul language, but the adults in the room choose not to.
As you mull over your no doubt swear ladden resopnse, just think about how you can make your point without them.
DISCLAIMER: My only experience with using X11 on OS Xis running OpenOffice via it.
I am concerned that this will simply be too slow to be useful. Even with a 1Ghz G4, loading OO.o, which uses X11, is very slow (takes minutes to load). I could only imagine loading an exe via WINE via X11 via OS X would be an exercise in patience.
Any info on minimum system specs or performance levels the project is targetting. (I tried to RTFA but there was little substance.)
Wow - that IS impressive.
I have always prefered Quicktime over Real or Windows Media, even before I bought a Mac. I would love to see more Quicktime content.
NASA and JPL have some very COOL Quicktime of their rover EDL.
Thanks for the insight. What is the deal with the Dell store. Do you download it? is it only for Dell owners or can anyone use it?
Seems like there are two kinds of on-line music stores - the integrated ones line iTMS (music match) and the web sites that make you downlaod it like buymusic.com
I would like to see statistics on how well those websites do compared to the integrated solutions.
The Creative Nomad Zen NX doesn't look the same to me as the Dell DJ.
From the press release, I understand the iPod will be the same as the existing 3rd generation iPod, ust with dark "HP Blue" color instead of white (which should look sharp with the chrome back).
Apple Doesn't make money off the OS, they make money off the hardware. There is no reason to port OS X to the x86 platform. Especially when the G5 is a faster chip and their new architecture is butter than Intel's.
Apple made the decision, probably before OS X 10.0 was released, not to switch to the x86. With people switching to Apple in a slow by steady fassion and all those who haven't switched drooling for a Mac to run OS X, there is no reason why they should.
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Now that the news has sunk in a few minutes, I am not so certain HP had a lot of better options.
They are already
(1) fighting off loosing market share to Dell
(2) managing a HUGE merger with Compaq (these things take years to work themselves out)
(3) spending tons in R&D with the iPaq
When HP sat down, they had a few options
The WMA way:
(1) Go with the WMA music store everyone else has and try to differentiate, knowing that at $0.99, the service is basically break even
(2) Build a player in house - a huge R&D expense (and risk) should the solution not work out when they launch head to head with Dell that isn't going through restructuring, has a huge market share, and doesn't have the iPaq taking R&D dollars.
The Apple way:
(1) recognize no one is teamed up with the market leader and WHY THE HECK SHOULDN'T WE!
(2) instead of trying to improve on what 31% of the entire MP3 market has already said they wanted by purchasing an iPod, just rebrand the damn thing like IBM did with the Palm III and be done with it.
The Apple way is less risk (and less money in HP's pocket) but if it turns out to be a fad, then haven't spend tens of millions in R&D and they can walk away. If it works out great, then five years from now, they can build their own in-house if they think they can do it better than Apple.
This is a HUGE win for HP and I bet it has Michael Dell slappin' his head sayin "I could'a had a V8!"
Just my point - HP(Compaq) has demonstrated the ability to enter a market with an obvious leader (Palm), and use a competing technology (WinCE) to deliver a highly successful product (iPaq).
In the digital music arena, it just underscores how well Apple has devised the iPod and iTMS that unlike Dell, HP has looked at this market and said "as good as we are, we aren't gonna beat what Apple has built" and decided to join forces.
The iPaq is made by Compaq, a division of HP.
Odd this wasn't announced on Tuesday at the Keynote.
.. oh oh oh .. Yeah Ogg Vorbis rulez ... spooge spooge spooge
Anyone at MacWorld have any insight into this announcement? Any HP folks there with info on:
- capacity
- pricing
- availability
- naming
Oh yeah, and Ogg Vorbis support
The mac clones were not produced by Apple for the cloners, they were licensed the OS and the chips they needed to run them and were responsible for the components and specs of the devices themselves.
Not comparing apples to Apples
Not trying to start a flame but please, please don't start the Ogg Vorbis conversation. This is an APPLE device...APPLE is committed to AAC+Fairplay. Apple knows about Ogg, as do all the other WMA music sites and music device manufaturers.
As hard as it is to swallow, Apple has decided AGAINST supporting Ogg Vorbis in current devices. So have all but ONE music device manufacturer. The market isn't there because as bad as you want Ogg, you will settle for AAC and buy an iPod because it is a more complete package. And if you won't, then you are a market minority so small that Apple doesn't have the time and money to spend reaching you.
According to ZD NET's Article and reported by Mac Rumors, the devices will come in an exclusive "HP Blue" color and be compatible will all 3rd generation iPod accessories.
/. icon for this story.
If you don't know what color "HP Blue" is, look at the
This is a pretty huge sign that the PC world is impressed with what Apple has done. From a company that clearly has the ability to enter a new market behind other market leaders and have success (iPaq PDAs), they recognize that they can't build something to defeat the iPod (unlike Dell's DJ move) and their best move is to join 'em.
Beter still, HP is preloading apple software on their systems. This will be a boon to Apple as it makes it even easier to access the music store.
With AOL, HP, and Pepsi all endorsing iTMS and the iPod, 2004 is shaping up to be a big year for Apple and On-line Music.
I read in the Star Telegram of the 8th grader who was suspended for three days for using the "net send" command to broadcast "Hey" to computers on the school network.
While I understand that this behavior was frustrating, disruptive to staff, and not in line with the day's curriculum, I challenge the administration at Richland Middle School to consider this behavior akin to other immature classroom behavior that many adolescents resort to during their developmental years to create an identity for themselves. I hold that young Grammer's antics, as reported in the Star Telegram, could have been more appropriately addressed with the school's policy on appropriate classroom behavior than as "hacking" the school's computers.
No doubt you have received correspondence from computer professionals that have gone to great length to explain the innocuousness of the "net send" command, perhaps explaining how it is the basis of the Instant Messaging protocol that has been well received by corporate America and Europe. It is unfortunate that the school did not have available to Carl the resources with technical expertise to know the difference. Perhaps the class would benefit from a guest speaker such as Carl's father, (who reportedly had educated him on the use of "net send"). Would a class lead instruction on now networks work, lead my Mr. Grimmer and son and under the instruction of Ms. Sweeney, not be a more creative punitive measure? I would like to hear a response to this recommendation.
I have volunteered as a teen educator for four years, taught computer science and algebra, and myself was a young kid who found a place of belonging with the crowd that knew more than the rest when it came to the PC Jr. and Apple II. I tell you that my middle school friends who did years ago the same as Carl has today, have all gone on to bright fields in Computer Science, two of us with masters degrees, a third with a PhD. I myself am Director of Internet Services for a national healthcare company. In the paper's account, you are quoted as having found the "hey" message a non-issue initially. When Carl was questioned, he did not deny that he had sent the message and when asked if he understood that it was a serious matter he indicated that he did not. This to me says that the boy is either not to be trusted, or that there was not a malicious nature to this action.
Please be gentile with the young minds of those already perceived as "nerds" to society. Social injustices perpetrated on the hearts and minds of those barely in their teens may never be overcome. "Making an example" of a student I find a laughable excuse for this action. To what other actions does this example apply? Other "hackers"? I would hope a true hacker would be arrested, not suspended for three days. Other computer students? I would hope that being creative and inquisitive when it comes to the nature of the tool, be it a computer or paint and brushes, would never again meet with this type of punishment.
Best of luck to you and your administration in working through this situation and finding resources to educate, not punish, those who can be easily redirected.
I am note certain that this can be done with a protected AAC but more importantly, the AAC format (which is MP4) uses different compression than MP3. When one encodes an AAC (MP4) stream into MP3, there is noticable degradation in sound quality.
This is all based on what I have read. I have not personally done any testing. However, I do admit that of my MP3s, AACs tipped by iTunes from CD, and the protected AACs purchased from iTMS, I believe the iTMS sound quality is superior.
My first thought when I heard about the 1100 VT deal was that when g5 xServes are available, VT will replace the PowerMac cluster and distribute the 1100 over the campus.
Any rumor of that?
I believe that maps.yahoo.com is (or atleast used to be) powered by MapQuest.