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We've talked about this after the keynote....
Removing DRM from an iTunes Purchase Costs 30 Cents
Any track bought prior to today from iTunes' store can upgrade to a 256-kbps, DRM-free version for 30 cents. Once in your library, it's also a right-click to convert to MP3. [via]
Update: According to Apple's press release, entire albums can also be upgraded for 30 percent of the album cost (usually $3.00).
Cool. There are some albums I bought from iTunes that I think I'll do that just to get the 256-kbps versions. But most of my stuff I probably won't.
I think it's an all-or-nothing upgrade, tommyrot.
Huh. Well, the Apple press-release says:
iTunes offers customers a simple, one-click option to easily upgrade their entire library of previously purchased songs to the higher quality DRM-free iTunes Plus format for just 30 cents per song or 30 percent of the album price.
No mention of other options. I hope there will be. Otherwise, phooey on them.
Where is that "one-click option" anyway?
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Usually I do the 6 foot drop test. This is awesome! How much will these puppies cost?
You can upgrade individual songs tommy. The one click feature is in a column on the right hand side of the iTunes store. When you click on it, it'll take you to a window that shows all your purchases, the complete price to upgrade in one fell swoop, then below, the list of each individual songs with the option to upgrade as wanted/needed.
Yay! 256-kbps DRM-free copies coming my way!
How much will these puppies cost?
$237.
That's my guess before even looking at your link....
eta: My guess was close - it's $299.
The price should come down lots, me thinks. Somewhere I read today of a 256GB solid state drive for $500-ish....
Here it is: SanDisk's affordable 240GB SSD: 7x faster than a hard disk
OK, I was off a bit on capacity....
Available this summer for around $500, this 2.5-inch SATA drive is as fast as it is affordable. Using a marketing term SanDisk invented, the drive is rated at 40,000 VRPM, or Virtual Revolutions Per Minute. What that means to the rest of us is that the drive should perform about 7 times faster than a typical hard drive, giving us faster boot times and more responsive programs. We'll be saving up.
eta: This is normal desktop drive sized (physical), not laptop sized like Gud's link.
eta²: I think. Hard to tell. It looks smaller than a desktop drive but bigger than a laptop drive?
