OFF: Re: was HW: Vinyl, t-shirts, etc. now "iPods"

[Guido Vacano]

Hi Keith--

    Get an iPod. There are reasons why they're selling better than 
Creative players. And the way Creative is going these days . . . ever 
hear of Rio? :-) I was thinking of buying a Rio Karma a few years ago. 
I'm very glad I didn't.

    BTW, you don't need to buy music from Apple. You can use iTunes to 
rip all your CDs, and very effectively (and pleasantly) manage your 
music library. I suspect you'd like iTunes far better than whatever 
software package comes with Creative players.

Guido

Keith Henderson wrote:
> Paul wrote...
>
> Paul Mather <paul at GROMIT.DLIB.VT.EDU> wrote:    >If you are going to buy an actual iPod, you charge it via the USB 
>   
>> port of the computer on which you run iTunes (which is how you load 
>> tunes onto the iPod). So, there is no charger issue.
>>     
>    
>   Well, that's interesting.  Tells you how much I know.  Do all brands work this way?  That would sure make things a lot more simple in one sense (worldwide universal), although I don't own a ("modern") computer let alone one that I would carry around in a backpack, so is that the *only* way they can be charged?
>
>   
>> Of course, by "iPod" you could have meant a generic high-capacity 
>>     
> portable music player. There are lots of those about. For example, 
> I hear the ones by Creative are well recommended.
>
> Yeah, I was using the term in a "generic" sense, which probably pisses off Apple, as I know that trademarks can become invalid if terms become accepted as generic.
>    
>   Anyway, my interest in buying one would be entirely to load up music that I own myself (or is freely available online)...I have no interest in purchasing music files online.  So to me it will be entirely a portable device - I don't want to buy music via Apple.  So how might that change what brand I would prefer?
>    
>   I'll look into Creative anyway.
>    
>   Thanks...feel free to take offline is you think this is too much offtopic here.
>    
>   Grakkl
>
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