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| From | Joe Rivera <joer@stereojoe.com> |
| Subject | Re: Why no iPod? (was Re: an iPod question (xposted)) |
| Date | Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:49:44 -0400 |
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I wouldn't want to turn this thread into another iPod flamewar, but...
bob wrote:
> Reasons for not wanting an iPod
> 1. It makes all the music in your computer unplayable except on an
> iPod or the computer. (aac)
Not true. You can put regular ol' mp3s on the iPod. (Sure, if you /buy/
your music form iTunes you're screwed.)
> 2. There are no surprises.
Depends how you update the iPod. I have it set to update with random
songs until it fills up (I have roughly 90G of tunes in my iTunes
library, but only a 20G iPod). So I never know exactly what songs are on
it at a given time.
> 3. It doesn't turn you on to new music.
It's not meant to.
> 4. The one you just bought will be obsolete in 6 months when the
> widescreen movie/video one with more storage comes out.
Mine's over two years old at this point and not obsolete in the least
(then again, I have zero interest in watching videos or movies on such a
device).
> 8. When it crashes, there goes your music.
Only if you don't keep a back up of your files on the computer. (The
geek in me screams "Back up all your data!" at me incessantly.)
The other points I can't contest as it's a matter of preference.
I'll shut up now.
joe
np. Chris Brown - Now That You're Fed (gorgeous album!)
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