johnnybebad

Thanks a lot for the help! I guess I will stick with it after all. One more question though... We have Windows 98 on the PC... It says on the package that it supports Windows 98 SE, which we have... So, why do you say we need Service Pack Two? I was curious about converting from MP3 to Atrac just because it only makes sense that the quality will worsen going from one lossy format to another lossy format. If she rips CDs, I will tell her to use ATRAC, but it doesn't make sense to have to convert MP3s to Atrac. Likewise, the quality definitely cannot get better when it is already bad (yes, I think MP3s sound bad for the most part.) But again, thanks a lot!

Hi, I bought my sister a NW-E003F for Christmas, but after reading some reviews here, I am thinking about returning it. Hopefully you people will be able to clear some things up: 1) Does the player play actual MP3s? Or does Sonic Stage change everything over to Atrac before it gets to the player? 2) Is the volume exteremely quiet? I am in Canada, but I have read some Europeans claiming their volume is very quiet. Is this the same in Canada? 3) Can the player also be used as a thumb drive? For example, if I wanted to copy some files from our PC to my laptop, could I do so without installing Sonic Stage on my own computer? 4) Is there any way to charge the player, besides USB? What if she goes on a long trip away from the computer, will she be "doomed" to no music for the rest of her trip after 20+ hours? 5) Can you navigate through the song titles while a song is playing, or do you have to skip through each song, like a CD player? 6) How complicated is Sonic Stage? Reviews make it seem to be the program from Hell... My sister is fairly computer illiterate, and I don't want to give her a gift that she'll get frustrated with. Is there ANY way to just drag and drop files onto the player? Hopefully someone here will have some answers... Thanks!