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60G Nomad Zen vs. The iPod
war3rd writes "According to an article in BetaNews, Creative is going to be releasing an upgraded Nomad Zen at the end of the month that is not only larger than the iPod, but cheaper too. At $400 for 60G ($100 less than the 30G iPod), the new Zen will sport more features, although it may be slightly larger than the newer generation of iPods. I have been putting off buying an MP3 player until I felt that the arms race was settling down, but the new Zen is making my mouth water. So what does the /. community think, are Creative and Apple going to be the top players in this arena? Is it time I jumped onto the bandwagon? One thing is for certain, I am going to be watching the reviews closely."
It's almost always Apple who is making news regarding product releases on Slashdot.
It's not because Apple has good hardware, it's because Apple has good product designers and because Slashdot is full of rabid Apple fans who are vehemently anti-everything-Microsoft-related.
Unfortunately, calling the iBook "full featured" is not really fair, given that its processor is a shitty and outdated 800MHz G3. Hell, some new PDAs begin to approach it in terms of speed. Sure, the shell is nicely designed, but it's extremely outdated hardware. The G4 is about a generation behind current x86 chips, and the G3 is a generation behind that.
Remember that Apple are rumoured to be working on a version of iTunes for Windows. Yes, it's only a rumour, but Apple is always concerned about the whole user experience
Yeah, that's why quicktime on windows is such a wonderful, well thought out application... oh wait, no it's not.. it's a steaming pile of shit.
That's not actually MPEG-4.
It's Microsoft-brand MPEG-4.
The whole Mac and iPod platforms are real, unadulterated MPEG-4.
You are throwing away money on an Archos. You're better with a CD/MP3 CD discman and saving for an iPod.