What would be the best program to use to rip audio from a cd with a high quality?

Audacity.

Mac or PC?

Both.

Windows Media Player can rip audio from CDs from 128kbps to 320 kbps and comes free on a PC.

I have always been happy with iTunes. It encodes MP3 up to 320 kbps.

PC. I refuse to use iTunes so scratch that lol. I didnt realize audacity could do it, if only I took some time to actually look at the program I downloaded lol thanks @the100thmonkey

If that doesnt work out I guess ill try windows media player, ive just never liked it, it always bogs my system down, which is ironic since its windows running a windows program…

I don’t get the iTunes hate. It’s common.

My guess is that people don’t know a couple of things.

iTunes works without an iPod or iPhone.
iTunes works without buying anything from the iTunes store.

You wouldn’t know that from Apple, because of course they prefer you buy an iPod and lots of iTunes songs.

But still, iTunes is entirely free and works great.

My problem with iTunes is that its far less efficient than winamp for most things (bar the ripping). On iTunes I can put music on my iPod. On winamp I can put music on AND take music off. iTunes is also an annoying bitch every time I plug my iPod in where winamp isnt. Winamp just seems a lot cleaner and more fluent than iTunes. unno.