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60G Nomad Zen vs. The iPod

Posted by timothy on from the ipod-wins-on-visual-appeal dept.

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."

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  1. I'll go for the cheaper one this time... by tommertron · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I'm in the market for an MP3 player, and though the new Apple one looks really cool and small, if the Create one has the same or better features for cheaper, I'll definitely go for that one. I think that's the problem with Apple: cool looking products, sure, but way more expensive. Oh, and let me guess, can you not get firmware upgrades for the iPod? Because of course we all know how Apple feels about upgrades...

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  2. Re:Zen Looks Great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    you are a ravenous machead

    we had a blackout today in one of our offices. when the power was restored - guess which computers had motherboards fried because of the power outage? - that's right, 5 of our new dual processor g4's. all the old pIII's started right up. we had to open up the macs and zap the pram to get them to boot - and it only worked on 3, the other 2 will have to go back to apple.

    so spare me the crap about apple hardware being superior. apple is good at slick packaging for slow, cheaply made hardware. nothing more.

  3. Re:It is both larger and maybe slightly larger! by alienw · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    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.

  4. Re:Should add AAC by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Hi,

    You're a dumb nigger.

    - anon Creative employee

    btw, why don't go suck Apple's cock some more, you fucking jew.

  5. DONT BUY AN IPOD!!!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Apple have just shown that they like money better than customers by withholding firmware updates for "old" ipod models (I bought my "old" ipod 2 months ago) check it out here http://www.ipodlounge.com/ipodnews_comments.php?id =379_0_7_0_C

  6. Re:The Zen has always had more features and yet, by prockcore · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    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.

  7. Re:Archos has video by gig · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    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.