Help me out people:

I'm finally considering buying a music storing device. I have a decent gift card at Best Buy burning a hole in my pocket.

Basically I just want to be able to store a butt load of songs onto something and carry that instead of a bunch of CDs.

I don't care about latest and greatest features I'll probably never use.

I don't need to put movies on it either.

What compatible formats should it ABSOLUTELY have?

What are the benefits to buying an iPod vs just buying a MP3 player.

Teach the basics here please.

 

I dont know....I have an MP3 player, works great, drag and drop from any windows file...simple..

Gave it to my kid to 'borrow' and she gave it back says its crap...Ya gotta have an Ipod dad!!

We got her one for Christmas, yea she is spoiled!! It is a pain in the ***, you have to use Itunes which I hate, but it does have uber-cool features such as search and fancy colorful pics of the album covers and such.

Personally I think and MP3 is best for me, as I dont want all the bells whistles and additional features either. And simple is good!

 

That's exactly where I'm at.

 

Ipod ATW

 

You sound just like my daughter.....there was no question to her...

 

yea ipods are pretty neat, the microsoft zune is also another nice one

 

Ipod is to MP3 Players , as Ebay is to Online Autions

 

I got an Insignia at Best Buy for $90. 2 gig holds pics and movies if ya want, also shows album covers and can use media player to download to. I like it so far!!

 

This would likely answer most peoples questions, but I have never used Ebay or an online auction, so Im still in the dark....

 

Ipod is to MP3s as Rainbows are to Your Kind