The Ipod

[Andres]

I'm going to upload 20 GB of Milli Vanilli onto your MP3 player and lock you in the Backroom for a month.

[edyzmedieval]

I want to buy an 80GB iPod, but it's damned expensive. 400 euros seems horribly expensive for what it offers, but I want to buy it.

Worth the money? I'll use every feature is has, and I know every dime on it.

[Stig]

I've got a Creative Zen Micro, 6gb, works good, but if you want something while jogging, cycling etc get a 512mb one for 20 euro's ... sound doesn't matter that much.

[Yawning Angel]

People get all wound up about the evil Microsoft monopolising the computer world but are quite happy to buy Ipod's. Apple are at least as bad if not worse with their insistence that you purchase from Itunes and their unhealthy market share. Talk about double standards . .

Anyway I like to own CD's as well so don't end up buying online mp3's (also gets you out of worrying about how many times you can copy stuff and other digital rights nonsence). I bought a 20GB (hard disc) Sony before Christmas and have been really happy with it. Uploaded about 60 albums so far and only used about 4 GB. Not much chance of running out of space.

Don't use it when running, but i've never had it skip. For exercise I'd probably go with a 2-4GB solid-state version. (I tend to cycle and prefer to hear cars coming behind me than listen to music).

[Lemur]

People get all wound up about the evil Microsoft monopolising the computer world but are quite happy to buy Ipod's. Apple are at least as bad if not worse with their insistence that you purchase from Itunes and their unhealthy market share.

Sorry, I missed the part where Apple forces you to purchase from iTunes. Are you suggesting that you can't rip from CDs, or load up an iPod with MP3s from wherever?

iPods and iTunes are fun accessories, and I really don't need them for my day to day work. So you'll have to forgive me if I'm less worried about the state of the iPod than I am about Windows Vista. No doubt Apple would behave just as badly, if not worse, than Microsoft if it owned 90% of the operating system market. But they don't, so they can't.

[edit]

Xiahou, there's Ogg Drop for OS X, which allows playback of OV files. Not sure about what's available for WinXP, but a small application of Google-fu should find you something.

[Xiahou]

Xiahou, there's Ogg Drop for OS X, which allows playback of OV files. Not sure about what's available for WinXP, but a small application of Google-fu should find you something.

On my PC I just use Winamp with an ogg codec... my point, however, was that the flash-based iPods don't support ogg- which is why they weren't on the list of ogg supported players.

[Ja'chyra]

I can recommend the Creative MP3's as well. I had the Zen touch 20Gb and just upgraded to the Vision M 30Gb, but for jogging or the gym a 512 or 1 Gb MP3 would be enough.

I like to have my whole music collection on it as it saves me changing stuff about, and the Zen Vision is barely bigger than my mobile so it's not a hassle carrying it about.

And yes B, there is lots of bad music on it but I'm a hoarder. :P