sony NWZA816B ok with OS X? Or shall I just get a nano?

[Felix E]

I'm looking to buy a new mini mp3 player with 4gb of space. I've been doing some research today into what to buy and have pretty much narrowed it down to either the sony NWZA816B or an iPod Nano.

Obviously the nano would work very well and easily with Os X and iTunes, but Ive read that the sony has better sound quality and also it's slightly cheaper. problem is i;m not sure how well it will work with os x, it's supposed to use windows media player 11, but this isn't available for mac. Would it be ok to load it up just by dragging and dropping? does anyone have any experience with this player and os x? I don't want to use bootcamp just to put songs on my mp3 player btw

thanks for any help

 

[Felix E]

Thanks for the replies guys

I'm going to a store on Thursday that sells both so I think I'll have a play with the Sony and see what I think.. I'm leaning to that one at the moment as I think the better sound/battery/headphones would be a bonus and I'm not too bothered about synching playlists etc. I don't buy music from iTunes either so that's not a problem for me.

Merry Christmas!