Re: [NTLK] Apple to unveil new digital device next week

From: Stainless Steel Rat (ratinox_at_peorth.gweep.net)
Date: Wed Oct 17 2001 - 22:13:55 EDT


* John Fraser <john_fraser_at_mac.com> on Wed, 17 Oct 2001
| Well Mine is certainly not that big but 27Gigs? How much of that is
| legal music?

Well... assuming an approximate 8:1 compression ratio at 128kbps, one full
CD (650MB) requires ~80MB to store. My CD collection is approximately 350
CDs. That would require 28,000MB or 28GB to store the whole thing.

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