Listening habits are being revolutionized by the iPod
updated 07:45 am EDT, Mon April 5, 2004
Boston Globe: iPod impact
The Boston Globe takes a look at with using the device and figuring out how to add their CD collections to it.
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04/05, 09:24am |
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Help Menu is on there.
Those user really have to get used to the help menu...
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04/05, 09:28am |
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Other devices
Did you read the part at the bottom about the other devices that they consider too hard to use, such as digital cameras, cell phones, and VCRs? I think this article is geared for people that are terrified of any technology. The ones who don't know the difference between the power button on the monitor and the power button on the computer (non ADC, of course).
Anyone who would read that article and be scared to buy an iPod afterward isn't savvy enough to get online to read the article in the first place.
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04/05, 09:43am |
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lol
Should we expect any less? Either the average person is a complete moron (likely), or windows is so bad that even mac programs on windows are hard to use (even more likely).
Personally, I don't feel any sympathy for people who remain frustrated with technlogy yet don't spend any time trying to figure out how something works. You have to at least put in a bit of effort instead of sitting there like a scared chicken and then wondering why you can't get anything to work. Even the most perfectly designed program is only going to do what the operator tells it to do.
Example: the most likely reason why people can't get their music onto the iPod is because their music is in another format (ie WMA), which the iPod can't play. If people don't understand computer file formats, then they're not going to understand that WMA is different then AAC/MP3, and they're not going to know that they need to convert their files to get them to play on the iPod. Is that the iPod's fault? No. That's people not bothering to educate themselves about the differences between WMA and AAC/MP3.
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04/05, 09:44am |
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Flawed Honest Article
While the article is flawed in that it makes it seem like it's only the iPod that people have issues with, it as an honest article about non-techies trying to use a device that's supposed to be the easiest yet (and is). Imagine how these people get along with devices from Rio and/or Dell? It's no wonder online music hasn't taken off in the Windows world yet!
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04/05, 09:47am |
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morons
This reinstills my believe that most people are complete idiots. Te article confuses ripping with transferring, not distinguishing between the two. If people would take the time to read the 3 page largely illustrated manual perhaps they'd have some understanding of how the iPod works. Only Apple could take a process as complicated as digital music and make it so simple.
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04/05, 10:23am |
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Fear and Loathing
Y'know, folks dwelling in the Windows world are just plain scared.
… of a poorly designed OS
… of poorly designed hardware
... of viruses
… of crashes
… of doing ANYthing beyond Outlook and Word and Explorer and of course, Solitaire... vecause all the porrly designed and integrated components work like a house of cards...
No wonder they can't get anything to work and are afraid to try something new.
For instance: my girlfriend just switched, big time and I didn't even need to promt her. 2 years of using my PowerBook were enough. Passive MacEvangelism, I guess. When she announced to her office that he was getting an iMac 17", a wave of fear and loathing swept through the office. The usual FUD surfaced: Macs can't network or print or use the servers, etc.. When it arrived, she set it up and was online in 5 minutes... shockwaves went through the office. Suddenly they saw it and ALL wanted one. NOW she has an iPod mini and an iBook!
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04/05, 10:26am |
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How about...
HELPING these supposed morons, instead of poking them in the eyes.
Really, they were at least smart enough to get an iPod in the first place, why not help steer them onto the path of MacEnlightenmentâ„¢ instead.
(PS: I agree, most people ARE idiots and morons)
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04/05, 10:58am |
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too stupid
I watched a family buy a PC laptop yesterday.. and I heard them talking about the iPod they bought and wanted it to work with the PC.. so the father says to his kids "Hey go over and take a look at the apple stuff" in a sarcastic way, and the kids *probably 9 years old* were like "ewwwwww, they are round and stupid*, and the father just laughed.. ahhh did he not know who makes the iPod! hahahah and he is buying his PC around the iPod... sweet justice.. :)
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04/05, 11:10am |
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round and stupid...
...is obviously better than square and beyond stupid...
Anyway, to make the center point of the article the fact that ripping all your CDs is a barrier to entry for the iPod, and the blaming the iPod lacks any reason. Those with fear tend to point the finger the wrong way, or more importantly, start pointing fingers at all, instead of actually putting (miniscule) efforts into figuring out how it works. And that it's made by Apple.
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Did you read the part about the lady in which it took 40 hours to transfer songs from her computer to the iPod. Someone should have recommend to her that she should use the Firewire setup, and not the USB setup. For about $50 more, she can get herself a Firewire add-on card and save many hours of insanity.