ChrisT Posted October 20, 2003 Posted October 20, 2003 Need a Mac compatable/firewire player for around $100. NOT an iPod (too expensive right now). So what's good and cheap? Quote
alienPDX Posted October 20, 2003 Posted October 20, 2003 You are going to be hard pressed to find a firewire player for that price. Start checking out USB instead. Quote
scott_harpell Posted October 20, 2003 Posted October 20, 2003 why do you need firewire? for a cheap system, USB will be fine and you are sure to have one on your comp. Quote
Ursa_Eagle Posted October 20, 2003 Posted October 20, 2003 I picked up a RioRiot (20 GB mp3 player) for $135 a few months ago. It's USB 1.0 (so in other words, slow to transfer music), but once you get your mp3's on, it doesn't matter. The place I got mine from (http://www.compgeeks.com) doesn't have them anymore, but you might be able to find one elsewhere. It's no iPod though... Now that iTunes is available for windows, the iPod is the coolest thing EVER. Quote
ChrisT Posted October 20, 2003 Author Posted October 20, 2003 so is there any chance of picking up the old 5G iPods for cheap? Quote
Alpine_Tom Posted October 20, 2003 Posted October 20, 2003 They are plenty on eBay, but probably going for $150 or so. Quote
cj001f Posted October 20, 2003 Posted October 20, 2003 ChrisT said: so is there any chance of picking up the old 5G iPods for cheap? Apple used to have refurb'ed 10gb iPod's for $169 - they may come back soon. They also had the 10/20/30gbs for sale. Check out the outlet section at the apple website. http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/72304/wo/Xq4r2gihxFFA383oXRl1vhMGqhX/0.0.7.1.0.5.13.0.3.0.0.0.0.3.1.1.0?49,61 Quote
Thrashador Posted October 20, 2003 Posted October 20, 2003 ChrisT said: Need a Mac compatable/firewire player for around $100. NOT an iPod (too expensive right now). So what's good and cheap? firewire vs. USB=hare vs. tortoise. Creative Labs and Archos have firewire mp3 players but they are way bulky. More digital jukeboxes than highly portable players. iPod is the smallest with Firewire. I'd hunt for a used version of the newer iPods as they are a bit smaller than the original version. If ya find 2 for a decent price lemme know. Quote
JoshK Posted October 20, 2003 Posted October 20, 2003 Wrong. USB2 is plenty quick. unfortunately not many players implement USB transfers very quickly. Unless you can find one very cheap, stay away from iPods unless you like paying a lot for a name. Man, I really want one of the new nomad 60gb players...that is pretty sweet! Quote
Thrashador Posted October 20, 2003 Posted October 20, 2003 JoshK said: unfortunately not many players implement USB transfers very quickly. That was my point. Guess I didn't state it as eloquently. Here is some good info if ya want to get technical. Quote
MrMcSnuffles Posted October 24, 2003 Posted October 24, 2003 Personally i would recommend a sony MiniDisc player, I have one that has an interface to download mp3's or regular songs and will provide up to 3 hours of music... USB interface to Optical input on the MiniDisc. Plus you can cary a few discs with more music!!! Just my opinion, they are cheap at best buy or costco. Quote
PaulB Posted October 24, 2003 Posted October 24, 2003 (edited) I second the minidisc! They're light and run forever on one battery. With compression you can get a lot more than 3 hours onto one disc. Edited October 24, 2003 by PaulB Quote
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