MD player for Mac - to use with Garageband

Hi, could someone suggest a good MD player that is compatible with Mac. I´ve heard that the Sony MZ-RH10 that can transfer data through USB doesn´t work so well. So I´m thinking of buying a cheeper MD player (without the USB transfer possibility) and transfer my MD material in real time to the computer and Garageband. Does someone use that technique and how does it work?
Dual 2GHz PowerPC G5 Mac OS X (10.4.2)

What exactly do you mean by an "MD player that is compatible with Mac"? And what by "transfer my MD material in real time to the computer and Garageband"?
MD players traditionally record in a (lossful) compressed audio format that is proprietary. So in the past the only way to get your recordings into the computer was through the line in (maybe that's what you mean by "transfer in real time") - which means turning a compressed digital format to analog and re-digitize it in the computer. Very bad solution, if you ask me.
Now I take it from the Net that newer MD-Players also record other formats like MP3 which you might be able to transfer via USB without (additional) loss. But then I wonder why you would do that with a device that has all the disadvantages of delicate moving parts. There's a growing number of MP3 recorders with solid state memory, and this memory's getting cheaper every day.
So if you ask me: MD is pretty much dead, and I would look for other solutions if I was looking for a portable recording device.
And hey - as long as it's not interviews in the street, it's not such a big deal to bring along a laptop and record directly into GB or an audio program – without going through an intermediate compression stage that deteriorates the quality.

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Since I need to listen to some online lecture
recordings and my xp doesnt have sound, i have to use
it on MAC OS. But as the problem is the site kept
telling me to install Internet explorer 5.5 and above
and after install IE for MAc 5.1, it ask for Windows
Media player. I installed flip4mac and media player
for mac ..it still doesnt work...
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