Have 'em?

Like 'em?

If you were to buy all over again, would you? Did you get the right size?

I have had a few ipods. Currently i use a second gen nano and an iphone. I love them. Use to have a creative zen player.Ii prefer the ipod over it. Next in line for me will be a ipod classic 160gb so i can fit my whole music collection on one player.

yes

yes

Settled on 30G video which was more than enough for all my music.

Also have several older shuffles and nanos which I use while working playing outside.

Suggest to look into a set of ear buds with an inline volume control no matter what you end up with.

Disclaimer: Apple is my employer and assists me with keeping bread on the table.

"Have ’em? "

Nope. Refuse to buy one.

"Like ’em? "

Hate them. Nothing but headaches for me how they tie up all the user's music and if you connect it to a different computer it erases it, and the DRM, and how they've been known to hose your library for no particular reason at all, the bloated program interface, etc...

"If you were to buy all over again, would you? Did you get the right size? "

I'd buy either a cheap no name since they usually don't have any BS software locking up your music like Apple does or if you want higher end, Creative (which has a superior audio amp & output circuit over the iPod).

My next move is to the iPhone. But I will more than likely not store ANY music on it. I play Accuradio or pandora all day.

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You WILL NOT be able to play 8-track tapes in it. Didn't know if you knew that or not.

Wife has 40 gig photo

I have 80 gig video

Stereo system has 160 gig video

Everthing at 320bitrate

I'm able to use mine at work so I listen 8 hrs a day.

My first iPod was a 20 gig 4th generation mode. I used the hell out of it, until my music collection grew to well beyond 20 gigs. Also, I kept it plugged in in my car all the time, and that toasted the battery.

I now have a 120 gig video model. I love it. Have it half full, and am trying to fill the rest.

All music at 320 kbs, except for the few items that I buy from iTunes. I have NEVER had any issues with iTunes or my music library or drm. If you sync your iPod with a computer, it has the music on it from that computer. If you sync with a different computer, then it will erase your iPod. Solution: don't hook up to other computers.

If you have multiple computers, use one as your base for your iPod, or else authorize all of them and have the same music on all. Plus you can set iTunes on any computer so that it asks you before it syncs the iPod with the library on that computer so that you don't erase the content of the iPod. You can also get software to allow you to transfer stuff from your iPod to your computer if you need to do that.

Overall, no problems to speak of. When it is -20 degrees, don't leave your iPod in your car. The iPod does not like sitting at -20 degrees.

J

I-tunes is bloatware to the max. IPOD and Music is not portable between pc's. Steven Jobs sucks. That pretty much covers it.

Oh, the hardware is actually pretty good.

I have an older 30G video model and like it. BUT, I do not use iTunes since it always overwrites any time you syncronize it. So, I use Real Player. It allows you to easily import any song on your PC into your library (iTunes doesn't) and then transfer it. IIRC, you can add songs to the iPod without overwriting existing music. Never been an Apple fan in general, so I'm much more comfortable with the PC-centric Real Player.

YES X 4

My kids have 4th gen Nano ipods and I have an iPhone. I love it. But, I really, absolutely, can't stand iTunes. I have Windows computers and sometimes it's a real pain in the ass. And I'm fairly computer literate.

But the player itself is a great, intuitive easy to use mp3 player.

Now where's Teedubya to sell you on Zunes?

If you do use Windows with an iPod, always make sure to check Manually Sync Music in iTunes. Then you won't delete your music on your iPod when connecting to another computer.

Yes and yes...............great thing to own.

Charlie

No but Mrs has the I-Touch,great great great for jr ,with games and his fav TV shows keeps him busy when necessary........... Really comes in handy,8trax your son would love it!!!

HATE iPods..........I can't even begin to tell you how much I hate them.

Here's an idea..........do a search on this site for "iTunes" or "iPod" and see how many people have asked for advice on how to deal with these little pieces of ****.

If I were to get an MP3 player with "features", I'd get one of the "Creative" models (or similar).

You can't drag and drop on an iPod using windows.........nope.....that would be WAY to easy.

Instead, you install iTunes and it gobbles up all of your music, screws it all in the **** for a while, and then tells you what you can and can't do with it.

Re#17:

I have seen you post this in the past. I was just wondering what you wanted to do with your music that you couldn't with iTunes?

I guess that I have never had any problems with my music in iTunes.

Anyway, just wondering.

J

first thing that comes to mind........

when my wife and I both had these I wasn't able to put my music on her iPod (and vice versa).

I'm a "drag and drop" sort of guy. I like to see folders, move them around as I see fit.......copy/paste, delete, share.

My daughter has what I call an iPud...........a knockoff iPod that is formatted like a drive.

I plug it in, I copy/paste songs onto it, then unplug it.

I have to say that I love mine at times and hate it at other times...

Mostly love it. But as TG said... if you want to switch computers, you'll want to throw it out the window of a moving train at another train and hope it gets crushed to pieces between the wheels and the track.