Orca94's Profile

Granted we're all entitled to our own tastes (which are ineherently subjective) on design matters (though I do agree the Pontiac Aztek is quite possibly one of the ugliest creations on the planet, along with the Hummer). However, to sacrifice so much functionality, and moderate value for the supposed better looks of the Ipod, for an MP3 player which is meant to be a portable music player as opposed to a status icon (which is what it has, in my opinion stupidly become), is illogical at best. Apple will most likely never update the functionality of the Ipod to include the features you're hoping to get, mainly because they have become such a regressive company (in my opinion, again). Just look at their computers, they still use one button mice (sure you can buy an extra two button mouse, but who wants to go through the bother, and what about laptops). The Mac mini is basically another version of the shuttle PC that came out a couple of years ago, yet Mac is being credited as being an innovator because of this product. They were also credited as being an innovator on the basis of the Ipod, which wasn't the first hard drive based MP3 player on the market by any means (correct me if I'm wrong, but creative did that). As for itunes, it may work great on a Mac, but my experience with using it on PC's has been frustrating at best (and no, it's not because the Mac is a better system). Installing the software is a nightmare at best, and while running it, the software frequently distorts tracks. Granted, the music sharing over LAN (which was nicely integrated, but again Apple wasn't the first to do this), and the organization are phenomenal (although it does mess up ID3 tags every so often). However, the possibility of playing my music in a distorted manner, just dosen't justify me using it to play music while on my computer (Winamp is better in my opinion). And you don't have to have an Ipod to use itunes to organize your music, I actually use it to organize music on my Iriver (again, it's organizational function is superb, much better than that Musicmatch garbage). The music store would be nice if it was possibly to play the music you download on other music players, and in other audio playerson your computer without having to use crackers, etc... to do so. Supporting the Itunes music store is basically supporting a medium that dosen't allow you to freely use something you paid for. Say for instance you decide 20 years down the line that the new line of Ipods are ugly as hell, and you want to buy another music player. What are you going to do with your itunes store music collection? Which is besides the fact that the itunes store is the only store Ipod owners can buy music from, there's no market when it comes to online music sales for Ipod owners, just a monopoly. Of course this is all beyond my personal preference to buy cd's over online music (basically the same price, better for a collection). You may not be a sheep, but lot's of people who Ipods are, which I find quite perturbing. I find that many Ipod owners never even bothered to research other music players on the market before they purchsed their Ipod, they bought them because they were "popular" or etc..." As for Apple, I think the company makes substandard products for the most part, mainly because there is just not enough intermarket competion (PC's and Mac's are different products in my opinion, that happen to be substitutes). For the people out there who use Apple because you like the GUI, and find them easier to use, or other sensible reasons, ride on, but for the most part Macs just don't cut it in my opinion. Thankfully nobody on this site has regressed to using the phrase "M$" or other internet slang like that, so I have respect for you guys, I just don't agree with your choices in products. That said, I have some work to do.