MP3 Player and Hard drive opinions please (2 Viewers)

[sunjet]

Hi,
Looking to get a 200GB hard drive, 8mb cache, not sata - what's best and cheapest?

And looking to get a mini mp3 player either a creative micro or ipod mini or that mrobe one. Suggestions?

 

[thejosiekiller]

id choose creative micro zens i really want one, but still have my 20 gig zen nx

as for the hard drive i cant help you out there

 

[sunjet]

yea i just sold my 30gb zen nx

 

[thejosiekiller]

how much did it sell for?

on ebay im guessing

 

[sunjet]

$220 .

 

[thejosiekiller]

mmmmmmmmmm for some reason i thought it would have reached $300 considering it was a 30gb

was it in good condition?
its just my 20gb is a bit scratched and one of the buttons is sensitive...but it still works great

i would just like the extra cash

 

[sunjet]

Not perfect condition thats why it was cheap I could of got around $300+ if it was

 

[Rafy]

ipod minis are good.

 

[thejosiekiller]

but im pretty sure ipod minis have less battery time than creative 5gb zens, also you dont get the fm radio with minis

 

[sunjet]

supposedly the micro's headphone jack breaks alot (creative forums) otherwise would of bought it straight away, wondering if any Australians have one that is fine?

 

[Rafy]

Ipod mini's battery life is "Up to 18 hours" You dont really need more than that each day.

True it dosent have a radio, but it makes up for that in fuctionality of its user interface, and nice stylish design.

 

[thejosiekiller]

whats the link for the forum

 

[wanton-wonton]

I just bought a Seagate 250GB 7200rpm 8mb cache for $200 a few weeks ago.

 

[wanton-wonton]

Ipod mini's battery life is "Up to 18 hours" You dont really need more than that each day.

Correct, but you're not supposed to recharge it every single day, so that is a fuss.

 

[MedNez]

In terms of Hard Drives;

I recommend a Seagate Barracuda. I've got two 160gb drives, and they're great.

 

[waddle_828]

Correct, but you're not supposed to recharge it every single day, so that is a fuss.

how hard is it to plug it in before you go to bed, my Ipod charger is on my bedside table, and i leave it charging overnight, cos it doesn't over chargeand kill the battery or anything, it just charges till full, then stops

 

[SashatheMan]

how hard is it to plug it in before you go to bed, my Ipod charger is on my bedside table, and i leave it charging overnight, cos it doesn't over chargeand kill the battery or anything, it just charges till full, then stops

maybe he means, that if u charge it before the battery runs out , it slowly makes the battery worse and worse, kinda the same as with mobile phones, if u keep charging it before its battery runs out.

 

[SashatheMan]

In terms of Hard Drives;

I recommend a Seagate Barracuda. I've got two 160gb drives, and they're great.

does that make them run as one, with that RAID stuff? cuase my motherboard can do it but i dont have 2 identical HDDs

 

[wanton-wonton]

how hard is it to plug it in before you go to bed, my Ipod charger is on my bedside table, and i leave it charging overnight, cos it doesn't over chargeand kill the battery or anything, it just charges till full, then stops

You're supposed to charge it only when the battery is entirely flat.

 

[waddle_828]

You're supposed to charge it only when the battery is entirely flat.

apparently not with the iPods, apparently you should only let them go entirely flat avery few weeks, but i don't know

that being said, i still only charge it every few days cos the battery lasts

and i really doubt anybody who works or goes to school/uni would flatten a iPod battery every single day...