technology question

[norwich36]

As some of you already know, in some areas (specifically music) I am a technological dinosaur. About half my music collection is still on cassette tapes! But lately I have been considering moving into the 21st century and getting an ipod or other sort of mp3 player. And I was wondering whether it's worth the money to actually buy an ipod, or should I go for something cheaper. Those of you who own these new-fangled devices, what are the pros and cons of ipods v. cheaper devices? Any suggestions for the complete novice in these things?


In other news, HAPPY PREMIERE DAY! I had to go with a neutral icon so as not to privilege Smallville or Supernatural, as I am equally excited about both these days, and therefore must give equal weight to that "when you see this, quote from the show" meme going around. And look, I even tied it thematically to the first part of this post:

Smallville: Chloe (to Jimmy in "Static"): "Wow, I knew you were a gadget junkie, but this stuff looks like it's from the Jurassic era."

Supernatural: Sam: "Dude, you gotta update your cassette tape collection."
Dean: "Why?"
Sam: "Well for one they are cassette tapes."

Comments

[ender24]

well, depends on how much money you have, and how sensitive your hearing it, and what quality requirements you have on the output, and do you need to impress others??

seriously, all my colleagues have Ipods and when I asked one, whether he hears a difference between his 300 Euro state of art ipod (what ever that thing is), and one for 50 Euro, he said, the ipod is also there for bragging. brand name and apple seemingly makes the difference *g*..

I have a lowlife, cheap no name mp3 player. works for me. dont need brand name to boost my ego ;D
but then I only listen to my music on it, like twice per week or so.

[norwich36.livejournal.com]

Well, I was thinking of things like how hard is it to import music libraries, and how easily it fits into other gadgets (like stereos), etc.