> I recall then that even new PC's couldn't decode at full CD quality and you had to downscale. I remember pentium 90's struggling to play mp3's on Win95/98 wh

> I recall then that even new PC's couldn't decode at full CD quality and you had to downscale. I remember pentium 90's struggling to play mp3's on Win95/98 while at uni. They would play but you couldn't do much else otherwise they would stutter. Even minimizing and maximizing the mp3 player would cause stuttering.