Mac OS X: Apple Mac and IPod (or maybe not)
Apple Mac and IPod (or maybe not)
by Kuangkhot - 4/14/05 7:09 AMJust interested to know people's thoughts on using an IRiver MP3 player (WITH RADIO, Apple please take note), with an Apple Powerbook, given most people are PC and IPod users.
IRiver and Powerbook
by mrmacfixit
- 4/14/05 7:24 AM
In reply to: Apple Mac and IPod (or maybe not) by Kuangkhot
Is there Mac software available for the IRiver or will you just be dragging your MP3's from the Mac to it? I don't think that iTunes software will mount the device and allow iTunes to move tracks to it. If you plan on using the iTunes music store, be aware that tracks purchased from there will NOT play on the IRiver. The other legal music stores are the opposite. They do not allow Mac access to them. I don't see the fascination with having an radio in an MP3 player. I go the player to listen to what I wanted and not what some radio station, being payed for playing it, wanted me to. But that's my choice.
The choice is yours. The #1 Music store, #1 Software and #1 HD MP3 player or will you settle for something less?
JMOO
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Too many limits
by Kuangkhot - 4/15/05 11:17 AM In reply to: IRiver and Powerbook by mrmacfixit
Thanks for that mmacfixit. I would go for the Ipod, having a Powerbook, but I do want a radio. I am a journalist and I want to know what is happening in the world.
As usual the consumer is being ripped off. I do not want to be pushed in a particular directionn just becauseb I have a particular computer. Why should the ITunes not play on the IRiver if the consumer has paid for the various components?
Maybe I just won't bother. As things stand my old Walkman does an equally good job - with a radio. Okay, you have to spool the tapes around.
Conversely
by mrmacfixit - 4/15/05 1:46 PM
In reply to: Too many limits by Kuangkhot
Why don't the other music stores allow the Mac to work with them and why won't the encoded WMA files play on the iPod?
(NT) iRiver/ why bother?
by gwats1957 - 10/21/05 3:48 AM In reply to: Too many limits by KuangkhotThe best reason to own a iPod is control your entertainment universe.
The iPod does pictures, podcasts, Music, and now video.
If you want a radio, go buy a cheap one at the thrift store for 5 bucks and put up with commercials and bad music.
The iPod rules. I've owned 5 since 2001 and it is the best player with a
great support system to keep it's content fresh.
I also hear the parent company of iRiver is exiting the MP3 players business. Owning an Ipod is well worth the initial expense.
Ripped off
by Guido Muldoon - 10/24/05 8:09 AM In reply to: Too many limits by Kuangkhot"As usual the consumer is being ripped off."
How exactly does the consumer get ripped off? You know the iPod has no native radio. You know iTunes limits what you can do with downloads. You know or should know the specifications and limitations of the iPod before plunking down $300 to $400. If not then you are simply a lazy or ignorant consumer NOT a ripped off consumer. Don't buy an iPod if it doesn't fulfill your requirements . If I want a car with bucket seats but buy one that I know has bench type seats how am I ripped off?
We live in a market driven economy. The best way to effect change in a product is to complain with your wallet. The iRiver player doesn't meet my requirements, the iPod does so guess which one I own. I don't whine about iRiver ripping me off because even if I bought one it woudn't be a ripoff by iRiver, it would be my stupidity for buying a product that I know doesn't fit my needs.
No one gets ripped off unless they allow themselves to be ripped off. Remember: caveat emptor.
iriver and macs
by koala72 - 10/21/05 1:56 AM In reply to: IRiver and Powerbook by mrmacfixit
iriver dont make software for mac users because they know mac owners will buy ipods not irivers because they like apple and i dont think its going to change. and of course u can use itunes on other players.
itunes and other players
by mrmacfixit - 10/21/05 7:04 AM
In reply to: iriver and macs by koala72
I realise that other players will connect and appear on the desktop, I wasn't sure whether the iTunes functionality would be available to a Non-iPod player. Like the ability to autosync or whether the player would appear in the iTunes left hand window. Whether the Podcast section of the music store would automatically load a chosen Podcast to the Player.
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