I have always loved the beatles, when CDs first came out bought all of those even though I had the albums. Own I dont know how many shirts and memorabilia and that rockband game but a 279 dollar flash mp3 drive that comes in a apple? dont think so!

They’re selling the usb drive for 200 pounds, which is $330.

It’s a cute little USB drive and I love the Beatles… but not quite that much. Maybe the price includes a certain amount of expected illegal file-sharing or they realized that someone could copy the songs to a drive and then sell the USB as a collector’s item. But Unless that apple is made of gold, not a chance of my buying it.

Why would anyone pay for an inferior product?

i just dont see all the fuss about having digital version of Beatles albums.

Buy the cds, and rip them onto iTunes, if you need to so badly.

Why not just buy a Granny Smith apple at your grocery store and put it next to your computer while listening to the remasters on a CD?
You can save a fresh new apple every couple of days.

I still never understood the marketing of albums to be sold on USBs. It doesn’t seem appealing and I dont think it has done much for the artists who have tried this in the past.

I fully understand that digital music doesn’t sound as rich as CD’s, but CD is also a big step down in musical quality so the argument you have raised is spurious. The average music user really doesn’t care as much about tonality as the snobs of the industry would like you to believe anyway. Its about convienence and its about the quality of the song itself. Don’t forget why digital music has taken off, its because your average band doesn’t produce 11 quality songs on any given CD so we got sick of paying $17 for only a couple decent songs. This is true for the Beatles as well. While I’ve recently broken down and purchased my first couple of CD’s from what may be the greatest band of all time, each album contained at least 3 songs I absolutley could not stand.

So Beatles fans, stop pissing on digital music so much. Its saved the recording industry no matter how much Hollywood wants you to think its the end of the world.

I say they take of the mini documentaries off and use the 16 gig hard drive (yes 16 gigs) to supply the high quality wav or aif audio files rather than some mp3’s which are just down right awful sounding half of the time.. especially with a band like the beatles that were so incredibly meticulous. Personally I think the USB drive is a GREAT idea… just executed poorly.. i’d much rather carry a USB drive around than 16 cd’s.. and have you ever scratched a cd? your SOL