February 05, 2005

Dell DJ


We've had two Dell DJ's for a few months now.

They're cheaper than iPods and have all the same features, except for the "click wheel", whatever that is. They key things we were looking for were easy music import, easy playback controls, and lots of storage.

We have the 20GB and 5GB "mini" models. They connect via USB and can use either the Dell supplied software or Windows Media Player. I use iTunes to rip and organize tracks, and the Dell software to download. WMP is too clunky.

The cool thing about having so much storage is that you can put in dozens of albums, select shuffle and get a variety of music for hours. Highly recommended.