iPod Alternatives for Mac OS X?

pazu13 writes "I had a first-generation iPod which treated me badly and finally died, after roughly two years of use. I bought another one last year, but after a battery failure several months ago and a sad iPod icon this morning, I think it's time to take my business elsewhere. However, I own a Mac (which has treated me well), and Apple's market dominance seems to have driven most competitors from their own platform. XNJB appears to provide Mac-users more freedom of choice, but outside of this does anyone have a good recommendation for a non-Apple Mac OS X-compatible MP3 player?"

Comments

Have you considered a Zune?

[Anonymous Coward]

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Re:How does it integrate?

[Anonymous Coward]

...and drop.

Re:Cowon

[ResidntGeek]

Then again, maybe you prefer the artificial sounds of SRS WoW.

Well, personally I prefer the entirely un-artificial sounds of live music: all-natural metal guitar strings vibrating across electromagnetic pickups grown in the coastal regions of South America, driven through amplifiers made from a variety of organically-grown ingredients to give only the purest of sounds. But I suppose in a pinch, I'll listen to sounds created from strange man-made objects like hard drives and headphones.