OT Re: Interfaces: PC and MAC ------OT

[Chipp Walters]

BetaMax was cross platform..Sony wasn't the only one to make betaMax
players.

but in fact, the biggest problem IMO with i-Tunes is that it's really *NOT*
cross-platform. Consider cross platform to not be the Mac/PC thing, but
rather the portable units which can play the i-Tunes native format. IOW,
i-Tunes only plays on a proprietary portable device, namely the i-Pod.

In the case of Napster, MusicMatch and a bunch of others, they all play (or
plan on playing) on different portable players from different manufacturers.
This offers users a multitude of choices for hardware...and drives prices
down and features up. In fact, they can 'mix and match' different vendors
'purchases' on the same hardware. Just look at price/performance of Macs vs
PCs. There are a much broader selection, top to bottom, in the PC market
than in the Mac market - with prices (in general) being less expensive. (I'm
typing this on a 2.4 GHZ E-Machines Desktop PC with DVD and CD-RW which I
purchased from TigerDirect for $349.)

Of course, I know you can rip directly to MP3 from i-Tunes (and Napster and
others as well), then move to a portable hardware device. Some will do this,
but it is an unecessary step and as i-Pod users have found out already, it's
much easier going straight to the portable device than to Rip to CD -->
Download from CD --> Transfer to i-Pod

best,

Chipp

>
> ummm... how can iTunes be a "BETAMAX" when it's cross platform?
>
> You mean it only uploads into an iPod? Or they're not using MP3 ?
> That will change....Or shareware will appear.
>
> Anyway, currently for online music for PCs you have proprietary
> softwares.... and no "VHS" analogy.
>
> >Richard,
> >
> >Well said. I enjoyed reading the article as well. In fact, it echos
> >something I've been talking about for awhile. I-Tunes is the
> >'BETAMAX' to the rest of the online Music 'VHS'.
> >-Chipp
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