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Originally posted by MWSAH:So you are even more against netbooks/notebooks? They're bigger, more uncomfortable and more risky to take out.

Yeeeppp.

Moreover, there's my "nothing can equal the beauty of a book" feeling, so notebooks are my biggest enemies!

germcevoy

14 years

Still not tempted. The market is going to be flooded for the next 12 months. I only see Apple and possibly Samsung coming out with a bit of market share at the end. Not my cup of tea though.

Ali709

14 years

It's becoming a fine line between Smartphones and Tablets...actually, this smartphone by Motorola also unveiled at CES, almost works as both. It's an Android phone, but once you connect it to a keyboard, mouse and monitor via it's dock, it works like a complete netbook:

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/06/motorola-atrix-4g-hd-multimedia-dock-and-laptop-dock-hands-on/

germcevoy

14 years

Originally posted by Ali709:It's becoming a fine line between Smartphones and Tablets...actually, this smartphone by Motorola also unveiled at CES, almost works as both. It's an Android phone, but once you connect it to a keyboard, mouse and monitor via it's dock, it works like a complete netbook:

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/06/motorola-atrix-4g-hd-multimedia-dock-and-laptop-dock-hands-on/

Any word on pricing though?

Ali709

14 years

Originally posted by germcevoy:[..]

Any word on pricing though?

Nothing...looks expensive tho

germcevoy

14 years

Originally posted by Ali709:[..]

Nothing...looks expensive tho

Netbooks aren't. It's these massive capacitive touchscreens that do the damage. I bet the warranty won't cover drops either.

drewhiggins

14 years

Got another question - I have about 180 CDs I'd like to re-rip sometime this year. If I was to do the entire lot to FLAC how much space might that take up?

My current rips are about 14GB so far at 192kbps MP3.

germcevoy

14 years

Each CD will be 700mb MAX drew so you can do the matys there and work out the most it will take from that. Most are 4-500 though.

LikeASong

14 years

FLAC increases around a x4.5 factor in size with respect to a 192kbps MP3. A normal 4 minutes song is around 6 MB on mp3@192, and around 25-30 MB on FLAC, so... Your current 14 GB collection would be around 65 GB.

You can also do it measuring the normal CD size when ripped to FLAC (around 400-500 MB) and multiplying that for the number of CDs you want to rip:
450MB · 180 CDs =~ 80 GB.

drewhiggins

14 years

Originally posted by LikeASong:FLAC increases around a x4.5 factor in size with respect to a 192kbps MP3. A normal 4 minutes song is around 6 MB on mp3@192, and around 25-30 MB on FLAC, so... Your current 14 GB collection would be around 65 GB.

You can also do it measuring the normal CD size when ripped to FLAC (around 400-500 MB) and multiplying that for the number of CDs you want to rip:
450MB · 180 CDs =~ 80 GB.

Going by that calculation, one song would take up 180MB. I'll wait 'til I get a bigger drive then.

LikeASong

14 years

Originally posted by drewhiggins:[..]

Going by that calculation, one song would take up 180MB. I'll wait 'til I get a bigger drive then.

What? No! A normal 14-songs CD uses to be around 400 MB, that means 400/14 ~ 28 MB per song (approx). Where did you take the 180 MB figure from?

Andrew_C

14 years

Originally posted by drewhiggins:[..]

Going by that calculation, one song would take up 180MB. I'll wait 'til I get a bigger drive then.

u can get 1TB exteral drives for about 70 odd bucks now, 2TB for $128

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