Wednesday, August 24, 2005

Electronic Resurrection (part 2)

It was too good to last. My darling mp3 player is taking the long lonely road to oblivion. My daring reformating initiative worked for a few days, but the problems returned. When I try to power the unit up, it immediately shuts itself off. I've been able to get it playing by whacking it... not something that one should do to an expensive electronic device. But, from what I can gather from the internet message boards, the device is a goner anyway. Abusing it in this fashion may let me enjoy tolerate a few more weeks.
So now the question becomes:

  • Do I send in my beloved Rio for reconditioning at the tune of $124?
  • Do I join the herd and purchase an i-pod?
  • Do I take the cheaper route and purchase a portable cd-player that decodes mp3 files?

The nice thing about not having money is that I don't actually have to make this decision right now. I will without music on my daily commute [25 minute walk from apartment to office].

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