Re: well since the ipod thread didn't reopen
I understand what you are saying Eric. As i said my post wasnt to stir up more trouble.
Yeah i tell people to get a Zune. Yeah i tell people to stay away from iTunes. But you have seen me recommend Anapod Explorer to people. If they want a iPod i will work with them and you know that.
You are right they do need more credit for bringing in the MP3 player to the mainstream. Yes people need to stop with the hating of them jsut because they dont like them.
But at the same time to get upset everytime someone says something bad about them will just get you upset more and more. I was that way about Vista. How many times have we seen that? I jsut said to myself 1 day that it just isnt worth it trying to defend Vista to people who will never like it. Maybe cause it is just different from XP in some way. But that is the same thing as what you are talking about here. How many times have we gone at it ourselves over our difference in opinion of XP/Vista?
It isnt going to stop people from hating the iPod. It isnt going to help get the iPod more respect. The only thing it will do is get people to say your a iPod Fanboi. Just as my defense of Vista got me the Vista Fanboi title.
Now look more and more people are trying Vista and like it. Many people will loathe iPods. Many people will love them. Some will just hate the software some will love it. Other will hate the advertising, some will laugh at it.
There is no way to stop or prevent this. Yeah we can quote this thread everytime a iPod topic is brought up but it wont stop anything. People have their opinion.
I seriously do think you are right. iPods made MP3 players main stream. Without the iPod i wouldnt have my Zune. I wouldnt have my iRiver. Yes they deserve that credit. But at the same time to tell people to respect it is just like me trying to tell people to respect Vista. It just wont happen. People are entitled to their opinions. Being the internet they will share them openly and freely without people asking.
I am just trying to say that trying to force people to respect them cause of what they have done wont get anywhere. It will just get you more upset with the way people act. Just as i still try to defend Vista. It is just something that will never stop.
The iPods sound good, eric you were saying in your other thread that Apple need to adress the price issue because there too expensive, but, if you think about it - there pretty much the best made, and one of the best sounding mp3 players, it's no wonder that there as expensive as they are.
The only reason i don't have an ipod is i don't like the way you get round the mentions, and i'm not really the kind of person that conforms with everyone else, So i get the Zune.
Sorry gonna have to disagree with that one. The Zune is very good quality. I have seen it dunked in a cup of coffee. A day later it still worked flawlessly. I have seen the Zune dismantled and put back together and it still worked. The iPods are great yes. But dont say they are pretty much the best made. I have yet to see a iPod go thru what i have seen the Zune go thru and still work. That is just my opinion on that matter.