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Originally posted by kamil LOL, u always find a way of sounding stupid. As if the 5% of mac users really matters. HAHAAH!!

i always thought that in sales, you arent supposed to ignore any market. 5% is 5% more sales thanyou could have had. That;s a huge number when you look at how many people make up that percentage.

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Maynard James Keenan:
Like hearing my grandmother, talk to her dog that way -- "Ooo
-- puppy!" and I said I'd never do that, ever! And now I have two
dogs and I talk like an imbecile! I wander around, "Ooo! You want
food!" I've turned into a f*cking moron.

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Originally posted by getfoul i always thought that in sales, you arent supposed to ignore any market. 5% is 5% more sales thanyou could have had. That;s a huge number when you look at how many people make up that percentage.

irrelevent point.

this isnt about sales, this is about which product is better.

furthermore, even if it were about sales, just because it doesnt appeal to mac users which make up for 5% of the computer industry hardly means its not gonna beat the ipod. dont be arrogant, us mac users arent the biggest shit in the world.

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Buying trance is a lot like buying a car. Don`t buy American.

i must have business wrong then. I thought the point was to sell good products, not just make a "better product."

Plus it can appeal to mac/apple users all it wants. Totally pointless until it supports the platform.

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Maynard James Keenan:
Like hearing my grandmother, talk to her dog that way -- "Ooo
-- puppy!" and I said I'd never do that, ever! And now I have two
dogs and I talk like an imbecile! I wander around, "Ooo! You want
food!" I've turned into a f*cking moron.

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Originally posted by kamil this isnt about sales, this is about which product is better.

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Buying trance is a lot like buying a car. Don`t buy American.

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Originally posted by getfoul Plus it can appeal to mac/apple users all it wants. Totally pointless until it supports the platform.

get off ure high horse, seriously. it supports 95% of the computer industry, i take it that sony doesnt care nor have time to sell their product to 5% of the market when it knows its going to dominated by the lame ass ipod. its not like their going to gain a full 5% anyway, itd be more like 0.5% which in sonys total income is TOTALLY POINTLESS TO SUPPORT OUR PLATFORM.

please, think rationally, not arrogantly.

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Buying trance is a lot like buying a car. Don`t buy American.

I was just about to buy one and then I realized that the shipping is $40USD, that's ridiculous.

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Originally posted by UWM I was just about to buy one and then I realized that the shipping is $40USD, that's ridiculous.

from sony? or from amazon UK? cuz as far as i know its only available in the UK, so 40 bucks would make sense. they are available on ebay, im sure the shipping would be cheaper.

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Buying trance is a lot like buying a car. Don`t buy American.

That was from Ebay where the shipping was $40.

Do you think it would be smarter to invest in a HD5 or an HD3?

quick question:

why would you need both horizontal and vertical usage of the unit?


everything else sounds pretty cool, but i just don't see why the choice of having it horizontal or vertical makes much of a deal.

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Originally posted by UWM That was from Ebay where the shipping was $40. Do you think it would be smarter to invest in a HD5 or an HD3?

id go for the HD5, having a spare battery on the go is......"priceless"

but for aesthetics, the HD3 pwns it, imo, the HD5 is short of sonys perfection in creating a sleek portable.

theyre both great, you wont be dissapointed with either.

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Buying trance is a lot like buying a car. Don`t buy American.

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Originally posted by Mebot quick question: why would you need both horizontal and vertical usage of the unit? everything else sounds pretty cool, but i just don't see why the choice of having it horizontal or vertical makes much of a deal.

honestly, i dont know, i find it pretty useless.....

i think its how people are comfortable holding the unit and pressing the buttons with one hand, so for me, when i had my *gulp* ipod, vertical did very well. but hey, maybe horizontal works better.

still, im loving the removable battery BIGTIME. i cant stress enough how much of a plus that is. i dont know if i should wait for an HD6 or get the HD5....my main beed is the design of it, im not sure if i like it as much as i like my MD.

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Buying trance is a lot like buying a car. Don`t buy American.

I don´t understand why Sony didnt put more technical features in it. Why not an fm/radio reciever or an Line-in with recording options? That would be great, ok you can change the battery but futhermore I don´t see advantages compared to Ipod or other Mp3 players.

Ah well I just love the service Apple provides, much better then sony!

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