Microsoft's Tips for Buying an MP3 Player 784
An Anonymous Reader writes "In another extension of Microsoft's 'Plays for Sure' campaign, the company has launched a web page with six tips to help consumers purchase the 'correct' MP3 Player for them. Among the insights of the article hard drive-based players suck and a stopwatch is a useful feature to have on your player. Unsurprisingly, the iPod meets none of Microsoft's criteria. A humorous commentary is available, of course." From the article: "6. Don't get locked into one online store. Have you ever been on the hunt for a particular song? Some obscure indie rock tune or rare jazz performance you heard on the radio? You might have to shop at more than one store before you find the song you're looking for."
Martha Stewart (Score:1, Funny)
I want a stopwatch on my ms compatible mp3 player (Score:4, Funny)
Please mod fscking hilarious (Score:5, Funny)
Anyone want to volunteer "Tips for Buying An OS?" (Score:2, Funny)
More helpful tips... (Score:3, Funny)
Parents Primer to Computer Slang [microsoft.com].
Now you and your family can be l33t together.
W
Crazy Apple Rumors Site said it best: (Score:5, Funny)
I like the CARS take on it [crazyapplerumors.com]:
CARS is good stuff!
Re:plays for sure (Score:4, Funny)
Re:thank you for the honesty (Score:5, Funny)
"what is it about fm radio that doesn't appeal to you?"
I think the reason we don't want or care about FM radio can be summed up in two words:
Clear. Channel.
Be sure to get that FM... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I want a stopwatch on my ms compatible mp3 play (Score:4, Funny)
Case in point: try copying a file to another place on any Windows PC.
Seems normal for Microsoft guides. (Score:4, Funny)
Direct psychic connection (Score:1, Funny)
Re:CD Quality? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:one thing that always bothered me (Score:5, Funny)
a good FM radio
is not quite that cheap.
Slashdot has changed its buffering system, by the way.
They've increased the sentence-per-paragraph allowance to 2.
Just FYI.
Re:apple.slashdot.org? (Score:5, Funny)
Because we read it.
Re:stopwatch (Score:1, Funny)
I'm certain it would be for some joggers. Say, how's GNOME* coming along?
*I kid, I kid!
Re:Well, in all fairness (Score:5, Funny)
The front suspension bottomed out at the same time as I pitched forward, then those big springs uncompressed and slammed the tank into my groin hard enough to crease the plastic. I'd lost a lot of speed by then and didn't so much crash as roll to a standstill and fall off. It was probably only a few minutes, but it seemed like hours before I could move enough to take a breath and turn the MP3 player off. As a result of this experience I can vouch for two things;
1. the iPod never skipped a note
2. hearing the Foo Fighters' MIA still makes my eyes water.
Fanboy alert! (Score:3, Funny)
Repeat after me: "Apple is a mindless, soulless corporation that would be just as evil as Microsoft if they had the marketshare. They do not care about me or what I do, so long as I don't 'steal' their intellectual property or post leaked pictures of their new products to the web."
Then again, I just got rid of my IIgs last year...
Re:Well, in all fairness (Score:4, Funny)
I furnished an apartment for less than $100.
Re:Crazy Apple Rumors Site said it best: (Score:5, Funny)
[link in original]
Re:Fanboy alert! (Score:4, Funny)
You, sir, are a prime example of the old saying, "It takes a fanboy to catch a fanboy." =)
Re:Well, in all fairness (Score:5, Funny)
That's nothing. I got a pretty nice mountain bike for only [bicyclerevolution.com] $39.99 [shop.com]
Re:thank you for the honesty (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Please mod fscking hilarious (Score:4, Funny)
Actually I don't keep it ALL at 8Kbps WMA, I keep my Britney Spears tracks at 2 Kbps WMA and you can barely tell the difference.
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Re:Well, in all fairness (Score:5, Funny)
So, making a player with no screen is doing themselves a disservice, while making a player with a color screen is lunacy.
Monochrome or bust, baby!
Re:Well, in all fairness (Score:5, Funny)
See? There's your problem. You should always use a groin of case hardened steel, instead of cheaping out and going for plastic. Lesson learned.
I call Bullstuff (Score:3, Funny)
From the article: "6. Don't get locked into one online store. Have you ever been on the hunt for a particular song? Some obscure indie rock tune or rare jazz performance you heard on the radio? You might have to shop at more than one store before you find the song you're looking for."
Ok. I call bullstuff. Show me **ONE** radio station anymore that even aspymptotically approaches indie rock songs or rare jazz performances.
Lame.
Re:Well, in all fairness (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Well, in all fairness (Score:1, Funny)
Actually they didn't say that. They said Flash drives don't skip if you move them around. If I say that type of chocolate bar is lovely it doesn't mean all the rest are disgusting does it?
Oh hang on - I forgot. We're supposed to bash microsoft at every opportunity.
Re:Well, in all fairness (Score:2, Funny)
3. You'll want a display. (Score:5, Funny)
Hilarious mistake on playsforsure.com (Score:3, Funny)
You can match logos. When you see it on a device and on an online store you know the two will work together with a no hassle. It just works!
Plus, they didn't capitalize each word of It Just Works (tm) or add the trademark symbol.
FM has uses besides music (Score:3, Funny)
That's the case, but for times of extreme emergency. And event like 9/11 will go unheard by an MP3 player, but if you can tune in to ANY FM station, they'll cover the BIG stories of the day, and in some cases could alert you to incoming threats. Heaven knows Clear Channel would jump at the chance to scare Americans.
Re:Do You Get the Shuffle? (Score:5, Funny)
This is the part I don't get about the iPod Shuffle. Didn't just about every MP3 player do shuffle mode both before and since?
I'm not saying it's bad, but I just don't get it as a selling point. It's like marketing the new BMW - Stearing Wheel. "It has a steering wheel so you can make turns!" um... ok. good. Anything else worth mentioning?
I don't have a strong opinion one way or the other about whether people should be buying the shuffle. I just think that if they're buying it _because_ of shuffle mode, maybe they should be made aware that there are a few other players out there that may meet their needs.
TW
Re:Do You Get the Shuffle? (Score:2, Funny)
Odd you would think tha...like you've been brainwashed or something.