Comment iPod vs. Zen (Score 0) 673
The Zen Jukebox is a piece o' crud. It's like comparing a porshe to a minivan. Sure the minivan is bigger and cheaper (both attributes apply to the objects physical construction as well) but quality and performance-wise you will have no contest.
The iPod is a beautifully engineered piece of technology with one of the greatest and most intuitive interface designs of the digital age. The entire reason this topic is brought up is because the iPod has set the standard by which all future MP3 players are judged, that enough is tribute to its originality and value.
No one can say which will "win" the sales or marketing game this early on, but my bets on the iPod and I also reckon you'll see a lot of disappointed reviews from those who purchase the Zen jukebox a little to hastily because of that $100 saving.
And seriously folks... this goes for the iPod too.. who needs 30GB, let alone 60GB of tunes with them at any one time?!?! 15GB is the model I purchased (I've only got 11GB of MP3's/AAC's so far) and I'l be dead and gone the the time I convert all 8000 of my vinyl LPs to AAC!
The iPod is a beautifully engineered piece of technology with one of the greatest and most intuitive interface designs of the digital age. The entire reason this topic is brought up is because the iPod has set the standard by which all future MP3 players are judged, that enough is tribute to its originality and value.
No one can say which will "win" the sales or marketing game this early on, but my bets on the iPod and I also reckon you'll see a lot of disappointed reviews from those who purchase the Zen jukebox a little to hastily because of that $100 saving.
And seriously folks... this goes for the iPod too.. who needs 30GB, let alone 60GB of tunes with them at any one time?!?! 15GB is the model I purchased (I've only got 11GB of MP3's/AAC's so far) and I'l be dead and gone the the time I convert all 8000 of my vinyl LPs to AAC!
