Posted by Jim Higgins on 11/17/05 22:04

On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 18:46:12 GMT, "Carolyn"
<cehlen@GOAWAYcolumbus.rr.com> wrote:

>My son wants an mp3 player for Christmas. He said that he wanted an IPOD
>but after looking over the specs, it appears that the IPOD will not be
>compatible with his computer.
>He is running Windows98SE and has USB 1 only.
>Does anyone know of an mp3 player that will work on his system? He does not
>want to download tunes, just rip them from his own CD's. He wanted 20G of
>storage but I am sure that he could do with around 5G easily.
>Please let me know your recommendations. I do not have any knowledge of
>these and am confused to the point of having a headache.
>Thanks in advance,
>Carolyn

iPODs are compatible with USB 1.0; it just takes forever to load with
several gigabytes. If you can afford it and if your son deserves it,
get him the larger iPOD and a new computer. Dell has some pretty good
deals for about $499.

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