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iPod for Windows question

Foxer

Foxer

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Hey all. My father wants to buy an iPod, but his elderly Gateway doesn't have firewire or usb 2. Will an iPod work with USB 1 on a windows machine or will he have to break down and buy a firewire card as well? Any one have experience with this?

Man, it would all be so much simpler if I could jsut get him to buy a Mac. :)
 
takao

takao

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Foxer said:
Hey all. My father wants to buy an iPod, but his elderly Gateway doesn't have firewire or usb 2. Will an iPod work with USB 1 on a windows machine or will he have to break down and buy a firewire card as well? Any one have experience with this?

Man, it would all be so much simpler if I could jsut get him to buy a Mac. :)
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normaly a usb2 device will work on a usb1 connection ..but only with usb1 speed
i think it's the same with the ipod
 
Foxer

Foxer

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takao said:
normaly a usb2 device will work on a usb1 connection ..but only with usb1 speed
i think it's the same with the ipod
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That's my understanding, too. I just wondered if there was something special about an iPod since the tech specs specify USB 2.
 
Calvinatir

Calvinatir

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it specifies 2.0 so that you dont die of impatience...my friend got a 40 GB iPOd and found out he only has 1.1 on his laptop..it took him over 6 hours to transfer all 25GB of his music! It was painful
 
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