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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: iPod question |
| Date | Thu, 11 May 2006 12:13:32 -0400 |
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AT Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 10:28:32 Josh wrote:
> > Because I can take more music than you in my pocket.
> > I can listen to anyhing I want when I want. I can
> > also hook it up to my car, my computer or headphones
> > when I want. I don't have to worry about having
> > the right CD with me.
> > Some like sliced bread, some like rolls or bagles.
>
>Yeah, that's really it. The push from Apple seems to be toward
>smaller and smaller iPods with less and less storage; but I want the
>biggest one they make. I'm reminded of George Carlin's
>routine "Stuff," where he made the point that a house is just "a place
>for your stuff," and that when you traveled, you packed a smaller
>version of your stuff, and then if you did an overnight from the
>travel destination, you'd take an even smaller version... I see my
>iPod as a way to take the, say, 20% of my music that accounts for 80%
>of my listening, wherever I go. Its a smaller version of my musical
>stuff.
Sounds like a pain in the ass...
The music itself should be the convenient element...not the device you carry
it in.
I will invest in an iPod when they become cheaper and don't restrict my A to
B input and extraction of my files.
Jaimie Vernon,
President,
Bullseye Records
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