Comment by kleiba
4 months ago
Portable CD players were way more finicky than walkmans (walkmen?!), plus the form factor was just not ideal.
4 months ago
Portable CD players were way more finicky than walkmans (walkmen?!), plus the form factor was just not ideal.
A problem that was mostly solved by 1995 or so as RAM got cheap enough for a decent buffer. Still not something you could go running with but they didn't skip in cars any more. A child could play with one. Not a toddler, but a responsible-ish 8-year-old.