iPod is nothing special without iTunes. The whole point is to be able to say to your 40 Gb collection "make me a playlist with these artists, this long, which I have personally rated between 3 and 5 stars, in this genre, with stuff that I have not listened to for 2 weeks".
Does the Creative software do that?
For me iTunes is a tool that reminds me of all of the great music I have. If I only ever see 10% of my music collection, then I will only ever put that 10% on my mp3 player. The iTunes functionality is a convenience that I am willing to pay for, it's what made the deal for me at the time.
iTunes is not nearly so good as an mp3 player for your computer though - far too much overhead. But at the same time, it does pick playlists nicely.
Downsides of the iPod are lack of direct drag-and-drop functionality and the lock-in to either WinXP/2000 or MacOS. I hear the iRiver can be mounted by Linux and files transferred directly, which is a big plus.
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Date: 2005-02-22 01:20 pm (UTC)Does the Creative software do that?
For me iTunes is a tool that reminds me of all of the great music I have. If I only ever see 10% of my music collection, then I will only ever put that 10% on my mp3 player. The iTunes functionality is a convenience that I am willing to pay for, it's what made the deal for me at the time.
iTunes is not nearly so good as an mp3 player for your computer though - far too much overhead. But at the same time, it does pick playlists nicely.
Downsides of the iPod are lack of direct drag-and-drop functionality and the lock-in to either WinXP/2000 or MacOS. I hear the iRiver can be mounted by Linux and files transferred directly, which is a big plus.