Posted by <normanstrong on 12/09/05 16:32

>
> Nah. I'll just let the facts speak for themselves:
> - iTunes started off as "SoundJam".
> - SoundJam (and now iTunes) has a lousy MP3 encoder. Not much better than
> the ISO reference sourcem actually.
> - Apple refuses to improve the MP3 encoder, because having such a terrible
> MP3 encoder makes their MP4 encoder seem even better.
> - All iPods from fourth generation onwards have a bug that makes VBR MP3
> playback occasionally stutter.
> - The iPod Nano is ridiculously fragile.
> - iPods have barely more than half the battery life of other MP3 players
> on the market.
> - iPods are incapable of playing WMA-DRM (which all "online music stores"
> except for iTunes use).
> - iPods don't even natively support WMA.
> - iTunes doesn't support MP3 players other than the iPod.
>
> And just for fun:
> - New Apple computers use Intel processors.
> - Where's the Mac gaming community? Happy with Warcraft? How many *years*
> do you figure before you get Half Life 2?
>
> I wouldn't really call the iPod an MP3 player so much as I would call it
> an overpriced children's toy.
>
> My opinion of Apple can be summed up in two words:
> "Restrictive" and "inferior".

It takes me 3 words: "restrictive" and "insanely popular".

Norm Strong

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