09-12-2007, 04:57 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-R.Leonhardt+September 11, 2007 10:43 pm--><div class='codebox_title'>QUOTE (R.Leonhardt @ September 11, 2007 10:43 pm)</div><div class='codebox'><div id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Blah! screw em both, SONY for the win!!! Playstation pwns em all!! 
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This isn't a console war topic, kid.
If only the rest of the world had hassle-free access to MP3 files like we do. Unfortunately, that's not the case, especially in America. So while I agree that some other file types can just be left to rot in the corner, if I were Apple I would still probably maintain some lossless and non-proprietary format-compatibility for the rest of my customers.
[/quote:301e0393f4]This isn't a console war topic, kid.
Quote:AAC and WMA can just go and die People had stories about AAC being better for a while back, because it allows for (almost) the same quality of MP3 sound but at a lower file size, but more intensive tests show that it's not actually so. It's another format with a weird name, Ogg Vorbis that comes out on top. You can play OGG on iTunes but it requires some workaround. Plus MP3 is already much more ubiquitous. Point is that it's not being actively developed for, and that it's not the format people flock to, although it is better than most.
If only the rest of the world had hassle-free access to MP3 files like we do. Unfortunately, that's not the case, especially in America. So while I agree that some other file types can just be left to rot in the corner, if I were Apple I would still probably maintain some lossless and non-proprietary format-compatibility for the rest of my customers.
"Let's fight... like gentlemen." - Dudley, SF3
