With iTunes, you can convert songs from your music CDs into MP3 format, store your entire digital music library in one place, create personal playlists of songs in the order in which you'd like to hear them, and tune in to Internet radio stations through your dial-up, Ethernet or AirPort wireless Internet connection. MP3 compresses CD-quality audio files to a fraction of their original size. Visualise it Use iTunes as your digital music command centre. To mix and match artists and musical categories as it suits you. To create your own music CDs.
Encoding is blazingly-fast.
With a PowerPC G3 processor running at speeds of up to 700MHz, the iMac can import songs several times faster than the time it actually takes to play the song itself. The new iMac comes complete with the Harman Kardon Odyssey audio system as standard equipment. At the heart of the Odyssey audio system is a unique transducer. The Odyssey transducer radiates high frequencies like a tweeter, delivering impressive staging and depth of image. Though only 34 mm in diameter, the Odyssey transducer delivers bass performance normally heard only in high-end speakers.