ipod mini or creative zen? Options

[sweetxsimplicity]

..i'm not good with all this technology and pros and cons stuff, and i dunno which to get and who to believe. some people are like "omg only posers have ipods!!" and some people are like "ipods are wayy better than those mp3 players!" help me decide.

well, anyway, these are my pros and cons

mini: nicer, not many features, costs $100 to get replace battery
zen: uglier, a few more features, costs $40 to replace battery, UGLIER (<-- thats what im most concerned about, lol. ><)

[Eryi]

I'd have to say iPod. I don't trust the other mp3 players.

[sadolakced acid]

go with the zen micro.

it's much better than the ipod.

it has better sound quality, if nothing else (for those that will use the excuse "i'll only use my ipod for my music"

it also has radio, which is quite nice for when you get bored.

i'd also look for something with recording (i don't know if this has recording), but recording is danged useful.

i use my iriver to record lectures- mp3s, 320 kps (if i want), or 128, or numbers in between.

plus, the buttons light up real cool on the micro.

[Baku]

go with the zen micro.

it's much better than the ipod.

it has better sound quality, if nothing else (for those that will use the excuse "i'll only use my ipod for my music"

it also has radio, which is quite nice for when you get bored.

i'd also look for something with recording (i don't know if this has recording), but recording is danged useful.

i use my iriver to record lectures-  mp3s, 320 kps (if i want), or 128, or numbers in between.

plus, the buttons light up real cool on the micro.

this is like another bash ipod thred get what YOU WANT as i say all the time reserch it and get YOUR NEEDS not extra crap that you dont need

[sadolakced acid]

this is like another bash ipod thred    get what YOU WANT as i say all the time reserch it and get YOUR NEEDS not extra crap that you dont need

i'm telling it how it is. i didn't say ipod suck. i didn't say anything bad about the ipods. i said good things about the micro.

and truely, the micro has better DB to noise ratio than the ipod mini.

and it costs less, i believe.

so; based on the single need of playing music, the micro is the better choice.

unless your needs are having an mp3 player to show off to your friends with.

[sweetxsimplicity]

i'm telling it how it is.  i didn't say ipod suck.  i didn't say anything bad about the ipods.  i said good things about the micro. 

and truely, the micro has better DB to noise ratio than the ipod mini. 

and it costs less, i believe.

so; based on the  single need of playing music, the micro is the better choice.

unless your needs are having an mp3 player to show off to your friends with.

well, my needs aren't having an mp3 player to show off, but i at least want the mp3 player to be nice, and the zen looks kind of .. weird.

my sister has an iriver, its cheaper and has voice recording and radio and stuff, but it doesn't look very nice. ><

yeah, i know its the features that really count, but like..i dunno. i care a lot about how it looks too. yeah, i know, im weird.