In 2003, I got my hands on the 2nd generation ipod. I loved its easy navigation. Now, I'm using a 60GB ipod (5G). Now that navigation has become more easy with things like touchscreen, I was looking for a good player (can be a DAP or PMP) for when I travel, not jogging.
My biggest requirements:
-Mac compatible (well...scratch Zune off of that. And I'm not going into bootcamp/parallels or any other way just to connect a device all the time)
-Large storage capacity. (at LEAST 60GB+ but mostly looking for over 100). Sometimes I need it as a MSC as well as holding the music.
-Lossless music compatible with gapless playback (FLAC or ALAC)
SQ would be up there, since I'll be getting a UE-11 next month, but that's still up in the air. Anyways, here's what I found. There's practically NO PMP or DAP that will do those things.
Sure there's the Archos 5 (250GB), which I would've loved to have because I can use it as a GPS and play my Apple Lossless files (after being nickel and dimed to get those plugins...). But other things like non-removable ads hurt this thing.
Maybe I'll cave in and buy it, but I like it, I don't love it, and you don't marry someone you like. So because of that, I don't think anybody should really bash the ipod now. It has its easy navigation, decent SQ with a large storage capacity and I'm finding rockbox to be clunkier and harder to navigate on it. Maybe if I waited until next year, what are your opinions? Maybe I should get the Archos 5 anyway?
My biggest requirements:
-Mac compatible (well...scratch Zune off of that. And I'm not going into bootcamp/parallels or any other way just to connect a device all the time)
-Large storage capacity. (at LEAST 60GB+ but mostly looking for over 100). Sometimes I need it as a MSC as well as holding the music.
-Lossless music compatible with gapless playback (FLAC or ALAC)
SQ would be up there, since I'll be getting a UE-11 next month, but that's still up in the air. Anyways, here's what I found. There's practically NO PMP or DAP that will do those things.
Sure there's the Archos 5 (250GB), which I would've loved to have because I can use it as a GPS and play my Apple Lossless files (after being nickel and dimed to get those plugins...). But other things like non-removable ads hurt this thing.
Maybe I'll cave in and buy it, but I like it, I don't love it, and you don't marry someone you like. So because of that, I don't think anybody should really bash the ipod now. It has its easy navigation, decent SQ with a large storage capacity and I'm finding rockbox to be clunkier and harder to navigate on it. Maybe if I waited until next year, what are your opinions? Maybe I should get the Archos 5 anyway?
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