this is torture

[Badcat]

Yeah...its an unashamble attempt by apple to corner the market off MP3 players. But to be honest those sort of practices are common to most of the successful global businesses (im not talking with any authority here).

On windows its real shit, and when I had a windows machine I hated it. It wouldnt work. I guess I solved the problem when I bought a Mac (not sole motivation by any stretch). I just used Winamp until then.

Bad old apple eh, they used to be that wierdo little 5% of the market bit-part player in the CPU business. No-one had to take their translucent plastic arse seriously.
Now with music, they have an industry where they have a decent market share, they've got all uppity, wanting to own it all.

wankers.

[Badcat]

i only use it for my ipod. i wish i didnt buy it, ild rather have a psp. on that topic who wants to sell a psp for a 20gb ipod?

doesn't it cost like $300 to add a 2 gig memory stick to a PSP?
are they a good music player?
but more importantly, is it quicker/easier to put your tunes on the psp?

[skelstar]

Bad old apple eh, they used to be that wierdo little 5% of the market bit-part player in the CPU business. No-one had to take their translucent plastic arse seriously.
Now with music, they have an industry where they have a decent market share, they've got all uppity, wanting to own it all.

wankers.

Good old greed. If you had shares in that company, what would you want them to do? Apple/MS bashing is fun though.

[dawnrazor]

i only use it for my ipod. i wish i didnt buy it, ild rather have a psp. on that topic who wants to sell a psp for a 20gb ipod?

Dude thats a rotten deal, a 20G ipod is 2nd or 3rd generation model. A 30G 4th gen. will set you back $500, you'll be lucky to get $300 for a 20G on retardme and a new psp value pack will set you back $400. hmmmmm

[skelstar]

i only use it for my ipod. i wish i didnt buy it, ild rather have a psp. on that topic who wants to sell a psp for a 20gb ipod?

I sold my 20gig iPod. Got about $350 for it on trademe (wasnt trying very hard). Go buy a PSP...they look really nice.

[Badcat]

I sold my 20gig iPod. Got about $350 for it on trademe (wasnt trying very hard). Go buy a PSP...they look really nice.

so that's:
PSP with 32 mb card $390. (dick smith)
2 gb memory stick $290 (etop parallel)
total $680

for a 2 gb mp3 player?
am i missing something?
sure - it does gaming too - and pretty damn well by the looks, but as an ipod replacement?

a 2gb ipod is like $349 isn't it?

[dawnrazor]

Now if you want to talk about corporate wankers - SONY what a bunch of shunts !

[flash]

yes but ive got a speaker for music.
my ps2 just blew and the psps has the same graphics, but you can take it anywhere

[Badcat]

yes but ive got a speaker for music.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN ?

[kro]

I just converted a dozen or so CD's to MP3 thru iTunes, and it took about 10 mins per 15-20 song CD, I was quite happy with the speed, considering it's a drag and drop excercise, and and the files get converted automatically.

Good on Apple I say for making something this good (iPod), my niece has an iPod nano, and its an amazing little thing, complete with a colour lcd screen, quite exceptional.

[flash]

i mean i bought the ipod in august when i when on a crasy music shoping spree, in one day i bought an ipod and 7 cds. the ipod was $400 on sale but i thought ild use it everyday, sadly i was mistaken and havnt really touched it at all. im thinking of a psp not because it can play music but because it plays games and movies. as i said before my ps2 died and so i need a replacement and i thiink a psp can fill that gap.

i played on one in the shops yesterdat and the graphics were unreal, i couldnt beieve a little handheld could make so much power

[skelstar]

Yeah I had a play with a PSP in a shop the other day too. Felt like a little kid having a free game. Screen WAS awesome, but a bit disapointed with the load time for the game. Good to see UMD movies are relatively cheap ($25-$30).