Should I purchase a 15gig iPod?

[xfer]

Amazon.com has them for like $280. I have a $100 gift certificate, so it would cost me $180.

IS IT WORTH IT?!

 

[Firedwarf]

My sister has one and they are pretty awesome. How often would you be using it?

 

[xfer]

i dunno, i guess i would listen to it all day at work, and hopefully plug it into the stereo at work version 2.0?

do i need a firewire port? or can i use USB? (sadly, my two USBs are being taken up, so i would have to cycle it in and out, annoyingly)

can i buy a firewire port to add to my computer? for how much?

that would determine how much i used it to, i guess.

 

[Nut Butter]

I'd spend the money on actual music rather than an iPod.


But that's just me.

 

[chupe666]

wouldn't the world implode if you plugged an iPod into a PC?

 

[xfer]

wait, iPod doesn't work with PCs? i have two PCs.

 

[Reanna]

NO! do not get teh 15gig iPod---for $230 you can get a 30gig Nomad mp3 player....it is bigger, but its a much better deal.... sometimes you can even get it cheaper than that.

 

[Reanna]

http://www.nomadworld.com/products/Jukebox_ZenXtra/

There--some stuff and a pic of the nomad.

 

[azal]

I would give the certificate to Toby since he has fallen on hard days.

But then again, I love my brother.

 

[minxnim]

it works with pc's alex.
i'd say get it if you think you'd really use it a lot and you're psyched for it.

 

[Firedwarf]

It works with PCs. As long as you have a USB or Firewire port you're okay. Do you know if you have USB 1.1 or 2.0? Tranferring songs is slow as shit with 1.1 and I'm not sure if I would get it if I only had 1.1. I forgot the transfer rate for USB 2 but I think it's faster than Firewire and most newer computers come with them.

 

[minxnim]

if not i am 99% sure i have an extra firewire card for older computers lying around alex that i really would just give to you if i still have it.

 

[xfer]

can i figure out what my USB port speed is without cracking open my casing?

i really would like to just do the firewire thing, because I only have two USB ports and one is taken up by my mouse and the other by my NES controller and sometimes my digicam cable for uploading. and i hate having to switch them around!

 

[minxnim]

well i mean, what year is your computer? most older ones dont have a usb2

 

[minxnim]

anyway i have a laptop card that can insert a usb2 and a firewire at the same time. an extra one.

 

[xfer]

hmmm has anyone heard anything bad about the nomad?

 

[xfer]

i built my computer in ummm early 2002 maybe? i don't remember what sort of UBS port it is, though!

 

[minxnim]

i'm gonna guess it's a usb1, that's just a guess tho.

 

[Novembers Paul]

If it's a first or second generation iPod, it wont work on PC. Make sure it's a new model (3rd Gen). Apple has made it winblows compatible, and you can get iTunes for windows as well from apple.com.

I have a 30gb iPod, and love it. I have over 260 CD's on it, and I still have room. It rules.

 

[xfer]

iTunes on apple.com FREE?

i'm leaning nomadwise right now, folks.