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Thread ID: 75386	2006-12-27 06:37:00	Is there really anything so bad about apple?	Dannz (1668)	PC World Chat

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510104	2006-12-28 01:19:00	Hi All, I saving to buy this: www.dse.co.nz And everyone is telling me that i should get something else, maybe even a no-name brand 80gb some thing, that has a 1 month warranty etc etc Am i making a mistake? i don't think i am, I don't want to spend this amount of money, and buy some no-name that will die, i'd rather spend money on a decent player. Cheers I have purchased the same one an am very happy with it. However I also paid $50 extra for a 3 year warranty from DS, which I think is worth the extra investment. The guys at DS told me that if it does develop a defect such as a dead harddrive, dead battery or dead screen, and if it does, they give you a new one, and the latest model too. 30GB is more than enough space for me. I will neve buy another cheap mp3 player clone, after the last one I purchased which was very buggy. Ipods do consist of very high quality components inside them. I have found itunes quite good, and like how you can download album covers. There are however alternatives to itunes that work with ipod. The thing about the ipod, is that it is also a 'designer' product, with a great interface and click/scroll wheel, which other mp3 players don't have. If they do have it, then they have copied apple. I did also look at the creative players, but they appear to have just copied apples interface. Also I have had issues with creatives lack of software support with another creative product that I purchased. I am a PC user, and would have perferred to buy something like the new Zune, but it is still too buggy, and I may wait until a few more generations, before I would look at them.	rogerp (6864)
510105	2006-12-28 01:28:00	I'm suprised that no one has even suggested the humble PSP. Downgraded to 1.5 (Or Dev-Hooked), the PSP is more than capable of running almost any piece of homebrew, including several excellent media players. Considering $300 for the PSP + $200 for a 2gb MS Duo, a $500 Music Player/Movie Player/Game Console/Internet/Photo displayer its a good buy especially if you consider running homebrew on it. I use my PSP mostly for music and the sound quality is good, although a little quiet. Does anyone know of an application I can use to increase the volume of my music collection? You can actually buy a harddrive attachment for the PSP. The PSP is nice, but is really a games player above everything, and is a bit too big to put in your pocket.	rogerp (6864)
510106	2006-12-28 01:38:00	The thing about the ipod, is that it is also a 'designer' product, with a great interface and click/scroll wheel, which other mp3 players don't have . If they do have it, then they have copied apple . I did also look at the creative players, but they appear to have just copied apples interface . Also I have had issues with creatives lack of software support with another creative product that I purchased . . macnn . com/articles/06/05/15/creative . sues . apple/" target="_blank">www . macnn . com . bbc . co . uk/2/hi/technology/4198360 . stm" target="_blank">news . bbc . co . uk Also I have had issues with creatives lack of software support with another creative product that I purchased . Lack of software support?, without uses hacks you cant use anything with the ipod apart from itunes, with the Creative players, you can use anything from the Supplied Media Source, WMP10/11, Media Monkey, Winamp, Windows Explorer .	noone (22)
510107	2006-12-28 01:41:00	Look at some comparisons (www.google.co.nz). That is an old comparision. The new 5.5g ipod has a far brighter screen, longer battry life, and a new search facility, over the older ipod video.	rogerp (6864)
510108	2006-12-28 01:43:00	dapreview.net This comparison compares the 5.5gen with the Vision:M with the Zune	noone (22)
510109	2006-12-28 01:45:00	. macnn . com/articles/06/05/15/creative . sues . apple/" target="_blank">www . macnn . com . bbc . co . uk/2/hi/technology/4198360 . stm" target="_blank">news . bbc . co . uk Lack of software support?, without uses hacks you cant use anything with the ipod apart from itunes, with the Creative players, you can use anything from the Supplied Media Source, WMP10/11, Media Monkey, Winamp, Windows Explorer . Still, it is possible to not use itunes with an ipod, and it isn't difficult to find information on how to get it working . Personally I like the new itunes, and it seems a lot more reliable the WMP, which crashes on me a lot .	rogerp (6864)
510110	2006-12-28 02:28:00	sounds like we have a new breed of fanboy doing the rounds:eek: Hmmm...opinion only. As stated early on in my posts :lol:	Tukapa (62)
510111	2006-12-28 02:30:00	I don't think so, it runs clean & lean and handles graphics work OK so audio shouldn't slow it down too much. The only thing it draws the line at is converting video, for that I am building a new computer next year because I do recognise the need to modernise at some point and toss out the old W98 box. JOOI, what do you call a normal ripping speed? Cheers Billy *<8-{)= Encoding is encoding, whether it be simply audio or audio plus video, Both will load up your cpu and I for one would expect a 6 year old system to blow its backside so to speak, The task will be asking everything from your cd drive to your Hard drive to run at max for how ever long it takes. as for normal ripping speed, I would say about 1/3rd of the length of the track, but I probally should run a couple cd's through and see what happens.	Metla (12)
510112	2006-12-28 04:49:00	right just done a test.. Album. guns and roses greatest hits Album length 75.9 minutes tracks. 14 Average track length 5.42 minutes Import Time 7.26minutes Average import time per track .51 seconds iTunes 7.0.2 OS. 10.4.8 (tiger) machine 1ghz G4 iMac 1gig of ram	plod (107)
510113	2006-12-28 05:43:00	At what bitrate?	Metla (12)
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