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  • #31
    funny the crowd here...

    No no the iPod is soo bad don't buy it, look at this Zen thing that's much greater.. Apple is teh evil!
    Ah you stupid, the Zen is teh gay, the iPod teh style.
    Ha but the Zen supports more formats and everyone uses WMA
    Pah, everyone uses mp3
    But Apple is teh evil
    And WMA teh evil Microsoft and the sound qu4l1ty of this Zen is teh suxxors
    No stupid, the qu4l1ty of this iPod is teh suxxors
    ...


    At least the kids have something to do

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    • #32
      Okaaay... I seem to have unleashed some pretty intense emotions from some people with my seemingly innocuous question.

      The consensus seems to be either the iPod mini or Zen Micro. So, unless anyone else has any suggestions I'll trundle down to the store tomorrow, procrastinate between the two for a while before making my choice.

      Thanks again!
      STDs are like pokemon... you gotta catch them ALL!!!

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      • #33
        Play with both of them. Put them in your hand, see which one fits better. Play with the interface, see if you can listen to them, etc.
        “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
        - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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        • #34
          Originally posted by ixnay
          I recommend something besides the iPod (my fiancee has one) unless you're a fan of a crappy interface on the player, poor support for transferring music (iTunes is crap so we use the Winamp plugin and the iPod never ejects properly from my home computer), or random deletion of all your songs (which has happened a couple times).
          Crappy interface? I never had the problems you have. Never.
          Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy – Lessing

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          • #35
            Originally posted by our_man
            Okaaay... I seem to have unleashed some pretty intense emotions from some people with my seemingly innocuous question.

            The consensus seems to be either the iPod mini or Zen Micro. So, unless anyone else has any suggestions I'll trundle down to the store tomorrow, procrastinate between the two for a while before making my choice.

            Thanks again!
            Don't worry, Asher and Agathon are like an old couple, they love to argue. I'm sure that if either one of them would die, the other one would soon follow. Glonkie and Aggie forever
            Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy – Lessing

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            • #36
              Don't forget to compare battery life. Zen has a longer battery life.
              Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.

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              • #37
                Originally posted by Oerdin
                Don't forget to compare battery life. Zen has a longer battery life.
                Wrong. Like I pointed out in my previous post, the iPod's Mini battery life is 18 hours, whereas the Zen micro's is 12 hours.
                Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy – Lessing

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                • #38
                  Originally posted by nostromo
                  Wrong. Like I pointed out in my previous post, the iPod's battery life is 18 hours, whereas the Zen micro's is 12 hours.
                  The iPod Mini is 18 hours, the iPod is 12 hours.
                  Zen Micro is 12 hours, Zen Touch is 24 hours.

                  The catch is the Zen Micro's battery is removable, meaning you can have 2 batteries if you wanted to. Or when the battery's life starts to wane (as Li-Ion batteries do), you can easily swap it out without buying a new player.

                  Extra Micro batteries are $39.99: http://us.creative.com/products/prod...&product=11215
                  "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                  Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                  • #39
                    The iPod Mini is 18 hours, the iPod is 12 hours.
                    Zen Micro is 12 hours, Zen Touch is 24 hours.

                    The catch is the Zen Micro's battery is removable, meaning you can have 2 batteries if you wanted to. Or when the battery's life starts to wane (as Li-Ion batteries do), you can easily swap it out without buying a new player.
                    Here's what I wrote in my previous post:

                    Battery life: iPod Mini is 18 hours right now. According to Tom's Hardware review, the battery life of the Zen Micro is 10 hours (12 according to the Creative website). The iPod wins. (Otoh, you can easily change the battery on the Zen. But of course you'll have to buy that extra battery. On the iPod, you can't change the battery yourself)
                    You can't say I wasn't fair. The Zen touch isn't a contender here, since he wants a really small player. That's why I suggested either a Flash player or a microdrive player.
                    Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy – Lessing

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                    • #40
                      Originally posted by nostromo


                      Crappy interface? I never had the problems you have. Never.
                      Well, that's good to know. I just thought I'd let the original poster know the problems I've had with the iPod.

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                      • #41
                        You might want to check out iAudio. Better quality IMO than Creative, Apple, etc. I've recently gotten one their 1 GB flash players, the U2. And I'm very satisfied.

                        http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00063G0BO/qid=1118779233/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/002-7995961-1405669?v=glance&s=electronics&n=507846
                        "Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
                        -Bokonon

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                        • #42
                          Originally posted by ixnay


                          Well, that's good to know. I just thought I'd let the original poster know the problems I've had with the iPod.
                          Let me rephrase that: I never heard of these problems occuring, so the problem is probably the user, not the player
                          Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy – Lessing

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                          • #43
                            Originally posted by nostromo
                            Let me rephrase that: I never heard of these problems occuring, so the problem is probably the user, not the player
                            Then it's not very user-friendly is it. Perhaps it's the crappy interface earier mentioned.
                            "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                            Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                            • #44
                              Originally posted by Asher

                              Then it's not very user-friendly is it. Perhaps it's the crappy interface earier mentioned.
                              Its user-friendly all right, but it ain't foolproof
                              Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy – Lessing

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                              • #45
                                Originally posted by nostromo


                                Wrong. Like I pointed out in my previous post, the iPod's Mini battery life is 18 hours, whereas the Zen micro's is 12 hours.
                                I was comparing the hard drive players.
                                Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.

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