XP installs are almost all OEM copies, Vista will be the same way.
That's a good point - and one that I hadn't considered. I agree - 99.9% of the people with PCs running XP will not run out and buy Vista just because. Especially not at that price point.
I buy components and build my own PCs, so I have to buy the OS. Looks like a very likely choice for my next home-built PC is Linux.
MS gets beat up all the time here on/. - but what if they're right? I mean, what if suddenly all those people that run illegal installations of XP suddenly have to pay up for Vista (even though most people are hesitant to upgrade anyway) because they can't effectively get around the WGA controls.
Say, by 2008, there are twice as many Vista installs (according to MS) than XP installs as of today. Wouldn't that prove that MS was correct in forcing this level of validation upon us? Given today's saturated market, the only conclusion would be that illelgal XP installs were replaced with purchased versions of Vista.
Just one possible outcome.
By 2050, the United States is projected to have about 420 million people.
Holy super-freaking-crowded roadways Batman! Where the hell will 120 MILLION additional people go? Probably straight out on the roads to turn my 30-minute commute into 1-1/2 hours.
Third, AAC was developped by Dolby and was shown to be the best or second best CODEC in all the audio tests that have been done. As for the bitrate, AAC is more efficient with 128kbps than MP3 or WMA.
That's all well and good, but 128kbps AAC is still not nearly as good as a CD.
I will never buy from iTunes. But it's not primarily due to DRM infected audio files. It is mostly (maybe 75%) because I have to pay the same price for inferior quality audio than I can get for an identically priced CD. Also, no album art, no physical "thing" to hold. (another 15%). Then DRM is the last 10% why iTMS sucks.
I wish there was some way to get this across to all the sheeple out there sucking down poor quality music from iTMS and doing nothing but fattening the wallets of Apple and various RIAA-backed music labels. Why people are willing to pay the same for an inferior product is beyond me.
CD -> EAC - > LAME --alt-preset-extreme = MP3 files so close to CD-quality, no one can tell the difference (no matter what they think).
The one thing that the labels still seem to have is a pretty tight grip on the music flowing into radio stations, particularly the corporate controlled (*cough*ClearChannel*cough*) ones; but the relevance of that mode of distribution is fading daily. Particularly if your audience is in a younger demographic, it doesn't seem like radio play is necessarily the requirement for sales that it once was.
That's why I listen exclusively to WOXY.com internet radio. CORPORATE RADIO SUCKS!
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That's a good point - and one that I hadn't considered. I agree - 99.9% of the people with PCs running XP will not run out and buy Vista just because. Especially not at that price point.
I buy components and build my own PCs, so I have to buy the OS. Looks like a very likely choice for my next home-built PC is Linux.
MS gets beat up all the time here on /. - but what if they're right? I mean, what if suddenly all those people that run illegal installations of XP suddenly have to pay up for Vista (even though most people are hesitant to upgrade anyway) because they can't effectively get around the WGA controls.
Say, by 2008, there are twice as many Vista installs (according to MS) than XP installs as of today. Wouldn't that prove that MS was correct in forcing this level of validation upon us? Given today's saturated market, the only conclusion would be that illelgal XP installs were replaced with purchased versions of Vista.
Just one possible outcome.
Holy super-freaking-crowded roadways Batman! Where the hell will 120 MILLION additional people go? Probably straight out on the roads to turn my 30-minute commute into 1-1/2 hours.
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That's all well and good, but 128kbps AAC is still not nearly as good as a CD.
I will never buy from iTunes. But it's not primarily due to DRM infected audio files. It is mostly (maybe 75%) because I have to pay the same price for inferior quality audio than I can get for an identically priced CD. Also, no album art, no physical "thing" to hold. (another 15%). Then DRM is the last 10% why iTMS sucks.
I wish there was some way to get this across to all the sheeple out there sucking down poor quality music from iTMS and doing nothing but fattening the wallets of Apple and various RIAA-backed music labels. Why people are willing to pay the same for an inferior product is beyond me.
CD -> EAC - > LAME --alt-preset-extreme = MP3 files so close to CD-quality, no one can tell the difference (no matter what they think).
CORPORATE RADIO SUCKS!