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Curmudgeons' Corner 6 - Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we diet 🍵

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    I have been using a very old, small laptop to store and show photos for patchwork group.  Joy of joys?  It has a CD reader, Windows 8 and an old version of i-Tunes so I should be able to read in my CDs.  Last time I tried with my real laptop it refused and said I had to access and pay i-Tunes for new music.   Seriously grump making.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I don’t really know anything about downloading music, always bought records, put them on cassettes for the car, then cd’s I which I copied onto blanks in case anything happened to them in the car, couldn’t imagine having 20000 songs and deciding that I want Meat Loaf playing in the car. How do find anything amongst that lot? 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    edited January 2020
    No idea.  I used i-Tunes for playlists for dance practices - 30 days' worth of Latin, Ballroom, Salsa etc so being able to select playlists by category is essential.  Anyone care to recommend an MP3 player?  And what's the difference between one of those and an i-Pod?
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    The main difference between generic MP3 players and anything with the Apple brand is that they tend to be about half the price of the Apple version.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I’d like to know that too, I have no idea about either. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    It is actually very easy to select music alphabetically on an MP3 player.
    I have also put together various lists of tracks, to suit different moods [ like a mix tape ].
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    edited January 2020
    Obelixx said:
    I have been using a very old, small laptop to store and show photos for patchwork group.  Joy of joys?  It has a CD reader, Windows 8 and an old version of i-Tunes so I should be able to read in my CDs.  Last time I tried with my real laptop it refused and said I had to access and pay i-Tunes for new music.   Seriously grump making.
    That's Apple for you. They once installed an update which deleted everything from your library which hadn't been bought on iTunes. After legal action, they withdrew it. 
    Thieving sods. All Apple updates are for their benefit and not for the customers' IMHO.
    Devon.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    I do now block all Apple updates and will not be buying an i-Pod.  Have you seen the price?  Ludicrous.  All I want is to play my music, legally bought and backed up to PC or USB stick.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I don’t think an iPad is any dearer than a laptop, and they’re more secure without paying for too security which you need these days, my grandson has just bought himself a laptop cost £1000, 00 + 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Ipods tend to be over spec'd too.  All I want is a device I can use to have music on the move.  I don't want or need a built in camera, wifi etc, and certainly won't pay extra for the privilege.
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