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    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    09/02/09

    In reply to Creative Zen X-Fi 2 Trades Buttons for a Touchscreen, High Price for Low
    I used to have a modded 100GB Creative media player. But, frankly it was huge and it's battery life wasn't that impressive for the size. Also, no game support. Considering it's crazy small footprint and it's great battery life, the iPod touch wins.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    09/02/09

    In reply to Creative Zen X-Fi 2 Trades Buttons for a Touchscreen, High Price for Low
    Hmm... seems like this is relevant to my interests. I really just want to watch Venture Brothers on the bus and ignore all the San Francisco crazy hobos.
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    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    09/02/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: LOL same here. Except I take BART.
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    Image of FriarNurgle FriarNurgle
    09/02/09

    In reply to Creative Zen X-Fi 2 Trades Buttons for a Touchscreen, High Price for Low
    Lets see how the iPod Touch prices work out first.
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    Image of Tsumi91 Tsumi91
    09/02/09

    @FriarNurgle: why? are they gunna add a micro-sd or SD card slot?
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    Image of maven2k maven2k
    09/02/09

    In reply to Creative Zen X-Fi 2 Trades Buttons for a Touchscreen, High Price for Low
    I've always had good luck with Creative's players, but I'm still holding out for the new Zune. It's way more sexy and hopefully it'll do a lot more things.
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    Image of Log1c Log1c
    09/02/09

    @maven2k: For the most part I like my Zen, but I'm with ya on the Zune HD.
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    Image of met2art met2art
    09/02/09

    In reply to Creative Zen X-Fi 2 Trades Buttons for a Touchscreen, High Price for Low
    That's a great price, and I've almost always preferred the sound quality and UI speed of Creative's MP3 player offerings over that of the iPod family. That's not to say Creative's products haven't had their own shortcomings, but in general I found them vastly preferable for dedicated audio purposes.
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    Image of MrBlahBlah MrBlahBlah
    09/02/09

    @met2art: Agreed. The audio quality on apple products leaves a lot to be desired. Creative is better, for sure.
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    Image of GodfreyOriole GodfreyOriole
    07/16/09

    In reply to Creative SoundBlaster Wireless for iTunes and GigaWorks Wireless Speaker Lightning Review
    If you have Vista (oh the Horror) or Windows 7 you can use the sound mixer to mute everything but the media player of your choice.
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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    07/16/09

    @GodfreyOriole: Nice tip!
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    07/16/09

    In reply to Creative SoundBlaster Wireless for iTunes and GigaWorks Wireless Speaker Lightning Review
    God I hate it when I can't identify things I feel I should be able to....What the hell computer is that? It's not a late 2006 model MBP, because I have one, and it looks almost exactly like that except for the keyboard, which is silver, not black. And it can't be a current model MBP (even though they have black keys) because the screen lip on it is silver (like on my late 2006 MBP), not black like it is on current MBP's. Which explains my confusion....What the hell is that?
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    Image of moonjhm moonjhm
    07/16/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: 17 inch unibody MBP with matte display.
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    Image of hired_geek hired_geek
    07/16/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: Yup, the matte display kit... really ruins the looks of the machine, makes it look like a previous generation MBP with a black keyboard.

    I like the think of it as Apple's way of saying 'screw you, if you want matte then you can look like you have an old computer!'... or something like that.
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    Image of Madge Gristle Madge Gristle
    07/16/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: The base looks rounded up like the unibody Macbook/pros.
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    Image of DigitalSciGuy DigitalSciGuy
    07/16/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: I was thinking the exact same thing. It's definitely a Unibody MBP, but doesn't look like a TechRestore job - the bezel is actually black when they do it....unless they're now offering an aluminum-like finish, which I haven't seen on their website. Any off-topic insight, Wilson?
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    07/17/09

    @hired_geek:I can't believe they noobify matte-optioned MBP's like that. What a disgrace.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    07/16/09

    In reply to Creative SoundBlaster Wireless for iTunes and GigaWorks Wireless Speaker Lightning Review
    Didn't they make this already, only it's called Airport Express and it doesn't require an extra dongle to carry around?

    If they wanted to make something like this that was worthwhile, they'd make Wireless speakers that use 802.11 G or N to do it and accept IP streamed audio input.
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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    07/16/09

    @Lite: is on a boat.: What's the matter, can't you read or something?
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    Image of Jestermeister Jestermeister
    07/16/09

    @Wilson Rothman: Personally. I think comparing this to the airport express is inevitable. ;)
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    Image of EncNone EncNone
    07/16/09

    In reply to Creative SoundBlaster Wireless for iTunes and GigaWorks Wireless Speaker Lightning Review
    decent product, but laptops with speakers looks so sad and pathetic.
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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    07/16/09

    @EncNone: That's for the picture—I never actually used it with the laptop in the middle of two speakers. You can put the laptop anywhere, including another room.
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