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Wednesday, September 10, 2003

Portable audio problem solved, sort of
After my failed experiment with the Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen NX 30 GB, I wasn't sure where I was going to turn, and Apple's new iPods (now 10, 20 and 40 GB) were just too expensive. But then a little blurb on the Apple Web site caught my eye and I ended up on the Apple Store's Special Deals page, where you can buy refurbished products. In the case of the iPod, this means 15, 20, and 30 GB models, and the 30 GB version was only $379--with free shipping, no less--or a mere $80 more than the Zen NX I'm returning. So is the elegance and simplicity of the iPod worth the extra $80? Duh. It's not worth $200 more (the new price of the 30 GB iPod when I purchased the Zen NX, or the 40 GB version today), but yeah, it's worth $80. Problem solved, sort of: The iPod doesn't support Windows Media Audio (WMA), which blows, but since I keep an MP3 version of my music library on the iMac, I'll survive.

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