perhaps that might be true years down the line, but we're definitely not at the point where downloading music can compete effectively with buying CDs from a store. - most people in the US still don't have broadband. (i think i read in the NYT that 40% of people in the US still don't use computers!) on a dial-up, it takes about 5-10 minutes to download a 5-minute song via the iTunes store and that's really tedious even for 1 song. - as it stands right now though, downloaded music (even from the iTunes store) doesn't have the same quality as uncompressed music on a CD. most people may not hear a difference, but there are a number who do (or think they do). > On 2003-05-01 09:30, Sean Terrill wrote: > > But books != music. There are distinct reasons why, with books, some (most) > people prefer the old medium; you hold it in your hands to use it. With > music, the medium is irrelevant; as long as the music is coming from the > speakers, who cares what the medium is? >