Apple's iPod now does Windows
Jan 18, 2003 | 8:45 pm
#1
Original Poster
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2001
Programs: DL GM, AA Gold, Hilton Diamond, Bonvoy Plat
Posts: 12,171
Apple's iPod now does Windows
Apple's finally wised up with their iPod: it now does Windows. You need to run MusicMatch and have a firewire card in your PC, but if you've been envious of the mac crowd's latest toy, envy no more! 
http://www.apple.com/ipod/
[This message has been edited by skofarrell (edited 01-18-2003).]
http://www.apple.com/ipod/
[This message has been edited by skofarrell (edited 01-18-2003).]
Jan 18, 2003 | 8:51 pm
#2
Original Poster
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2001
Programs: DL GM, AA Gold, Hilton Diamond, Bonvoy Plat
Posts: 12,171
Not as cool as the iPod, but a nice, cheaper product: the Archos Jukebox FM Recorder 20
http://www.archos.com/lang=en//products/prw_500326.html
[This message has been edited by skofarrell (edited 01-18-2003).]
http://www.archos.com/lang=en//products/prw_500326.html
[This message has been edited by skofarrell (edited 01-18-2003).]
Jan 18, 2003 | 11:37 pm
#3
In Memoriam
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Easton, CT, USA
Programs: ua prem exec, Former hilton diamond
Posts: 31,801
Firewire cards by the way cost like $20 to $40, and you don't need to keep it in the laptop, just to get all the music to the ipod. Got my wife one for Christmas, loves it. The 20 GB came with musicmatch in the box.
Pricey, yes, but still great for traveling.
Pricey, yes, but still great for traveling.
Jan 18, 2003 | 11:54 pm
#4
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Earth (PIT)
Programs: Airline/TSA Avoidance Platinum, Hotel Disloyalty Silver, Hertz 1.7*
Posts: 5,277
Windows iPod has been out for several months now, since last summer sometime as I recall.
Someone at work bought one of those Archos things reacting to the pricing, and took it back because it was such crap.
Someone at work bought one of those Archos things reacting to the pricing, and took it back because it was such crap.
Jan 19, 2003 | 2:37 am
#5
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Department of Homeland Sincerity
Programs: WN Platinum, UA 1k, AA EP, Marriott Plat
Posts: 12,319
IME Archos products have been nothing but the worst crap you could buy. I first bought the Archos MiniCDRW when they came out 2 years ago at $199 a pop. Boy were they the WORST CDRW devices ever made.
Archos product support really sucked as well. I got thru ONE time, and every time after that I could only leave messages with no reply, and sent a ton of emails with no reply.
Archos product support really sucked as well. I got thru ONE time, and every time after that I could only leave messages with no reply, and sent a ton of emails with no reply.
Jan 19, 2003 | 7:25 am
#6
Original Poster
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2001
Programs: DL GM, AA Gold, Hilton Diamond, Bonvoy Plat
Posts: 12,171
I've had the Jukebox Studio 20 for over a year, no problems at all.
[This message has been edited by skofarrell (edited 01-19-2003).]
[This message has been edited by skofarrell (edited 01-19-2003).]
Jan 19, 2003 | 8:54 am
#7
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 324
Not quite as sexy looking, but far cheaper and perfectly functional (and with removeable batteries!) are the Creative Nomad Jukebox line. I have an old Jukebox Nomad 10gb, that I'm about to commit surgery on to put a 40 or 60gb drive in. 
Jan 19, 2003 | 10:09 am
#8
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 685
I have an Archos Multimedia Jukebox 20. It has an LCD screen and can play DiVX videos and mp3s, but the real reason I bought it is that you can attach a CF or SmartMedia adapter and take digital pictures straight off of the CF in the field, onto the hard drive. No need to bring a laptop with you on a trip to store your digital pictures. No problems with it so far. I have been updating the firmware every few months with their fixes.
Jan 20, 2003 | 10:20 am
#9
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: BCN
Programs: BA Silver VY apologist IB up and coming
Posts: 8,706
I bought an iPod for Windows a couple of months ago and had tons of problems with the software and drivers - error messages that kept popping up on the screen and wouldn't stop until you turned the PC off, that kind of thing.
I returned it and bought an Archos, which I love. It isn't as sexy, true. But it is reliable, has great battery life, and a great community who have written their own open-source firmware that adds features not present from the factory.
-alan in seattle
I returned it and bought an Archos, which I love. It isn't as sexy, true. But it is reliable, has great battery life, and a great community who have written their own open-source firmware that adds features not present from the factory.
-alan in seattle
Jan 20, 2003 | 6:24 pm
#10
Original Poster
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2001
Programs: DL GM, AA Gold, Hilton Diamond, Bonvoy Plat
Posts: 12,171
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by alanw:
I returned it and bought an Archos, which I love. It isn't as sexy, true. But it is reliable, has great battery life, and a great community who have written their own open-source firmware that adds features not present from the factory.
-alan in seattle</font>
I returned it and bought an Archos, which I love. It isn't as sexy, true. But it is reliable, has great battery life, and a great community who have written their own open-source firmware that adds features not present from the factory.
-alan in seattle</font>
Are you speaking of Rockbox? If so, it is a great mod. Far superior to the Archos rom...
http://rockbox.haxx.se/
