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I am looking for the best MP3 player/recorder to down and upload music.I run Windows XP.
Thank you.
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id go with the zen micro. they just lowered their price and came out with a 5 and 6 gig version. the touch pad takes a little getting used to but if you have knowledge of technology then it shouldnt be a problem. it has a removable battery fm tuner/recorder and a mic. even though the fm tuner doesnt work very well. its also compatible with windows media files
Well, I can't help you unless you give me more information. Do you plan to use this in the gym? Do you plan on carrying a lot of songs? Flash or Hard Disk? Can you please specify more info?
Dear Kippy33 thank you for your reply,
I plan to use it for walking and put lots of songs on it.I also plan to record live music with an external mic,but the big thing is to be able to up and download to Windows XP.Could you tell me the advantages and differences between Flash and Hard Disk.
Thank you
Flash is much lighter, more portable, and consumes less power. It is also much less likely to break down, since there are no moving parts. The downside is that it doesn't have much storage. Most doesn't go beyond 1GB. Not really a bad thing if you just want to listen to music. An average 5 minute mp3 file is around 5Mb. So, a typical 512 Mb flash player would hold around 100 songs, more than enough for anyone to listen to at once.
Harddisk bulkier and heavier, but the storage capacity for some models go beyond 100GB. It's just that, a harddisk.
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