What do you think of the ipod?

2 MONTHS = BOW DOWN :D

i agree with you in a sense, but everyone begins as a noob. they are going to say stupid shit and you have to be there to make fun of them about it. that is the nature of forums. however they should still think before typing (as should everyone)
 
[quote name='MorbidAngel4Life']why is it n00bs think they know everything and talk crap about the veterans on forums? I've noticed it on 99% of the boards I go on. heres a lesson to you n00bs: RESPECT YOUR GODDAMN ELDERS![/quote]

Just because you're a veteran doesn't mean your a complete dumb ass. You can have an intelligent 80 year old man educated in algorithmic theology, or an 80 year old southern confederate racist piece of shit. Now, which would you respect?
 
[quote name='Alpha2']The iPod is slowly being out paced by competetor products. Each new Player comes out with newer features and aims to cut the price just a little more.

Right now the thing that keeps them selling so well is name recognition and in a few months when portable video players start getting big they'll have to innovate or fall behind. Which means a the 3rd or forth new expesive device from them in under 4 years, which will errode cnsumer confidence.

The best they can hope to do at this point is drop the iPod Mini's price below anyother MP3 player on the market and try to get sales on the merits of it's size and affordability... oh wait Apple... affordability? so much for that plan.[/quote]

yeah but when video comes out...its gonna be so much more expensive for that ability...i remember reading up on bill gate's mp3 player...

But I do agree, competition is beginning to close the gap which will be nice for the market.
 
[quote name='MorbidAngel4Life']:p to you! I know I am being a hypocrite, but dont make fun of other peoples music choices. and all I am saying is why do noobs think they can tell off the people that have been at the site for a long time? I mean are they trying to get banned? It happened at one the old sites I used to go to. a crapload of people were banned because they ripped on the owner.

and wow! you have been on CAG a whole 2 months more than me lol. ah well it still makes you my elder.......[/quote]


There's a difference between a noob analyzing what someone said and responding and a noob being a dick. In the latter, the noob should be banned, but if he presents a valid argument, let em stay.
 
thats kind of my point. Its okay if your analyzing, but not being a dick. but OCCASIONALLY, its alright to be a dick. especially in the case of everyone making fun of DLF. then its exceptable.
 
Personally, I think they're kinda stupid. I mean if you need to have like 80 hours of music with you at all times, that's your deal but for me it seems like a huge waste of money. They just seem to be the "trendy item" for people to have these days. Remember back when only the cool/rich kids had cell phones? Yeah....now everyone has one and no one gives a damn.

I personally hate Macs in general (and yes I have lots of experience with them) b/c I'm forced to use them for my editing needs and they crash every fuckING TIME trying to do what they are heralded for being able to do. And don't get me started on that fucking one button mouse....

Anyways, if you for some insane reason need ungodly amounts of music available to you at all times, get one. If I ever got one, I'd use it once and it'd rot on my desk next to my ministick player after about a week.
 
[quote name='vou know who'][quote name='sblymnlcrymnl'][quote name='vou know who'][quote name='sblymnlcrymnl'][quote name='vou know who'][quote name='Trakan'][quote name='vou know who']Ipod rules.. yes not a cag item.. but make life enjoyable, those who bash it and dont own or never owned one... simply are ignorant.[/quote]

Well, that statement is as shaq-fuing ignorant as they come. Some people know all the information needed to know about the iPod, and just don't need one with that much space, like me, or wouldn't like to pay out the ass.[/quote]

Whoa whoa whoa Cool off there "sparky!" As I said "yes its not a cag item." Do you own one? Im guessing not .. and its your money... whatever you own I hope it brings you bliss. My Ipod is great. I have a 10gb one and have about 5 gb of music the other have is devoted to HD space
You know what Im not getting into this with you.. Cool! you dont want an iPod I really dont care, but I enjoy the hell out of mine. Just dont go sounding all hot headed and might I add jealous, That I used the monies I saved with cheapassgamer.. and spent it on a quality MP3 player..[/quote]

No, you spent it on a fashion statement when you could have had something better for half the cost.[/quote]

opinions & assholes... everybody has one[/quote]

There are opinions and then there are facts, and the fact is that the ipod is overpriced and overmatched compared to it's competitors. If you love yours that's fine, but some people prefer quality to style.[/quote]

Honestly I dont wanna argue with ya, but I went back to check your earlier posts to this thread.. To see if you posted a recommedation of one of these "quality non style players" and funny thing was I didnt see you post anything.. as amatter of fact you state you currently dont own a HDD player.
hmm?? So youre currently waiting for this "next best thing?" I have a friend like this. He covets my ipod becuase I've use it all the time and enjoyed it and yet hes always bashing it...but please show me a link to these cheaper better players. maybe my friend can get one... :D[/quote]

I mentioned both cheaper (Nomad Zen)and better (H120, Karma) players in my posts. I also specifically said that I'm waiting for at least a 60gig player from iriver to come out because I already have over 40gigs of mp3s. Right now I make due with my slimx 550 when I travel.
 
[quote name='Gameboy415']Personally, I think they're kinda stupid. I mean if you need to have like 80 hours of music with you at all times, that's your deal but for me it seems like a huge waste of money. They just seem to be the "trendy item" for people to have these days. Remember back when only the cool/rich kids had cell phones? Yeah....now everyone has one and no one gives a damn.

I personally hate Macs in general (and yes I have lots of experience with them) b/c I'm forced to use them for my editing needs and they crash every shaq-fuing TIME trying to do what they are heralded for being able to do. And don't get me started on that shaq-fuing one button mouse....

Anyways, if you for some insane reason need ungodly amounts of music available to you at all times, get one. If I ever got one, I'd use it once and it'd rot on my desk next to my ministick player after about a week.[/quote]

For me, I use it as storage of my mp3's and important data, or as a vessel for data transfer. 20 gigs is great for me, i have about 5 gigs (varied music that i can enjoy in a week's time for a trip).
 
[quote name='sblymnlcrymnl']
I mentioned both cheaper (Nomad Zen)and better (H120, Karma) players in my posts. I also specifically said that I'm waiting for at least a 60gig player from iriver to come out because I already have over 40gigs of mp3s. Right now I make due with my slimx 550 when I travel.[/quote]

Hmmm I musta missed it.. I went back and rechecked back posts. Originally I scanned for posts with a picture of "Taylor Rain" :shock:
Yeah I also did a quick glance of the Karma (Actually I meant iRiver.. saw the wrong link) there are some nice features.. Ogg vorbis Supports.(Open Source very nice) FM receiver (neat but not necessary {however it should be one of those throw away features every mp3 player should have IMO, including the iPod}) 2 things that dont help me.. USB2 no use to me, I have Firewire and usb1 also about 40 bucks more than the iPod of same storage size.
Dont get me wrong its nice.. but Im not in a buying phase right now. But I will admit I was wrong about you not posting anything suggestions, And I did check out what you offered as a alternative. Still the iPod was and is my choice for now.. Plus you cant rule out iTunes Music Store either. 8) I dont think my friend would buy the karma either, hes cheaper than me. :lol:
 
[quote name='MorbidAngel4Life']why is it n00bs think they know everything and talk crap about the veterans on forums? I've noticed it on 99% of the boards I go on. heres a lesson to you n00bs: RESPECT YOUR GODDAMN ELDERS![/quote]
I certainly hope this isnt directed to me.
 
[quote name='Quackzilla']I fail to see how you can fill up a 40GB hard drive with sound files compressed with an mpeg-3 audio compression algorith.

Seriously.[/quote]

i have over 50 data cds full of albums. its not that hard
 
It wasn't directed at a certain person, but all n00bs in general. And I realize, we were all either newbies or n00bs at one time, but It just seems that the newer batch of forum n00bs has gotten about 10 times stupider than the old ones.
 
Even though Apple didn't include all of the rarely used (and just because YOU use it doesn't change this) features that the other players often hype, the simplicity of the iPod ends up making it a complete joy to use. I have owned an iPod and iPod Mini. Both are great, and completely worth it. Look for products with value--not cheap stuff. It's pretty apparent what kind of response the iPod is going to get here. Oh, and people--Apple is in VERY good shape right now. Going to be 1999 all over again.
 
[quote name='abrannan'][quote name='AdultLink']The Ipod sucks, and not because I'm cheap.

The whole point of listenting to music is to get the best sound.

So why get inferior sound?

Get an Iriver or a Creative Zen, they have the best sound out of all of them.[/quote]

Funny, I thought the whole point of listening to music was entertainment. Silly me, I obviously must not be enjoying myself since I didn't get $300 headphones to get the best quality sound possible. If you want the best sound possible, what are you doing listening to MP3s anyway? It's a lossy compression algorithm (Even at 320kbs). You need to be listening to DVD-audio, through the most expensive pre-amp/amp combination, on $5000 speakers precisely placed in a sound-proofed room.

Me? I like my music portable, so I can drown out the sounds of construction as I take my walks. I have an iPod mini, and I enjoy the hack out of it. Decent battery life, great interface, and I love the ability to use it as a portable hard drive.[/quote]

Try to understand, okay? Music makes noise. NOISE. N-O-I-S-E. You have to listen to noise. Which means, if you used your head, the point of having a mp3 player would be to get the one with the best noise!

And if you great speakers and a great sounding mp3 player, it would sound even BETTER. Try to think about that.
 
[quote name='ZForce915'][quote name='AdultLink']The Ipod sucks, and not because I'm cheap.

The whole point of listenting to music is to get the best sound.

So why get inferior sound?

Get an Iriver or a Creative Zen, they have the best sound out of all of them.[/quote]

I'd like to bet that you've never personally listened to any one of these devices. But thanks for the cookie cutter advice that you taking from someone else's mouth.[/quote]

Actually different devices give different quality of music. It all depends on how good the sound equalizer on it is. That's what makes the difference. Try the different devices and see.

If the device blotched the sound equalizer, then the device will sound worse. This is common. My Pocket PC, actually sounds better then any MP3 player I use, when I use one special program, due to its usage of equalizers.
 
[quote name='Alpha2']Omg lol video players r teh ipod killar! omg lol Mikrosoft forevar[/quote]

The iPod is here to stay. No other products offer the design, simplicity and function all put in one like the iPod does. Maybe the iMac, of course. LOL. Plus, who wants to watch video on such a tiny screen? Seriously....
 
[quote name='jimbodan']I hate everything Apple makes, Apple makes Ipods therefore I hate Ipods.[/quote]

You're a credit to your trailer park.
 
[quote name='phobophobia'][quote name='jimbodan']I hate everything Apple makes, Apple makes Ipods therefore I hate Ipods.[/quote]

You're a credit to your trailer park.[/quote]

HAHA, flame on :)
 
[quote name='AdultLink']Try to understand, okay? Music makes noise. NOISE. N-O-I-S-E. You have to listen to noise. Which means, if you used your head, the point of having a mp3 player would be to get the one with the best noise!

And if you great speakers and a great sounding mp3 player, it would sound even BETTER. Try to think about that.[/quote]

What? If music makes noise, then why are you listening to it? I think the word you were looking for is, and try to keep up with me,SOUND. S-O-U-N-D. Did you sleep through kindergarden when they covered this? Try to think about that.
 
....

Ooookay.

This is like saying we should buy second hand clothes, or used goods.

When you want something, you should get the best. The whole point of listening to music is to hear the best sound. You're apparantly too stupid (or too stuck up Apples ass) to yunderstand that. But, your choice.
 
[quote name='phobophobia'][quote name='Alpha2']Omg lol video players r teh ipod killar! omg lol Mikrosoft forevar[/quote]

The iPod is here to stay. No other products offer the design, simplicity and function all put in one like the iPod does. Maybe the iMac, of course. LOL. Plus, who wants to watch video on such a tiny screen? Seriously....[/quote]

Sony dearly hopes you want to do exactly that.
 
[quote name='AdultLink']....

Ooookay.

This is like saying we should buy second hand clothes, or used goods.

When you want something, you should get the best. The whole point of listening to music is to hear the best sound. You're apparantly too stupid (or too stuck up Apples ass) to yunderstand that. But, your choice.[/quote]

Whoa. I don't even have an ipod. Just I don't like retards acting like they're smarter when they clearly barely even know English. And wtf?! how is buying an mp3 player with "sound superior to that of an ipod" anything like buying used clothes. You sir, are the epitome of an autisitc dumbass. Even if English is your second language like it is for me, you still shouldn't talk out of your ass and try to argue with absolutely nothing. And if it wasn't just coincidental that you responded only over 4 hours after I posted that, and it actually took you a long time to come up with "Oookay," and an absolutely illogical comparison of "sound" (not noise you retard) to used clothing, then I even further prove my accusation.

BUT, at least now I have some more quote worthy material.
 
[quote name='Forest Mercenary'][quote name='AdultLink']....

Ooookay.

This is like saying we should buy second hand clothes, or used goods.

When you want something, you should get the best. The whole point of listening to music is to hear the best sound. You're apparantly too stupid (or too stuck up Apples ass) to yunderstand that. But, your choice.[/quote]

Whoa. I don't even have an ipod. Just I don't like retards acting like they're smarter when they clearly barely even know English. And wtf?! how is buying an mp3 player with "sound superior to that of an ipod" anything like buying used clothes. You sir, are the epitome of an autisitc dumbass. Even if English is your second language like it is for me, you still shouldn't talk out of your ass and try to argue with absolutely nothing. And if it wasn't just coincidental that you responded only over 4 hours after I posted that, and it actually took you a long time to come up with "Oookay," and an absolutely illogical comparison of "sound" (not noise you retard) to used clothing, then I even further prove my accusation.

BUT, at least now I have some more quote worthy material.[/quote]

LOL, I can also see intelligence is a 'second languange' for you too, dumbass.

Do you even KNOW what autistic means?

www.dictionary.com

5 entries found for autistic.
au·tism ( P ) Pronunciation Key (ôtzm)
n.
A psychiatric disorder of childhood characterized by marked deficits in communication and social interaction, preoccupation with fantasy, language impairment, and abnormal behavior, such as repetitive acts and excessive attachment to certain objects. It is usually associated with intellectual impairment.


It means ALOT more then just an intellectual impairment, you shaq-fuing moron.

Until I, or anyone else, in this topic, starts acting like the way they described in there, STFU.

Secondly, I don't have a good hold of the english language? Show me more then 1 word I misspelled, retard. Show me how I am so dumb, that I can't properly pronounce the english language like you say. Show, instead of blowing hot air.

Third of all, unlike you, who probably wastes his whole life in front of a pc, I have a life, so that '4 hours it took me to respond' was me having a life... When people don't respond for 4 hours, it usually means they are off doing something else. It's really a easy variable to comprehend, but you're too stupid to understand normal logic, so...

BTW, I so love how you ignored everything I said and went to insult me. Usually thats the sign of a person who is losing an argument, and wants to... well, to put it bluntly, cry like a baby (You can argue that I'm doing the same, but when you call people retards, usually they are going to NOT respond nicely back). From the way you act, I assume you aren't older then 16, or more intelligent a rock, so I'll make this brief... My point of beinging up used things was to show an EXAMPLE. It was maybe a harsh example, but it was still an example. When you buy something, usually you buy for one specific reason. That reason determines how you use it.

Take for instance, a car. You buy a car to drive, not to 'get a great cd player'. If you get a car with a great cd player, but drives terribly, pretty soon, you won't have a car (I know this is a poor example, but...). You can, of course, buy expensive cars that look great and don't drive that well (Which is what I consider an Ipod), but what you really buy a car for is to drive, and you should never forget that.

I'm posting this, but of course, you'll just insult me because you're too dumb to understand anything thats bigger then 5 letters.
 
I am a Mac guy, so I guess by default i must want one, but those things are just so damn expensive, not to mention that owning one automatically make other people think you are a poser or something (thats why I would ditch the white earbuds and use my koss kc50's). But I want one, a mini one, a silver mini one.
 
Actually, if you watch Apple's online store, they have them for as low as $169.99 from time to time. I snagged mine (10GB) for $199 a few months back and use it pretty much every day.

The minis, though, are impossible to find cheap.

RD

[quote name='Nibi']I am a Mac guy, so I guess by default i must want one, but those things are just so damn expensive, not to mention that owning one automatically make other people think you are a poser or something (thats why I would ditch the white earbuds and use my koss kc50's). But I want one, a mini one, a silver mini one.[/quote]
 
phobophobia

You know whats even more retarded then system wars? OS wars. My post was based on things that Consumer Electronic site have said about the influx of video players that also play MP3s by the way.

The iPod probably will stick around but it's not going to be anything more than a status symbold for apple fanboys to wave around and pretend they're cool because of it.

I never stated I hate ipod, I actually concidered getting one before finding another MP3 player, just as good for a lot less and M$ can lick my nuts for all a care, but you;re too busy being a mac zealot to care.
 
K Im Looking At The IPOD and IRIVER right now and im favoring the iriver with the extras in box. Now i use shareazza to steal and i have no intention of buying music anytime soon so is the iriver my best choice. I like the ipod but the fact i cant rip some of the classics hamper me from buying it. What do you guys recomend. IRIVER OR IPOD.
 
I got lucky today and found a Archos Jukebox with 20GB of space for $125 at a second hand entertainment store. It's nice enough for my needs and was pretty inexpensive, so I'm happy (although I wish I would have had this thing when I was in college)
 
Well, I just got a free iPod. (20 gig)

I love it. The clickwheel is truly unique, and easy to navigate thru songs. I love the screen, the backlight, and sheer style of it.

Its worth $200-$250, but not $300. $300 is overpricing it a tad.
 
if i buy a ipod will my illegal stuff come up on my ipod. i heard that the older stuff want with royaltie stuff going on. But i heard there was a way around that by burning it to a disk then downloading it to the ipod.
 
[quote name='AdultLink']LOL, I can also see intelligence is a 'second languange' for you too, dumbass.

What? That makes no sense...

Do you even KNOW what autistic means?

www.dictionary.com

5 entries found for autistic.
au·tism ( P ) Pronunciation Key (ôtzm)
n.
A psychiatric disorder of childhood characterized by marked deficits in communication and social interaction, preoccupation with fantasy, language impairment, and abnormal behavior, such as repetitive acts and excessive attachment to certain objects. It is usually associated with intellectual impairment.

It means ALOT more then just an intellectual impairment, you shaq-fuing moron.


No, I think you didn't understand what it means. Read the part I bolded; I compeltely stand by what it says there; it describes you completely.

Until I, or anyone else, in this topic, starts acting like the way they described in there, STFU.

Again, what? Ever heard of syntax?

Secondly, I don't have a good hold of the english language? Show me more then 1 word I misspelled, retard. Show me how I am so dumb, that I can't properly pronounce the english language like you say. Show, instead of blowing hot air.

Pronounce? I never said you can't pronounce words, I said you can't write. Misspelled words are not everything, syntax is even bigger, but I will gladly bold all your grammatical errors and illogical sentences that don't make sense.

Third of all, unlike you, who probably wastes his whole life in front of a pc, I have a life, so that '4 hours it took me to respond' was me having a life... When people don't respond for 4 hours, it usually means they are off doing something else. It's really a easy variable to comprehend, but you're too stupid to understand normal logic, so...

Well a 4 hour interval isn't much. It's more likely that you stayed on for the duration of the 4 hours, then signed off then back on, at least that's how I am; once I sign off that means I'm done, and I don't go back on for the rest of the day, usually even longer.

BTW, I so love how you ignored everything I said and went to insult me. Usually thats the sign of a person who is losing an argument, and wants to... well, to put it bluntly, cry like a baby (You can argue that I'm doing the same, but when you call people retards, usually they are going to NOT respond nicely back). From the way you act, I assume you aren't older then 16, or more intelligent a rock, so I'll make this brief... My point of beinging up used things was to show an EXAMPLE. It was maybe a harsh example, but it was still an example. When you buy something, usually you buy for one specific reason. That reason determines how you use it.

How did I ignore everything you said? You didn't really say much for me to respond to, except your used clothes comparison which was competely illogical.

Take for instance, a car. You buy a car to drive, not to 'get a great cd player'. If you get a car with a great cd player, but drives terribly, pretty soon, you won't have a car (I know this is a poor example, but...). You can, of course, buy expensive cars that look great and don't drive that well (Which is what I consider an Ipod), but what you really buy a car for is to drive, and you should never forget that.

Yes, it is a bad example and once again, it makes NO sense.

I'm posting this, but of course, you'll just insult me because you're too dumb to understand anything thats bigger then 5 letters.

The reason why I "insult" you is because you're really annoying me; you're putting up an arguement with absolutely no good points, and won't give up. Again, because you're autistic - you believe you're something you really are not. ie. you think that you're putting up an arguement and that you're sounding logical and intelligent but you really are not. Now do you get it?[/quote]

EDIT: Added the quote...
 
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