What are the advantages and disadvantages to having a CD-ROM drive in my home digital music player?
• If a digital music player includes a CD drive, its primary purpose is to let you transfer CD music to the digital player’s internal hard drive. However, transferring music from a CD also involves entering database information about the music, such as album title, artist, genre and track names. This information is either typed-in by you, or automatically downloaded from the CDDB service on the Internet. Imagine trying to do this from the front panel controls of a digital music player! It’s much easier to transfer songs on your PC where you have the benefit of a mouse, keyboard, monitor and jukebox software. Since ripping and organizing your music is much easier and more efficient on a PC, a CD-ROM in your digital music player is usually a redundant and expensive addition.
