MP3 Players

[James Knott]

Colin McGregor wrote:

> The VAST majority of USB MP3 players are seen as USB
> external drives to Linux. The magic question to ask
> the sales munchkins is "Do I need a driver program to
> make this work with Windows 2000?". There was
> strangeness with Windows 98 and external USB drives,
> so if there is a Windows 98 driver disk, no problem.
> If no driver is required for Windows 2000 you know the
> device will look/act just like an external memory key
> or external hard drive. The reverse is obvious, if a
> driver disk is required for use with Windows 2000 (and
> there are a small number of such devices out there),
> run, don't walk away.

But then you'd have to assume the sales droid is capable of a straight
answer.  ;-)
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