Yes and No. If you're Bill G. or one of his close realatives you probably don't look at price tags, but I'm just a cheap SOB (not Son of Bill). So, for me it all comes down to price vs. features. In the end I just couldn't justify the $$ for the iPod when all my wife wants to do is listen to music.
I just can't justify the price. Sure it's sleek and sexy, sounds great, has multiple interfaces for data transfer, but it's priced at least a couple hundred $$ above the competition.
It has 20GB HD, USB 1.1,2.0, and comes bundled with Music match Jukebox.
My wife uses it mostly, so it's only seen Windoze, but I'm sure it wouldn't take long for me to get it working with Linux. If someone hasn't done it already.
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I turned on my hotmail filters so now only people on my whitelist can send mail directly to my inbox.
0 spam for months now.
The only negative is if someone not on my whitelist sends mail, I have to rummage throught the rest of the junk to find it.
Man I just upgraded to a Riva TNT2... Does this mean I have to upgrade AGAIN???
Does this mean my 4Mb token ring is obsolete?
"Yeah, in the end, it all comes down to taste."
Yes and No.
If you're Bill G. or one of his close realatives you probably don't look at price tags, but I'm just a cheap SOB (not Son of Bill). So, for me it all comes down to price vs. features. In the end I just couldn't justify the $$ for the iPod when all my wife wants to do is listen to music.
She's happy, I'm happy... Nuff Said..
I just can't justify the price. Sure it's sleek and sexy, sounds great, has multiple interfaces for data transfer, but it's priced at least a couple hundred $$ above the competition.
For $229 (BestBuy $279 + $50 mail in rebate) I'm very satisfied with my Archos Jukebox Recorder 20.
It has 20GB HD, USB 1.1,2.0, and comes bundled with Music match Jukebox.
My wife uses it mostly, so it's only seen Windoze, but I'm sure it wouldn't take long for me to get it working with Linux. If someone hasn't done it already.