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"I'm getting an iPod"

Yep. Should be here on friday or thursday.

20gb 3rd generation.
I can't wait.
How else has got an iPod?

Memorandum! wrote:

> Meh, 45 or so songs isn't too bad.

I can fit 45 songs on a MiniDisc.

As .wav files if I wanted too.

;o)

Blank wrote:
> Do you get software with these things to turn the files on the CD into
> MP3 files? I know nothing about these things, if that...


With an iPod you get Itunes with it which converts your CD's to AAC file format for putting on your iPod.

I walk to college alone, avoiding that particular problem. Actually, it would probably distract me and increase my chance of stepping in dog poo, so I'd better not buy one.

I listen to mine on the bus. It just seems so much easier than (shudder) talking to people.

I'm pretty sure you do get software, none of the customer reviews on ...the competitor site... say anything about getting hold of it, so I assume it comes bundled.

But £300 is a bit steep for me. It's the same music, after all. I'm not £300 desperate to listen to music during the walk to college yet.

I'd guess you probably do get software. In fact I think you can run a lead from your CD Player's headphone jack to the iPod and it encodes it to MP3 for you, but I'm not 100% sure.

You can find millions of CD > MP3 converters on the internet anyway.

Do you get software with these things to turn the files on the CD into MP3 files? I know nothing about these things, if that...

It's probably not worth getting one anyway, for me; I've got a personal CD player that I haven't had that long. I'll wait till these space age things come down to under a hundred quid, which won't be too far into the future..

Yep. That one.

And jobs scare me too. I just have one of those rubbish NAPA ones that SR sell, with an extra 128mb in it. 192mb MP3 player WOOOO!

Meh, 45 or so songs isn't too bad.

Memorandum! wrote:
> Check one of those other online retailers that sell electronics. The
> really, really large one that sells books. THAT ONE.

The one based in the rainforest of South America?

> As far as I can remember a 30GB Zen is about £200. 10GB iPods
> cost about that much!

Cheap-er, but not exactly cheap. I doubt I'll get one. Maybe if I get a job...

Blank wrote:
> Cyclone wrote:
> My Zen (cheaper, slightly not as small, and has more features except
> for stupid games, so there :P) is glued to me at all times.
>
> Indespinsible.
>
> How much is this?

Check one of those other online retailers that sell electronics. The really, really large one that sells books. THAT ONE.
As far as I can remember a 30GB Zen is about £200. 10GB iPods cost about that much!