Cascade Crew

[TecherB]

i have been reading a lot of information on the ipod and the zune and am trying to make up my mind on what to ger.

i will be useing it for listening to music, pod casts and maby a video or two.

I will want to listen to it while im working out and traveling in a bus.

the ipod appeals to me because it has so meny accesories.

the biggest appeal for the zune is that it has an fm radio.

to me on all other fronts they are equil.

so im asking you if you have one which do you prefer and which bould you buy next.

[blue89]

I have no input other than i wouldn't get either of them. I don't like iAnything and microsoft is the devil. I seriously just use my Palm Treo phone for everything. Streaming, music, video, email, web. Just my 2 cents. I apologize for the useless post.

[Twilightoptics]

Zune doesn't have support or widespread utilization as well as the iPod does.

[blue89]

iPod requires that you use iTunes and whatever other software. Plus it does NOT support drag and drop. Neither does the Zune. That is a huge turnoff for me.

[brandyland]

iPod all the way!!!
I've lost all faith in MS products.

And you trust your BFF don'tcha?

[Schultzy89GTA]

IPOD ftw.

There is a reason that they have this much market share. Just sayin.

-Schultzy

[cameron7710]

i say ipod for sure, it works great for me.
plus u say the onley reson u would like the zune is for the fm radio, well ipod has a lot of accessories (like u said) and one if a fm transmitter

[Quasi-Traction]

I know the Ipod is linux compatable. Don't think the zune is.

I don't have either so I can't speak from experience but... I have a friend who used to have a Zune. Now he has an Ipod. He likes the Ipod much better.

[popballz]

i had a zune like right after it came out, it worked good

but the battery didnt last long
software sucked
and it is big and bulky(so is like a ipod video),


i would rather have a ipod nano now

but i guess there is newer versions of the zune now...

[iansane]

Have had the same ipod for at least 4 years if not longer. It's scratched and banged up but still keeps ticking! Recently it started giving me random dead messages so I popped it open and cleaned everything and haven't seen that message in a couple months.

[Xophertony]

ik love the ipods touch turny button interface. i hate HATE HATE itunes and it's BS. not to mention any music you rip into itunes is DRM locked to itunes and the ipod. no thanks.

if i could get an ipod and not deal with apple software i would have one. as it stands no, cheapo no name brand mp3 player FTW, it may not hold up like an ipod, but in the words of Easy E "throw it in the gutter, and go buy another"


that linux thing is intriguing...

[TecherB]

is it hard to transfer your cd's to the ipod

[Twilightoptics]

[Xophertony]

[iansane]

[Schultzy89GTA]

Have you actually owned an ipod Tony? iTunes annoyed me at first because I was used to things being made harder than they need to be. iTunes is much more intuitive imho. After switching over to MACs it is just an entirely different experience.

Not a fan boy, but a fan for sure.

-Schultzy

[Xophertony]

no, i have never owned ANY MP3 player. however i am "the computer guy" many people know, so i am often called upon to fix iTunes problems. most of the "rules" about how the software works i have heard from my cousin Derek.

to give some quick background on Derek, when i arrived in LA he asked me to look at his PC, "i think i need a bigger processor" i popped open the stats. 2.4GHZ pIII... 256mb of RAM?!. xp service pack two $30 dollars and a one gig chip later it's running fast. he knows JACK about computers. but he owns over 500 CDs and uses his ipod daily, so like a fool i assumed when he said you cannot export iTunes ripped MP3s to other iPods, or to another computer that he was right.

but no, i have never owned an iPod... i would have bought some no name mp3 player, but i love that twirly button the ipod has.

[iansane]

[Xophertony]