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capitalist_junkie · 06-27-2006, 02:13 PM

Downloading has its advantages. However, I'm slightly old-fashined, and really prefer just getting CDs and ripping them to my computer. With downloading, as you mentioned, you don't get liner notes and album art, which I love. Also, I just burn my downloaded files to a CD anyway (in case my hard drive dies), so I might as well just buy the original CD. However, I just got out of 4 years of college in the middle of nowhere without a decent record store, so I started downloading stuff from iTunes (no way was I going to pay for shipping on already overpriced CDs). That, at least, is what I love about iTunes . . . reasonable prices!! Downloading legitmately is cheaper than buying a CD for the most part, and what broke college/graduate student doesn't love that?

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capitalist_junkie Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 65	Re: prefer to buy cds or download? Downloading has its advantages. However, I'm slightly old-fashined, and really prefer just getting CDs and ripping them to my computer. With downloading, as you mentioned, you don't get liner notes and album art, which I love. Also, I just burn my downloaded files to a CD anyway (in case my hard drive dies), so I might as well just buy the original CD. However, I just got out of 4 years of college in the middle of nowhere without a decent record store, so I started downloading stuff from iTunes (no way was I going to pay for shipping on already overpriced CDs). That, at least, is what I love about iTunes . . . reasonable prices!! Downloading legitmately is cheaper than buying a CD for the most part, and what broke college/graduate student doesn't love that?