iPod vs. Zune

My new laptop has a 120-gig hard drive. When I went laptop shopping, it seemed the basic laptop hard drive nowadays is 80 gigs -- and that's way bigger than my desktop.

 

yeah i just got one of those in-car adapters, too. i went through two of those stupid radio thingies before realizing i could get this adapter . i got it at best buy and spent less than $100 for the product and installation. i just plug in my ipod and listen to podcasts on the road. if you're an audiophile you probably wouldn't love the sound quality but it sounds great to me. apparently i could get the cheaper product because of the crummy after-market cd stereo that i installed in my ten-year-old car a couple years ago.

 

I just upgraded to the 80 gig - I had a 20 gig before, but I have 31 gigs of music in iTunes (with a 400 gig hard drive).

 

iPod all the way. The Zune looks interesting but I'd way for a second gen to come out so MS can get various bugs and such fixed. And I got a very nice car adapter as well. Has a few extensions and a base for the iPod. It's probably too nice but hey, I'll take it.

 

Would someone please explain how to put DVDs on iTunes/iPods? Please.

 

if you have a mac, use handbrake lite, which is awesome and nearly idiot proof

 

need a windows based rip product

 

I highly recommend this site:

http://www.anders.com/guides/convert/video/iPod/windows.html

Links to two free programs you'll need, and step by step instructions for dealing with settings that otherwise would have made no sense to me at all.

 

THANK YOU

 

Everything I hear about the Zune is terrible...