roster19
18-09-2005 11:28:31
I have a Creative Zen Micro which I bought last november. It's been replaced twice due to the hard drive, and according to the Creative forum, Micro's and other creative mp3s are very prone and nearly guaranteed to break before the waranty goes out. So I've been kicking myself for not getting an ipod for the 1 reason that it's battery is internal.
I'd like to know if anyone else on this site has a hardrive based mp3 player, tell me if your experience was worth what you paid.
goofygarber
18-09-2005 11:29:19
Really? My old ipod lasted two years without a single flaw, then I upgraded, that ones been going great for 8 months.
roster19
18-09-2005 11:30:08
[quoted07b991b5f="goofygarber"]Really? My old ipod lasted two years without a single flaw, then I upgraded, that ones been going great for 8 months.[/quoted07b991b5f]
(still kicking myself)
moving parts in something means it can break, harddrives crash we all know that. Idk if its the type of harddrive they are using that makes it suckzor but harddrives do crash.
Lunarpancake
18-09-2005 12:18:55
if you jog or move your mp3player around too much theres a slight chance you can screw it up severly.
Has something to do with the player's HD spinning and being bumped .
roster19
18-09-2005 13:26:07
I'm gonna get that Nano than if I can get 5 refs.
Avenger55
18-09-2005 16:40:31
[quote7794b339a9="Lunarpancake"]if you jog or move your mp3player around too much theres a slight chance you can screw it up severly.
Has something to do with the player's HD spinning and being bumped .[/quote7794b339a9]
The drive head units hover extremely close to the platters, and contact between the 2, called a head crash, can b0rk a drive. You can also have other mechanical failures in the drive heads and the electric motors. You can never predict the life span of a hard drive, but it's the most common failure simply because there are moving parts. Hard drive failure is common enough in stationary desktop computers, much less mp3 players where the drive is susceptible to vibrations and physical movement.
Aristotle
18-09-2005 16:55:05
I've just ordered a nano for free through trainn. I wanted it so that I don't have to bother with posibilities of hard drive skipping since I want it to replace my cd player for jogs.
thehacker010
18-09-2005 17:36:01
There were people saying on TechTv, before it died, that people were returning broken iPods becasue the HDDs died. I personally am more worried about the battery dying than the HDD going out on me.
CoMpFrEaK
18-09-2005 18:16:00
[quoteb55448c182="Aristotle"]I've just ordered a nano for free through trainn. I wanted it so that I don't have to bother with posibilities of hard drive skipping since I want it to replace my cd player for jogs.[/quoteb55448c182]
nano is flash, not HD
CollidgeGraduit
18-09-2005 18:56:15
[quoteeab76fc3ea="CoMpFrEaK"][quoteeab76fc3ea="Aristotle"]I've just ordered a nano for free through trainn. I wanted it so that I don't have to bother with posibilities of hard drive skipping since I want it to replace my cd player for jogs.[/quoteeab76fc3ea]
nano is flash, not HD[/quoteeab76fc3ea]
That's why he wanted it... because it's not HD, and it won't skip.