IPODs Do you think they're overrated? - Page 2

zy · 1st Oct 2005, 07:23 PM

i'm using NetMD now

haha

Chai · 1st Oct 2005, 08:56 PM

I'm using K750, and I thought installing simple drivers was bad enough...

djspinnet · 1st Oct 2005, 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ToyotaFreak

... (and probably also due to the fact that I hate the candy/ toy-like Macs & their iTunes services.*)

*No offence to t3h c00l Mac ownerz.

*Coughs*

I'm a proud owner of a Powerbook

no offence taken, but lemme set the record straight here a little..

To be honest, Macs are more than just good looking machine or a toy. I've never had a better, and more user friendly system, never had a more user friendly trackpad/touchpad (am hooked to the two finger scrolling a la scroll wheel on a conventional mouse - yeah I can do the same on my trackpad, horizontal and vertical scrolling!)

And since I do alot of work in the Unix environment, the Mac OS X allows me to have all the Unix tools I need to. Heck, the screenshots you see in the Linux noob tutorials? They were done in the terminal in my Powerbook...

Oh, I can whack someone with my powerbook and it'll still work

And as for the nano? In a different, recent thread, I posted a link to an article stress-testing the nano. It got thrown, tossed, stomped on, and even had a car run over it, and it was still working. Tough little thing. How many other mp3 players can withstand that?

*No offence here, just stating my point, just as you stated yours..

GarPhreak · 2nd Oct 2005, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by djspinnet

And as for the nano? In a different, recent thread, I posted a link to an article stress-testing the nano. It got thrown, tossed, stomped on, and even had a car run over it, and it was still working. Tough little thing. How many other mp3 players can withstand that?

Whoa no kidding, for real?

Well that addresses some of my concerns for the nano! [like the possibility it might snap in my pocket

]

How in the world can something that thin be so strong?

Phut · 2nd Oct 2005, 03:13 PM

By being a solid state player.

If the screen were an OLED display it would be literally indestructable.

Plasma_Man · 2nd Oct 2005, 04:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by djspinnet

And as for the nano? In a different, recent thread, I posted a link to an article stress-testing the nano. It got thrown, tossed, stomped on, and even had a car run over it, and it was still working. Tough little thing. How many other mp3 players can withstand that?

And what did the player look like afterwards, a fashion statement ran over with a car is no longer a fashion statement due to all the scratches and broken display

. Or am I wrong???

djspinnet · 2nd Oct 2005, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plasma_Man

And what did the player look like afterwards, a fashion statement ran over with a car is no longer a fashion statement due to all the scratches and broken display

. Or am I wrong???

True

Cracked display, but it still worked

. And so will the rest of the generic mp3 players out there too, but few can withstand that stress.

jasperchc · 2nd Oct 2005, 05:28 PM

indestructable but too easily scratchable

apple needs to employ better and less scratchable surface on both the front plastic and the rare metal casing.

Plasma_Man · 2nd Oct 2005, 05:54 PM

I read somewhere it costs some 90USD to produce this thingy and what costs most is Samsungs memory inside of it. There are reports of people cracking the display and/or scratching it just by having the player in the pocket. Seems like someone has been saving some cash by using cheaper plastics for the display

Phut · 2nd Oct 2005, 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jasperchc

indestructable but too easily scratchable

apple needs to employ better and less scratchable surface on both the front plastic and the rare metal casing.

Diamond surfacing?

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