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Author: Chauncey
Date: 2006-12-05 00:55
I just wonder what type of laptop to buy for my storage of music. I'm getting an Apple Ipod to collaborate with sorting my music, because my cd collection is overflowingly large. I don't know whether or not to buy a cheaper-quality laptop, because I don't know whether or not I'll need a nicer-quality one for college. Since I'm guessing you guys are composed mostly of people who have been through or are going through college, you could help me.
Keep in mind that I am a high school student with only about 1500 dollars at the moment (I need to buy a car soon, too.....and so life truly begins!)
Thanks in advance.
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Author: msloss
Date: 2006-12-05 01:35
MacBook is $1,100, maybe less if you can score an educational discount.
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Author: crnichols
Date: 2006-12-05 01:43
For playback of music, you'll want a processor rated well for multimedia, plenty of RAM, and a high quality sound card. I'd recommend getting an external hard drive for your music files, as they tend to bog things down (at least on my computer they do).
Christopher Nichols, D.M.A.
Assistant Professor of Clarinet
University of Delaware
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Author: Max S-D
Date: 2006-12-05 05:11
If you were to get a macbook, I would reccomend getting the faster white one, since you can upgrade it to have more RAM and hard disk space afterwards for a lot less money. I'm pretty happy with mine. I got some nice external speakers, which make life excellent. I think for $1500, you're going to have to choose between a car or a laptop. IMO, you can get through college without a car, but probably not without a computer.
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Author: Bennett ★2017
Date: 2006-12-05 15:55
You don't need a fancy laptop to play mp3 or wma files. If you're going to convert your cd's to mp3 (or similar) you want to get a laptop with a fast cd burner - speed here depends on both the cpu and the cd burner.
Your academic interests will also determine what sort of (i.e., how expensive) a laptop to buy. If you just need it to write term papers, anything will do. If your interests are in multi-media production, you've got to spend a lot of money. Chances are you don't know yet; in that case I'd buy the most powerful you can afford - it might last you four years.
Also, you might want to budget for: powered speakers, carrying case, security chain, printer, additional software beyond what comes with the machine, etc.
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Author: Chauncey
Date: 2006-12-05 19:37
True, I don't need a car for college, but I need one to go to school next year. I'm dual enrolling next year to a school about a half hour away, and the car I'm using gets 8 miles to the gallon tops (It's a '79 chevy truck. A blast to drive though, because it is stick.)
I was thinking about possibly holding off on the laptop for now, and instead just buying an 80 GB Ipod. I want to connect it to my stereo speakers because they are very nice, but they are wire connections...
I heard it might be possible to connect the ipod to a male/male connection to the small headphone jack on my stereo to play through, but I thought the headphone jack was an output type connection only. I'm not electronically gifted, so is it possible?
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2006-12-05 19:51
You can attach the iPod's headphone outlet to your stereo's "Line In/CD" connector (be sure the iPod's volume is turned down when you try that, you might blast your speakers). If the stereo doesn't have a line in input, you're out of luck. Headphone <-> Headphone won't do.
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Ben
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Author: Chauncey
Date: 2006-12-05 20:00
hrm....I don't have an input.....Is there some device that I can buy to insert the wires, then attatch a cord to the ipod?
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2006-12-05 20:20
You can insert wires wherever you want (don't!), when the apparatus isn't equipped to accept and amplify external signals, you simply can't do that.
The only way out would be an FM transmitter or a 'cassette interface'; they're normally used with car stereos, but I guess an iPod-ready amplifier would not cost a lot more. Any compact stereo with an AUX port should do. (newer ones will also play MP3 CDs...)
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Ben
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