Hi.

Oh boy, you people seem to have _huge_ collections of CDs. My 20GB (I need to update my sig) is only full because of all Harry Potter audiobooks (all 4 books, german and english versions) and Lord of the Rings (complete in english and german as well). My own audio CDs wouldn't fill it at all.
A rough calculation reveiled that a 120GB MkII would be able to carry 711 hours of 384kbit CBR MP3s. That's about a month of continous (sleepless) listening. Given the fact that highest quality VBR encoding with lame typically turns out as an average bitrate of less than 180kbit/s, this is a full 63days (again, sleepless). Listening about 3 hours a day (which is quite typical for me), this turns out as not hearing a single track twice in over 16 months. Or, when talking about CDs, this is well over 1000 CDs (with a typical Pop CD carrying about 40-41 minutes of music).

Hmm, on a second thought, I have access to about 1900 CDs, anyone knowing when 120GB notebook drives will become available?

cu,
sven