Portable music... MD or MP3? - Page 3

Jason1 · 08-22-2003, 09:59 PM

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 · 08-22-2003, 10:23 PM

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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 · 08-22-2003, 11:24 PM

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...

GameMaster · 08-22-2003, 11:42 PM

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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 · 08-23-2003, 01:15 AM

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 · 08-23-2003, 01:58 AM

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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 · 08-23-2003, 10:34 AM

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?

Blade Runner · 08-23-2003, 12:42 PM

My friend has an ipod and bought this cool thing for it that lets it play through his car or anyones car for that matter. I guess it has something to do with the antennae. U set the ipod on a radio station and ur actuall radio on that same station and it plays whatever the ipod is playing. It was less than 20 bucks methinks. Cool thing is that if a car pulls up next to you on same station the ipod takes it over for them too. muahahah. Works on any radio btw, doesn't have to be ur cars....

MasterMind · 08-24-2003, 04:19 AM

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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?

Null · 08-24-2003, 05:43 PM

me ipod last for more then 10 hours. as far as i've tracked it without charging. And it'll last a hell of a lot more then 250 to 350 charges.

Plus the iPod is one of the very few with SO MANY addons and accessories for it. For example. one is an extra battery pack you can plug in to it and use it if your ipods battery is dead. There for it never becomes a paperweight (wouldnt even if you didnt have extra battery packs) same type of deal a Laptop would have. the batteries last for a long long time. (as far as chargings go)

As for MusicMatch..... its an annoying program. its a bitch to work with at first and confusing. once you understand what its actually doing tho, it becomes easy, you just load it up. put your music files on and be done with it.

But also Apple will be making the program Apple users use with thier iPods on windows sometime. iTunes i think it is.

Mushlafa · 08-24-2003, 06:10 PM

im usin ephpod... havent tried musicmatch but ephpod is real easy so i guess il stick with it... i just got this thing working and i seem to be havin some battery issues.. but that should go away. Im finally happy with my purchase

... I've already got like 4 albums on there... which is already more than you can get on an average MD .. so

wahoo!!

Joeiss · 08-24-2003, 07:56 PM

Instead of writing text files for cheating.. just record your voice reading off a study note. Then play that while your writing your test!

Mushlafa · 08-24-2003, 08:07 PM

that could work too

Im glad i got this thing workin... got like 6 albums on it so far. Im a little bit upset tho that i dont have usb 2.0 or firewire.. my transfer speed is only about 1 mb per second... firewire is sappose to be 400 mbits/ second.. so i think thats like 50 mbytes per second.. which would be nice.. but whatever

GameMaster · 08-24-2003, 08:20 PM

Yeah, I'm glad I have firewire.

Glad to hear you finally got things working. Enjoy your iPod!

Null · 08-24-2003, 08:21 PM

bro. goto the store, you can get a PCI card with 2 firewire ports on it for like $30

you just plug it into one of your PCI slots on the back of your PC and your ready to go with the firewire.

USB2 also. but i prefer FireWire cuz it will charge the iPod while its plugged into the PC and i dont think USB2 will do that