What do I need a computer for nowadays?

[danny la rouge]

How big is the ipod classic? 128gb memory cards aren't that expensive now and will hold a fair bit unless you want to start storing it all as FLAC.

Mine's 160GB. But nowhere near full.

I use it when on holiday, and in the car (plumbed in via a jack cable). Occasionally when out walking. Pretty much the way I used my Walkman in the olden days. Not to replace my home stereo, but as a mobile supplement to it. (But even then I had tapes for the car, and now I have CDs).

 

[danny la rouge]

One thing the current model of everything being online doesn't cater for is those who still have shit Internet connections.

Absolutely.

 

[mauvais]

How big is the ipod classic? 128gb memory cards aren't that expensive now and will hold a fair bit unless you want to start storing it all as FLAC.

160GB. There are options, they just tend to be awkward or extremely expensive.

 

[danny la rouge]

If you rely on streaming for music on the move, how does that work if you're away from wifi or 4G? It's only gprs where I live.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

If you rely on streaming for music on the move, how does that work if you're away from wifi or 4G? It's only gprs where I live.

If you pay for Spotify you can download it on to your phone.

 

[danny la rouge]

If you pay for Spotify you can download it on to your phone.

Download what, though? Songs you might want to hear when you're out of radio contact? Like MP3s?

 

[SpookyFrank]

I'm the opposite of the OP I think, in that I can't understand why anyone needs a computer with no keyboard or a 'mobile' phone that doesn't fit in your pocket and can't go more than 200 feet from a usb port without dying.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Download what, though? Songs you might want to hear when you're out of radio contact? Like MP3s?

Exactly. If it was streaming only it would be useless to me.

 

[Orang Utan]

If you rely on streaming for music on the move, how does that work if you're away from wifi or 4G? It's only gprs where I live.

download it instead

 

[danny la rouge]

download it instead

So, like an iPod.

 

[Orang Utan]

So, like an iPod.

yes of course.

 

[Orang Utan]

Danny, yesterday:

 

[cybershot]

How big is the ipod classic? 128gb memory cards aren't that expensive now and will hold a fair bit unless you want to start storing it all as FLAC.

You can now mod them with much bigger drives. Depending on the model it may or may not still get recognised by iTunes, if not, then you use some 3rd party firmware and ditch iTunes.

 

[danny la rouge]

yes of course.

 

[Orang Utan]

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[danny la rouge]

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So streaming hasn't replaced MP3s and iPods are still needed.

 

[Orang Utan]

So streaming hasn't replaced MP3s and iPods are still needed.

i never said it did. downloads are infinitely preferable to streaming.

 

[chilango]

I've only just stopped using my iPod classic and only just,finally, years after signing up started really using Spotify.

However, at the same time I've started playing vinyl again.

 

[danny la rouge]

i never said it did. downloads are infinitely preferable to streaming.

People were saying "remember MP3 players" and Apple has discontinued the iPod classic. (Not that I download: I load).

 

[Orang Utan]

People were saying "remember MP3 players" and Apple has discontinued the iPod classic. (Not that I download: I load).

only because phones now do the same job

 

[cybershot]

This thread is epic btw!

 

[danny la rouge]

only because phones now do the same job

What, go for weeks without needing charged and hold 160gb of music?

 

[Orang Utan]

What, go for weeks without needing charged and hold 160gb of music?

play you music on the go

 

[danny la rouge]

play you music on the go

So, no.

 

[Orang Utan]

So, no.

if you want to play music when out and about, having music on your phone is very handy indeed. it means you don't have to shell out for another device,
and if you get a bluetooth speaker, you won't even need a hifi at home.

 

[danny la rouge]

if you get a bluetooth speaker, you won't even need a hifi at home.

Well, maybe you. But that sounds awful to me.

 

[Orang Utan]

Well, maybe you. But that sounds awful to me.

Why?

 

[danny la rouge]

Why?

I want to be able to select a physical album from an actual shelf and put it on an actual hifi. I'm not into virtual reality, I'm into actual reality.

 

[Orang Utan]

I want to be able to select a physical album from an actual shelf and put it on an actual hifi. I'm not into virtual reality, I'm into actual reality.

How strange. the music still plays

 

[danny la rouge]

How strange. the music still plays

But I get a great deal of pleasure from the process. It's very important to me. Also (but this is by no means the main point) I've never heard a Bluetooth speaker that sounds any good. Mostly people who have them seem to put up with some very crappy sound.