Well today I made yet another step to becoming a runner in that I brought an MP3 Player to listen to whilst I suffer. Now the thing is that this was almost as difficult as buying a pair of shoes, as I needed to make sure that my MP3 player was compatable with my computer!
Now if you have a PC then pretty much any MP3 player will work with either windows media player or a free version of iTunes or something similar. The same cannot be said the other way round as far as I am aware, and even a good trawl of the interweb, made it as clear as mud as which system to use. Even Apple’s list was so pitiful, and having searched for a creative lab nomad MP3 player and struggled to find one any cheaper than an iPod Shuffle, I opted to get one of those.
Its ironic that despite bitching endlessly just how good Apple Mac’s are, that when it comes down to add-ons Apple has you backwards over a barrel, and for some reason most people enjoy pushing back. Now I had a long think about this and Apples operating system has got to be better than Billy Gates Windows, because it only has to be tested on a handful of machines, all created by Apple.
However poor old Bill has to design an operating system that will work on just about any computer that can be made up of 2p chips, and 10p circuit boards and sold for pounds. What do we expect if you buy cheap, you buy twice! Anyway the other edge of that sword is Windows has the choice when it comes to up grades and accessories.
I was in a Tarrentino-esque fix, so biting the bullet I slumped for the cheapest apple iPod money can buy, and seeing that Apple had successfully screwed me buy selling me the best computer with the best but most expensive accessory, I brought my iPod in Pink!