it's super easy to burn tapes/cd's and give them to people. i don't have an ipod, but i hear that everytime it gets plugged into a computer it synchs with itunes, so you can't just give a friend some songs. is that true? i remember parties where the music sources were people bringing different tapes and cd's--in this age would everyone have to bring an ipod, or can you still transfer music across machines (to say nothing of different types of machines)?
Not sure about iPod but many players like the cowon iaudio or sandisk sansa series act just like USB drives. So you just drag and drop songs to or from any computer so its easy to share songs with friends.
I'm not 100% sure if this is still true, but that used to be an option you could set on your iPod through iTunes. The default was to automatically sync (and delete music that was no longer in your library), but you can change it to only add or remove music when you explicitly move it to or from your iPod.
As for my personal opinion on the topic, I'm known by my friends as being someone who uses older stuff by choice. My phone is ancient, but it's because I'd rather have something that's proven to long-lasting, unbreakable and robust, rather than something that has the latest features.
it's super easy to burn tapes/cd's and give them to people. i don't have an ipod, but i hear that everytime it gets plugged into a computer it synchs with itunes, so you can't just give a friend some songs. is that true? i remember parties where the music sources were people bringing different tapes and cd's--in this age would everyone have to bring an ipod, or can you still transfer music across machines (to say nothing of different types of machines)?