MP3 Players

[Dave Cramer]

Reminds me of the joke What is the difference between a computer  
salesman and a car salesman?

The car salesman knows when he is lying...

Dave
On 28-Feb-06, at 7:38 AM, James Knott wrote:

> 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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