Questions from a Mac use

Hi all, i'm new here..
Just saw the new 60gig iPod and as pretty as it is, it's a little expensi've at $950 Australian (actually if it's $599 US it works out to around $800 AU, but the Australian Apple Centers price is $950). Go figure.
Anyhow all I'm looking for is a 60gig 'music' player. The Creative Zen Player is around $650 AU. So, does it work on a Mac ? What do i need ? I assume iTunes won't work with it. Will it just pop up on my desktop as an external dri've and I can just drag n drop mp3s onto it ? Does it have firewire/usb both ? Does it use a dock ? Actually, is there an actual instruction manual in pdf somewhere I can download ? That would probably answer all my questions.
Thanks everyone.

I did a little bit of research, and found that altough Creative does not *officially* support any Mac OS for their MP3 players (except the old http://www.wentnet.com/projects/xnjb/ for more information.
This unofficial software supports the following MP3 players (assuming all GB ranges):
* Creative Nomad Jukebox a.k.a. Creative D.A.P.
* Creative Nomad Jukebox 2
* Creative Nomad Jukebox 3
* Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen
* Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen USB 2.0
* Creative Nomad Jukebox NX
* Creative Nomad Jukebox Xtra
* Dell Digital Jukebox ("Dell DJ")
* Creative Nomad Jukebox Touch
Good luck!Message Edited by LeecherX on 0-27-2004 06:35 AM

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cord into it, and bang, wireless throughout my house?
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month, but haven't found details. I'm an EX-windows
user so I'm used to having to defrag, and do
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