Re: [NTLK] Who's going to have over 30GB of music?

From: Mick Ring (lists_at_rynosoft.com)
Date: Fri May 02 2003 - 19:44:15 PDT


on 5/2/03 12:31, Eric L. Strobel at fyzycyst_at_comcast.net wrote:

> have??? At roughly 12-15 songs per CD, 18,000 songs roughly equals
> 1200-1500 CDs!!!! How in the world do you a) store that many (add a room?)

Most CDs have more than 15 songs. I've got over 500 but under 800 CDs and
they fit nicely on a single, head-high bookshelf.

> and b) ever listen to even a fraction of that many songs? That's more than
> 5 WEEKS if you listen 24/7!! It boggles the mind!!

I listen to music at least 6 hours a day. In your example, it would take me
20 weeks to listen to all the songs. I expect I'll have much more time than
that in my life. :)

> Oh, and for anyone
> who's bought 1200-1500 CDs at the usual $10-15 a piece (i.e., somewhere in
> the $12,000 to $22,500 range), even the extravagant price of a 30 GB iPod is
> only a minute fraction of what you've spent already...

You got that right!

-Mick

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