On Oct 24, 2004, at 7:21 PM, Alan Lucas wrote:
quoted 11 lines Heh... you should consider a PC and a Creative player. I have a Zen
> Heh... you should consider a PC and a Creative player. I have a Zen
> that was initially a 30gb HD (purchased new last year for $255, now
> you can get the 60gb model for just $319), but I threw a 60gb drive in
> there for only another $115. And I can swap the battery myself.
>
> The Creative players are slightly bigger, and admittedly not as
> stylish, but the sound quality is better and they're infinitely easier
> to mess around with. I read somewhere about getting them to work on a
> Mac (on nomadness.net, I think), but I can't find drivers anywhere.
>
> Geez. A 60gb iPod will probably run... $600?
The top-of-the-line iPod is only $399. Secondly, the rumored 60 gb
iPod is supposed to have video/color screen, which will affect the
cost, and no, it won't be $600. It will probably be $499, but that's
speculation. Thirdly, the Creative players do not have better sound
quality (Tom's Hardware gave them about an even:
http://www20.tomshardware.com/mobile/20041007/creative_labs_zen_touch
-03.html ). Nor do they have as good an interface/ease-of-use (no
scrollwheel?? yeck.. oh, and the layout looks like a complete ripoff of
the iPod to boot).
I don't think there is anything that comes close to the iTunes/iPod
combo in terms of ease-of-use with regard to cataloging, playing,
burning, importing, ripping and especially synchronizing on either
platform. Combine this with the fact that iTunes Music Store is
built-in, and is by far the most popular legal music store (with
something around 60-70% of the market!)... there's a *reason* the iPod
and iTunes Music Store are the most popular in their respective
categories.
Oh, and the iPod battery is user-swappable as well.
--
Mr. Tangent [the binary police]
www.mrtangent.com
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