Portable music... MD or MP3?

[Bond]

Originally Posted by Mushlafa

So nobody here knows a place in T.O where they would sell it for cheap?

Are you talking about iPods?

The cheapest place you can find iPods that I know of is on Amazon.

[GameMaster]

Some people sell new iPods on eBay for an attractive price.

[Mushlafa]

Ive been reading some reviews... only bad ones just to see the downsides of the product... For anybody here with one can you tell me if the battery life really stinks and if your a windows user i read that some people get it set up and ready to use it in like 40 minutes and some people spend days trying to get it work to no avail and end up giving it back for a Creative Zen mp3 player...

8 hours battery life is really **** tho... that barely makes it through a day of school... and the battery isnt replaceable thus after 250-350 charges the thing becomes a paperweight... a very pretty paperweight tho.. a $500 paperweight...

[Jason1]

In my new Job, we are allowed to listen to music while we work. Many people bring in CD players, but they always struggle with the CD's, and their players get mighty dirty. And since my current MP3 player is a bitch and wont work on Windows XP, im SEIROUSLY considering getting an Ipod. They do work on PC's correct?

[Jonbo298]

Originally Posted by Jason1

In my new Job, we are allowed to listen to music while we work. Many people bring in CD players, but they always struggle with the CD's, and their players get mighty dirty. And since my current MP3 player is a bitch and wont work on Windows XP, im SEIROUSLY considering getting an Ipod. They do work on PC's correct?

As long as you get the Windows/PC version Not the MAC version.

[Mushlafa]

oh boy.. so i got one.. shelled out $700 got the 15 gb version and i i had to get the firewire to usb thing ... now im pissed tho cuz i cant get it working cuz my windows installer is corrupt as hell... gotta wait till i can get an Xp cd from my friend to fix it... i was so excited... but i didnt even make it past like the first step of installing the thing...

[MasterMind]

Originally Posted by Mushlafa

oh boy.. so i got one.. shelled out $700 got the 15 gb version and i i had to get the firewire to usb thing ... now im pissed tho cuz i cant get it working cuz my windows installer is corrupt as hell... gotta wait till i can get an Xp cd from my friend to fix it... i was so excited... but i didnt even make it past like the first step of installing the thing...

Whats wrong with your windows installer? I had a problem with mine that I just found out how to fix, maybe its the same thing??? Just wondering, because I couldn't get access to mine and it said I was in safe mode or that it was not installed correctly but I found out how to get mine working again. It was on Win2000, but it could be the same for other versions as well?

[GameMaster]

Originally Posted by Mushlafa

Ive been reading some reviews... only bad ones just to see the downsides of the product... For anybody here with one can you tell me if the battery life really stinks and if your a windows user i read that some people get it set up and ready to use it in like 40 minutes and some people spend days trying to get it work to no avail and end up giving it back for a Creative Zen mp3 player...

8 hours battery life is really **** tho... that barely makes it through a day of school... and the battery isnt replaceable thus after 250-350 charges the thing becomes a paperweight... a very pretty paperweight tho.. a $500 paperweight...

The battery is replaceable by Apple I believe. And my original vinatge 5G goes for the classic 10 hours on one charge.

And your comment about the iPod barely making it through a school day is incorrect because you don't listen to music the entire day you're at school. You probably listen to it 2 hours or less (unless you're really sneaky and you tune out in every one of your classes).

As for the Windows compatibility, I can't tell you much except that Apple has chosen a specific music application for the PC that works correctly. But there's probably a lot of other software out there that individuals have made or small third parties that claim to work with the iPod and so people will use the software unnapproved by Apple and then complain that the iPod doesn't work. So I suggest that if you do buy a Windows iPod, you use the software Apple designates.

Edit: Congratulations Mushlafa, you're one of us now.

[Mushlafa]

I've yet to use the damn thing but... really... i have heard A LOT of bad things about music match.. i heard its awful. Some say it takes osme getting used to and whatever. I'll try it and if it sucks il switch.. but for now.. since i cant get it to install anyway il have to wait... my average in school was a 56.. i dont do very good.. il be listening to it a lot

One thing that REALLY caught my eye was the fact that you can put text files on them and read then on the lil screen.. i was thinking.. on test days they let you listen to music.. i can just put the ipod on the desk.. open up the text file and read my notes while im writing a test

[Stonecutter]

Originally Posted by Mushlafa

on test days they let you listen to music.. i can just put the ipod on the desk..

That's probably why you're getting a 56 average.


Public school?

[Mushlafa]

ya public school and im getting a 56 average cuz i dont do any work...
I've come to a conclusion tho... my comp is pretty efed up ive just decided that im gonna format it so i dont have any more corrupt stuff.... one thing i wanted to save tho.. is there anyway i can save my shared folder? besides burning all of its contents onto like 50 different cds?