Hi Irisheyes,
I'm champion the Minidisc for a variety reasons:
Each minidisc can store approx 5 hours of music, enough to store about 6 or 7 of your favourite cd's. This, to be honest, is plenty of music to keep you going. If you need more, to carry around an extra disc or 2 is never going to be a big burden.
The new MD's being issued by Sony store (i think) one gig of data, which is a substantial amount of music.
The other big big problem with MP3 players is the record industry's crackdown on piracy. They are making it infinitely impossible to transfer music from purchased cd's onto MP3 players. While these copyright protections also affect digital transfer onto MD players, with MD you can record analogly (almost like the old days of 'tape to tape'), with reasonably perfect sound quality, and with no hassle.
I don't know why this problem of transferring music to mp3 players has not become more of an issue, especially amongst users who aren't PC gurus.
I use my MD player while jogging, and it rarely skips, so is ideal for that. It is especially fantastic for long journeys, in the car, plane or otherwise
Oh - the new MD players allow you to transfer music onto them with the same ease and speed as an MP3 player.
I guess as well, the idea of having your entire music collection with you at all times just doesn't appeal to me. I find that it you can frustrate yourself with this, by just skipping continuously over tracks, so never really listening to a full cd. But thats just a personal quirk. Having your current favourites with you is usually always enough.
One vote for the Minidisc please
