As long as everybody else is posting their responses to Trae's review, I might as well put my response in here too...

"If Trae McCombs wanted a Linux computer, he should have bought a Linux computer.
The empeg is a MUSIC PLAYER that happens to run a Linux operating system. To
criticize it for not performing operations for which it was never intended seems a bit
short-sighted. And yes, you can buy an in-car CD/MP3 player for $300 that will store and
play all of 12 hours of music. There is at least one empeg currently running that can play
nearly 100 times that amount. Until you have had your entire music collection, hundreds of
hours of it, available at the press of a button without having to mess with swapping disks
and digging through piles of CDs, you will never fully appreciate the merits of the empeg.
If you want a Linux computer, shop elsewhere. If you want what is unquestionably the best
in-car music player available, then look no further. "

tanstaafl.

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