So I was on my way home from work yesterday (here's your expected response: "OMG, you were working ANOTHER weekend?" Me, indignant and mad, through gritted teeth: "YES") and all of a sudden my stupid Gigabeat (Toshiba's NO LONGER MADE MP3 player) just stopped working. All of a sudden, a screen came up that said, "Send me the f*** back to Toshiba, bitch!" Well, not exactly but you get the gist of it.
I had to send it back once before (see previous blog entry entitled "The day the music died"...too lazy to link you back to it...). So now I'm thinking that I'm done with this and it's time, ladies and gentlemen, to make the switch to Apple. Yes, I want an iPhone. But there are several problems with that and this whole endeavor could be a MAJOR mess:
1) I have been on a PC forEVER and my music collection is huge (yes, you may not know this about me but I am a huge music lover and have A TON of it). It is basically all on there as MP3s that are in Windows Media Player. To boot, I know that iPods and iPhones tend to have trough sync'ing to Toshibas. So how much of a hassle is it going to be to transfer all of that over to a Mac...who knows... and can the "genius bar" at the Apple Store help me? But that brings me to another problem...
2) I want a Mac. My Toshiba laptop has pissed me off more times than I care to count and it's SOOOO SLOW. So can I justify spending about $2500 to get a MacBook Pro? I don't know.
3) I am currently under contract with Verizon and to break my contract (and D's...we are on a Family Share Plan) before June of next year would cost $100 EACH! Apparently there are websites dedicated to swapping with people to get out of your contract but is it worth it? Maybe...
4) I want something now. After all, I am an American and I want NOW NOW NOW! I can't wait for anything! Certainly not till June...and I can't go for even A WEEK without some sort of MP3 device.
OMG! HELP! WHAT SHOULD I DO?
2 comments:
n the one hand, you ARE making more money now *link back to your post*. BUT *link to same post*--I feel like the economy is on the brink of a precipice. But I DO wonder if the monthly iPhone bill will be something you will want 6 months down the road?
Ideas for coping in the meantime:
doesn't your current phone play mp3s?
hum
buy a cheapie replacement mp3 player
Honestly, usually I'd say go for it, but how much PER month will an iPhone cost?
Yes, from what I've heard, the monthly iPhone contract now makes the new phones (which retail for less than the first generation) actually more expensive in the long run. Which is annoying, because they are soooo pretty and fun to play with. (My bf has been lusting over the phones for months, but he's waiting until his current contract runs out in January to buy one.)
It sounds like it may be time to upgrade your laptop regardless of what you do about an mp3 player -- maybe you don't have to splurge on the Macbook pro, and just get something more affordable that is better at playing w/ the Apple toys? Or gamble on a refurbished Mac?
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