RE: iPod Shuffle / ITunes

["UKHA" <ukha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 26/12/2005 at 15:58 Steve Morgan wrote:

>I must be just lucky, then, I guess.

Indeed :D

>I've got a "man sized" iPod and the wife's got a Mini.
>
>Absolutely no trouble with iTunes on either a desktop or the two
TabletPCs.
>I can't say that I've noticed any significant slowdown and we tend to
have
>iTunes running most of the time. Go figure?

Are they all quad Opterons? :P


>IIRC, iTunes transcodes as it downloads to the Shuffle, which would
account
>for increased CPU usage during synchronisation.

Can't comment on this now since it's no longer installed...


>Proprietary, it may be, but with the amount of industry-wide support,
iPod
>is a de-facto standard. How many cars next year will have native
support
>for controlling a Q-Be, I wonder?

You are correct about car manufacturers having ipod installs as options
but if you take the time to have a look, they're all pretty much half arsed
installs - not very impressive at all - here's a bit of cable and stuff it
in your
glove box. Give me an 'ipod in-dash socket' and i *might* possibly think
about it...
but I'm not going to buy a car based on if it has an ipod doofer in it. 
Now if there
were in dash pods by default, then it'd be a different matter...

However, I'd go for simple basic, user enabled technology any day over
propriatory
stuff that forces me to do things the way one set of people think it should
be done
and locks me down - besides I found itunes was just sh*t anyway. Quite
frankly they
can stuff their DRM up their tailpipes and while other options exist I'll
use them. I'm
happy to pay for my music, but once I have - it's mine (figuratively) and
they can keep their
grubby paws off it and my PC.

I'm happy with my ipod shuffle, especially now that I don't have to use
itunes to get
the best out of it.



>Sad fact: the primary reason I chose the iPod is because of the range
of
>accessories I could get for it :-)

Very true, there are lots of bits n pieces which in itself confuses the
bejebus out
of me.. there are so many ipods and accessories you'll need a suitcase to
carry
them all ;)

Andy



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