Poll: How big an iPod do you need to hold your Digital Music Collection?

[MacRumors]

Vote: Poll: How big an iPod do you need to hold your Digital Music Collection? (http://www.macpolls.com/?poll_id=422)

[sethypoo]

Heh heh, I have about 3.5 GB of music along with the movie Big Fish (2 GB) on my 10 GB iPod. So far, 10 GB is great, but I'm thinking about selling it on eBay and getting a new shiny 4G 20 GB one.

Anyone want a well taken care of 3G 10 GB iPod? :)

[Mallardx]

That is what I want.. I think it would be the perfect size all around.

[whw5]

When you really think about it how much of your music collection will you ever listen to? I have about 10Gigs of music but all I will ever need is about 4 of that. Thats why I went with the mini ipod. 20gigs is fine if you need an ipod to act as an external hard drive but come on. I think apple should have like a 2Gb mini for like 150$ and make a 6 GB mini for the current 250.

[michaelrjohnson]

Realistically? 12.

However, I use it as an external drive, so the 20GB iPod will work just fine for me.

[Mudbug]

I'm using about 15 gigs of my 20GB 3G. I think for me, it's really the perfect size. It allows me to carry pretty much my entire collection, sorting and unsorting any way I choose, and gives me a little extra room for moving large files around between my desktop and laptop. Since getting it as a gift, I've had the pleasure of not feeling a "want" of a new iPod to replace it.

My wife has a new pink mini, and she absolutely loves it. I think it's too small for me, but she's in heaven, having exactly what she wants in the order she wants it in.

[brap]

20gigs is fine if you need an ipod to act as an external hard drive but come on.
Prescisely. I can't see how people would trust something so small, easily-thievable and easily-droppable with the master copy of their entire digital music collection. Just load the songs you need onto the hd once every week or so, no problem.

This is why I have no use for one...

[Mallardx]

The 4gn mini really does force you to pick and choose the music you listen too. however, I like the fact that I can keep a back up of important documents and files on my iPod, plus in Tiger my iPod will have the ability to act as my home so I can log on to any mac and work.

[iMeowbot]

[20GB mini]
That is what I want.. I think it would be the perfect size all around.
It will be a while... that disk form factor hasn't even broken 5GB yet.

[Viv]

35Gb of music on my G4 ali but only a 30Gb IPod! I find it interesting to see how people use their IPod and how it shapes there opinion.

I never know what music I want to listen too and when, I cant predict what mood I will be in so I carry it all with me then I can listen to what I want.

That means I need a bigger IPod and it makes sense to have a 60Gb size so I can fit it all in, a 40Gb would fill up to fast for me like the 30Gb did.

Viv

[whw5]

wait, so in tiger you will be able to access your entire home folder from your ipod? Why dont they make it so you can just store the entire operating systeme on your ipod and access it on any computer mac or windows. Its crazy but it might be cool.

[Bendit]

If you're going to have an option for an non existant 60gb iPod why not also have options for 10 and 15gb? I'd like a 15gb iPod.

[michaelrjohnson]

wait, so in tiger you will be able to access your entire home folder from your ipod? Why dont they make it so you can just store the entire operating systeme on your ipod and access it on any computer mac or windows. Its crazy but it might be cool.

You could do it now (I believe) but the iPod is not intended to be used as a whole computer... there's no fan, etc. I just don't think the iPod has it in it to be a "computer replacement" if you know what I mean.

[Bear]

How much do I need to hold my entire collection is one thing. (And what the poll is about.)

How much do I need to hold the piece of my music collection I want on the iPod? I'm debating between the 20GB and the 40GB iPod. I'll probably go with the 40 if I decide I want the dock.

I mean the 20GB holds 10+ days of music encoded at 160VBR(Maximum) which means it's good for a few weeks unless your mood changes to something you don't have on the iPod.

I currently have the first gen 10GB iPod. It's battery is starting to get weaker than I would like, so I'll take this as an opportunity to upgrade.

[wrldwzrd89]

I've recently outgrown an iPod mini (my music collection weighs in at around 5.25GB), so a 20GB iPod would be good enough. I got a 40GB 3G iPod because I wanted to have room to grow. I won't be buying a 4G iPod anytime soon.

[iMeowbot]

wait, so in tiger you will be able to access your entire home folder from your ipod? Why dont they make it so you can just store the entire operating systeme on your ipod and access it on any computer mac or windows. Its crazy but it might be cool.
You can already boot from an iPod, Apple just won't support it if you run into problems.

You can even put a home directory on an iPod now if you don't mind mucking around with things, but it's not pretty.

[djdarlek]

wait, so in tiger you will be able to access your entire home folder from your ipod? Why dont they make it so you can just store the entire operating systeme on your ipod and access it on any computer mac or windows. Its crazy but it might be cool.


To a certain extent you can already.. just install a seperate version of OSX on your iPod and bingo! everythings there! Obviously the applications and all that OSX specific stuff won't work on a PC, but imagine how ugly they'd be anyway! :eek:

[bennetsaysargh]

i need a 20GB to hold my music, i have about 12 right now, and it keeps on growing, but i am getting my new 4G 40GB on thursday morning at the palisades! :D :D :D


edit-or not, they said they won't have it until next week most likely. :( :( :(

[Sabbath]

An interestingly phrased question, 20Gb is fine with me but then I don't put my whole music collection onto my iPod only music I actually want to listen to (I know I should get rid of the rest of my cds but I just like having cds even if I don't listen to them :o ). I also use my iPod for backing up important documents however, so I would like to have a couple of Gig in addition to my music library but nothing excessive.

However I have also ordered a mini, 4Gb is good for all the music I like to listen to often and also I'm hoping it is a bit tougher in terms of nicks and scratches than the current iPod.

This is all based on 128kbs AAC however, when laptop drives get significantly bigger I would like to have all my music in a lossless format and then I would want a much bigger iPod.

[michaelrjohnson]

edit-or not, they said they won't have it until next week most likely. :( :( :(

I talked to the folks at the Apple Store Mayfair (WI) and they said they'd have them in this Wednesday or Thursday. So I guess it varies.

[musicpyrite]

ahhah, I couldn't even fit my favorite music on a 4 GB mini..... :cool:

[whw5]

ahhah, I couldn't even fit my favorite music on a 4 GB mini..... :cool:

Wow you must have a lot of favorite music. I mean of all my favorite, favorite music I only have about 2 gigs.

[the_mole1314]

I'm using over half of my 20 gig for files, music, and other things. 20 is FINE for me! :p

[shamino]

My music collection is 35G right now. So I said 40. But realisticly, I would want to buy a 60, since I will likely exceed 40G in a year or two.

[bigdog]

While my 10GB iPod is at 75% capacity or so, I would need a 180-200GB iPod to carry my entire collection.

[shamino]

When you really think about it how much of your music collection will you ever listen to? I have about 10Gigs of music but all I will ever need is about 4 of that.
Which makes me wonder why you bought 6G of music that you don't want to hear.

My collection is pretty large (35G), but there is nothing in there that I would never want to hear. While working at home, I have iTunes shuffle-play the entire collection. Part of the beauty of a large iPod is that I can do the same thing while away from my desk.
20gigs is fine if you need an ipod to act as an external hard drive but come on.
It's always a dangerous trap to believe that there's something wrong with people who don't agree with you.
I think apple should have like a 2Gb mini for like 150$ and make a 6 GB mini for the current 250.
I can agree with this too - precisely because there are a lot of people who don't agree with me on this subject.

[U2Rules!]

I've got about 5 gigs on my HD, I love my mini and just load about 1-2 gigs weekly that I listen to. Otherwise I become overwhelmed with all the choices.

[shamino]

Prescisely. I can't see how people would trust something so small, easily-thievable and easily-droppable with the master copy of their entire digital music collection. Just load the songs you need onto the hd once every week or so, no problem.
Who said anything about using it for the master copy of the collection?

And why should I be forced to decide, in advance, what songs I'm going to want to listen to a few hours or days later.

When I'm packing my bags for a vacation, I have to pick out the albums I want to bring in the car (I don't yet own any portable music player). If my mood changes the next day and I decide that I want to hear something else, I'm SOL.

The beauty of keeping a copy of everthing on an iPod is that this problem goes away. Just bring everything along and decide what you want to hear at the last moment.

[laurawallace799]

...I need a bigger IPod and it makes sense to have a 60Gb size...

just wait until the video ipod (http://www.methodshop.com/mp3/articles/videoipod/index.stm) comes out. then everyone will be screaming for more GBs. ;)

i have 104 GB in my iTunes Library and only a 30 GB ipod. a 150 GB+ ipod would be nice. then i could have all my music and store some files on there too.

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[Pipian]

I have just over 60 Gigs probably, 57 Gigs just in my iTunes folder on my Desktop, the rest on my iBook.


EDIT:

I also have a friend with 60GB's of music, but with slightly lower encoding..

[MattG]

I'm currently at around 46.5gb in my iTunes library, so a 60gb iPod would be much appreciated :)

[~Shard~]

Technically I'd need an iPod with about 220 GB capacity, I'm estimating. I record and collect a lot of music and my collection keeps growing on a weekly basis. For instance, I record the BBC Radio One Essential Mixes every week, and have every single mix since 1993 (save about 10), so that's gotta be close to 600 mixes right there, probably averaging 200 MB each in MP3 format if I were to convert all of them. Throw in some other broadcasted DJ mix shows, live sets, and the rest of my actual music collection which is HUGE and varied, and I'd definitely need well over 200 GB! :cool:

[idkew]

i will upgrade when apple has an 80gb+ version out for me. that way i can clone my laptop hd to the ipod, and have room for my 40gb+ of music.

[Matt T.]

I have a 10GB which is more than enough. Smart playlists give me:
1. Everything iTunes has played in the last 2 months
2. Every song I've ripped in the last 2 months
3. My Top Rated Playlist
4. My Top 100 most listened to songs

With that, I think I have 99.9% of the songs I want at any given moment, despite the iPod holding about 40% of my total collection.

Previous generation 10GB are on the Apple site for $169

[Fender2112]

7 or 8 GB will hold my current collection which includes my wife's and my Kids' CDs. 20 GB would give me plenty of room to grow. However, if I had 40, 60, or 1000 GB, I'd always find some use for the extra space and then complain that it's not enough. :)

[AmigoMac]

My Library right now is 9 GB big, but still have 4 DVDs I backed up before selling my last PB... ;) , you do the math... but my weekly increase says that I have to slow down until steve calms down with toshiba ... :p

[neon]

i voted 60gb.

i currently have about 35gb of music, so yes the 40 would be enough - but room to grow is never a bad thing.

i own a 20gb and it does me fine, BUT the idea is not HAVING to revisit my computer when i get that "ooh i wanna listen to _____" feeling, if _____ is not already on my ipod.

i consider that i'm not just buying an mp3 player, i'm buying an incredibly indulgent, beautiful piece of technology. i dont want it to play video, i couldnt care less about a colour screen, my votes for improvement will always go to better battery life and better storage. i currently complain about neither, i dont find it hard to pick and choose which music to have on my ipod and which to not, i get 8-9 hours of battery, i love my ipod.

but to have it all there at my disposal would be even better. you really can never have enough storage space, you'll always find a way to use it. if there was a 60gb ipod maybe i'd shell out for more accessories and use it to store digital photographs... i'll stop here as the possibilities have been discussed to death and this poll was about music alone, in which case 60 would still be ideal.

[jimjiminyjim]

Wheeeee!!!!!@@@@ A new poll!!!! yes yes yes yes yes!!

~breath~

Alas, my music collection is not as substantial as many of yours. 4 GB is enough for my music needs. Of course, if I were to buy an iPod, I'd want one with significant storage. For the price of an iPod, I'd want to carry around pretty much anything I might need.

[SiliconAddict]

I need a 60GB iPod. (OK So I don't NEED an iPod at all. More accurately I want a 60GB iPod.) I have just over the 37.6GB+/- that a 40GB iPod would hold and its a given that my collection will continue to grow. 60GB would be perfect.

[pimentoLoaf]

I said 20gb; however, my 15gb bought last summer is sufficient. I'll stick with it until it no longer operates, at which time I'll get whatever is the low-end non-mini model available.

... which by then might be 250gb ... :eek:

[laurawallace799]

I said 20gb; however, my 15gb bought last summer is sufficient. I'll stick with it until it no longer operates, at which time I'll get whatever is the low-end non-mini model available.

... which by then might be 250gb ... :eek:

i'd buy a 250GB iPod. i have a 400 GB LaCie (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001Q5SMI/methodshopcom) external which i keep my music on already. it's only 1/4 full so far.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0001Q5SMI.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg

[MacFan25]

I have a little over 4 GB of music, so my 3rd Generation 10 GB iPod fits me just fine, with plenty of room for growth. I could probably use a Mini, but I prefer to have the extra room.

[TheArchpadre]

With a music collection of 12.43GB, I'd need a 20 gig iPod to hold it all. Not that that stopped me from ordering a 40 gig fourth gen bright and early Monday morning. :)

I'm in the camp of those who want to carry their entire collection around with them rather than having to pick and choose what to take all the time. Since my collection grew by four gigs over the past year -- outgrowing my trusty, second gen 10 gigger -- I figure my new toy keep me sated for quite some time. (Especially since I'd have to upgrade my PowerBook in order to have enough storage to hold 40 gigs of music.)

[X_Ranger]

i'd buy a 250GB iPod. i have a 400 GB LaCie (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001Q5SMI/methodshopcom) external which i keep my music on already. it's only 1/4 full so far.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0001Q5SMI.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg

I'm not trying to play "Mine is bigger than yours"; but, by coincidence, I have a LaCie 500 GB HD where I keep all my AIFF files from digitizing LPs.

I have digitize 1500 LPs and 600 CDs.That's about 41 GIGS of music (AAC). I'm waiting on the 60 GB iPod to come out. And, Yes, I listen to all of it - especially in random mood.

[parrothead]

I chose 40 but I really meant 30. I have about 15 GB of music in my library, however, I like to load my iPod with audio books so that ends up going up over 20. It is also nice to have extra space to grow and use as an ext. disk.

[homerjward]

jebus, you people are making me feel like such an idiot. my collection of 319 songs is at 1.1gb (1.12 on my 15gb 3g) and growing veeeerrry slowly. i used to rip in lossless so it was like 5 and a half gb but the battery life suffered a lot so i re-ripped into 128aac and i cant tell the difference aurally. im sure on a really nice stereo system i could but not on my $150 sony studio monitor dj series headphones. if i had a lot of disposable income my collection might fill my 15gb (i'd buy all the beatles and weird al albums i could find and get a bunch of books ive been meaning to read in audible format) bbut not in the forseeable future

[wrldwzrd89]

Well, my 5.25 GB of music contains...
1 song from the ITMS
0 digitized CDs
314 songs converted from MOD, S3M, XM, and IT formats
65 songs converted from USF format (Nintendo 64 music)
1045 songs converted from SPC format (Super Nintendo music)
208 songs from various video games
304 remixes of songs from various video games
for a total of 1937 songs.

[SeaFox]

I have eight gigs of digital music, and that doesn't include any of my CD's. Plus I would be ripping to 192kbs MP3. So I think I would need a 40 gig.

[nemaslov]

Got about 5000 CDS and about 3000 LPs. Would love to get a good portion digitized on an iPod.

[slowtreme]

I picked 20gig, I have 18gig of music. But I think that that would be silly to only have 2 gig to spare for other files and stuff.

[iLikeMyiMac]

I would get a 20 GB. My music collection is 6.1 GB but its growing pretty fast. I probably add 1 GB every month or two. I'd also like to use the iPod as and external HD.

[jihad the movie]

I usually add two gigs a month. I am at 37gb right now. I listen to all of it, but at any given moment, I do not listen to more than 10gb of music. I have a 2nd gen 10gb iPod that I constantly max it out, listen to it for a month, erase everything, and load up a new set. I get by just fine by doing that, but if a 60gb came out, I would definitely get it.

[mms]

I'm planning to get a mini soon since I probably only need 4GB of music at a time. I have more, but I don't need to carry it all around.

[Counterfit]

Library size: 10.48GB
current iPod size: 20GB

I got the 20 over the 15 (which could still hold it all) because I was going to get a dock and remote anyway, which would have added over $60 to the price of the 15, and made it almost even with the 20, which I got during that 10% off promotion in early February.

[freiheit]

How big an iPod I need depends on how anal I am about the music quality. I've found I should be able to stuff my entire CD collection into 70-80GB if I use lossless compression like FLAC -- but the iPod doesn't play FLAC. I guess Apple's Lossless format is probably pretty close in output size, though.

On the other hand, for on-the-go music I could be quite happy with 160Kbps Ogg Vorbis (again, though, the iPod doesn't play Ogg files so I'd have to settle AGAIN for mp3) which means I could probably squish my entire CD collection onto a 15 or 20GB iPod.

On the further other hand (hmm, that's 3 hands so far) I wouldn't even want my entire CD collection on my iPod. There's probably only half as many songs that I'd want to listen to, and probably only 1/4 of those that I'd want to listen to on a regular basis. I think a 4GB iPod mini would suffice under all these conditions (that's still ike 36 full CDs worth of music when in mp3 format).

Don Eitner

[Bunzi2k4]

hmm... my collection is around 11 gigs now... so my 15 gig is fine... but now with these new ipods, i feel like kicking myself... i bought the 15 gig ipod when it was the middle option... and now a 40 gig is at the same price as my 15 gig! :eek: :mad: :(

[comictimes]

technically a 10gb ipod can hold my music, but with no contacts or anything, I have 300mb left on mine, which probably won't last long.

[musicpyrite]

Wow you must have a lot of favorite music. I mean of all my favorite, favorite music I only have about 2 gigs.

yea, by favorites, I mean 4 or 5 stared songs...

I've for the most part, stopped downloading 'questionable material' and have been buying songs from iTMS and ripped from CDs after I got a warning from my ISP that I was exceeding my 40 gigs a month download rate.... and for those of you with dirty little minds, it's not because I'm downloading porn. ;)

[cb911]

i've only got 11GB now, but it's around 15-16GB with all of my music, and i've only got a 20GB iPod which isnt' all that much because i use it as an external HD as well.

[X_Ranger]

Got about 5000 CDS and about 3000 LPs. Would love to get a good portion digitized on an iPod.

Man-O-Man - what a collection! :)

If you got the money, use a service to digitize your collection. It'll be worth it.

It took me about a year and a half to digitize 1500 albums and 600 CDs. I'm married and I work full time.

Remember, no matter how good your turntable system, some music will disappear each time you play a LP. :(

[nagromme]

Note that the 25% who vote for needing to have more than 40 GB actually are a tiny minority of iPod users--not literally one quarter. They are more likely to bother voting though :)

[Raid]

Hmmm I couldn't post a response on the poll, because it said I already had for some reason, but my 3rd Gen 15GB iPod is fine (for now). I've got another 2GB to go before reaching capacity so I might need a new iPod... I'm not trying to justify buying a 4th gen!

Honestly! :p

[LEgregius]

I have just under 6 gigs, which means I would have to get a 20, but that really is quite a lot of growth room.

[jimjiminyjim]

I know I've already posted a response in this thread. I'm wondering though, would someone be able to send me an iPod so that I can find out if my speculation was correct. PM for a shipping address. ;)

[Angelus]

My entire music collection is 5.43GB and i have a 30GB 3G iPod.

[Macs R Us]

I use 8.7 gigs of music on my 3g 15gb iPod. Time to upgrade:)

[JOD8FY]

2 GB ;).

I have a relativley small music collection of about 500MB but just to be safe.... But for $50 I just can't see why anyone wouldn't want to get an extra 16GB.

JOD8FY

[Trekkie]

Well if my collection is in its lossless format it needs to be about 300GB...

Last time I had most of it compressed to MP3 with VBR it was about 45 - 50 GB of space. I've been buying CDs since 1989 or so

[shamino]

I have eight gigs of digital music, and that doesn't include any of my CD's. Plus I would be ripping to 192kbs MP3. So I think I would need a 40 gig.
Why would you rip to MP3 if you have an iPod?

[shamino]

On the other hand, for on-the-go music I could be quite happy with 160Kbps Ogg Vorbis (again, though, the iPod doesn't play Ogg files so I'd have to settle AGAIN for mp3) which means I could probably squish my entire CD collection onto a 15 or 20GB iPod.
You're the second person to express a strong desire for MP3 format over AAC. AAC sounds a lot better than MP3 for any given bitrate (or sounds the same at lower bitrates - whatever you prefer.)

May I ask why you don't want to use AAC? You're obviously not concerned with third-party portable players or file-sharing, because your first choice after lossless is Ogg-Vorbis

If you're afraid of DRM restrictions - don't be. AAC tracks that you rip yourself have no DRM and can be freely copied around. And there are some third-party portable players that will play unprotected AAC files.

[macnews]

20 gigs works for me. Although I only have 8GB of music it is growing. Personally for our family having the entire collection available is great. We live out west and often make long (8-10 hour) road trips. We used to pick three or four CD cases and bring them with us - talk about taking up space, not to mention being distracted while driving searching for CD's or the cases. Now we just take the ipod and an itrip (it works well enough until we get a better option).

[ericmooreart]

I currently have a 10 gig with 6 gigs of music, and I use it and a 40 gig firewire drive for video editing on my 15"PB.

I didn't want to buy another plain old firewire drive cause if I'm not capturing video, it is just an expensive paper weight.

So now: I will have 80 gigs of video capture space with the new ipod + my current firewire drive and my 10 gig pod will go to the waiting hands of my daughter :D

[themadchemist]

the 5 gig holds my music, but it might be nice to have a greater storage capacity to hold misc. files.

[Elan0204]

I picked 20GB only because it was the next option up from the mini. I have 5.56GB of music, so actually a 10GB would do fine for me right now.

[timsq]

...and 50G for data. And it would be nice if you could plug into others Macs without the fear of loss. I like lossless music but don't feel the need to have my whole CD collection on the iPod. The 4G pods look sooo baddass! But I'm waiting for a size bump... C'mon 2005!

[jimthorn]

With a few hundred megs set aside for file transfer/storage, I'd pretty much finally filled my 20GB iPod. So with the new 4Gs out, I helped myself to a 40GB iPod today. I really like the click wheel interface. Now I just have to eBay my old 20GB...

[acceber]

I thought I was a die hard music fan, but my iTunes library only numbers 366 songs. Lol.
I would have trouble filling up an iPod Mini...and to think that close to 15% of people who voted need more than 60 gigs... :p

[djdarlek]

I thought I was a die hard music fan, but my iTunes library only numbers 366 songs. Lol.
I would have trouble filling up an iPod Mini...and to think that close to 15% of people who voted need more than 60 gigs... :p

Remember: its not the size of one's collection that counts, its how well u know it :) :cool:

[~Shard~]

Remember: its not the size of one's collection that counts, its how well u know it :) :cool:

As with other things in life, the only people who say that are the one's with small collections themselves. :p :cool:

[djdarlek]

As with other things in life, the only people who say that are the one's with small collections themselves. :p :cool:

as a dj, and knowing my 25k+ collection very well I have to say I HAVE A MASSIVE PENIS!

[~Shard~]

as a dj, and knowing my 25k+ collection very well I have to say I HAVE A MASSIVE PENIS!

Well fine then, if you want to be blunt about it... ;)

Almost sounding a little defenisve though, is that a sensitive subject for ya? Feel like you have to justify something and aren't comfortable with the size of your collection? :p ;)

[relimw]

Hmm, we're not going to have to resort to starting our own polls again are we? :(

[djdarlek]

Well fine then, if you want to be blunt about it... ;)

Almost sounding a little defenisve though, is that a sensitive subject for ya? Feel like you have to justify something and aren't comfortable with the size of your collection? :p ;)

lol, actually its not the size i was referring too, just an English way of pointing out that thats all these arguements are about.. groups of boys all trying to say that their penis is bigger than some one elses..

"whens the 60" penis coming out?"
"WHAT ****** 60" penis? I spoke to a guy called Steve and he said that they can't make them that big..."
"oh well.. for now i'm happy with my massive 40"er anyway.."

In fact I do have a massive music collection, 25k is pretty accurate.. and when I saw someone posting "I thought I was a die hard music fan, but my iTunes library only numbers 366 songs. Lol. " it was refreshing to see such honesty! So I posted an encouraging reply to the poor fellow with his tiny penis only to have the size of my penis questioned!

lmao

anyway, real work to do.. :D

[Viv]

lol, actually its not the size i was referring too, just an English way of pointing out that thats all these arguements are about.. groups of boys all trying to say that their penis is bigger than some one elses..

"whens the 60" penis coming out?"
"WHAT ****** 60" penis? I spoke to a guy called Steve and he said that they can't make them that big..."
"oh well.. for now i'm happy with my massive 40"er anyway.."

In fact I do have a massive music collection, 25k is pretty accurate.. and when I saw someone posting "I thought I was a die hard music fan, but my iTunes library only numbers 366 songs. Lol. " it was refreshing to see such honesty! So I posted an encouraging reply to the poor fellow with his tiny penis only to have the size of my penis questioned!

lmao

anyway, real work to do.. :D

Yea I got the joke too but then again I am English too:-)

But any way back to the plot, that 25k are they all ripped? what format? and how much space does it take?

Just interested.

Viv
PS "so how does that make you feel?"

[djdarlek]

Yea I got the joke too but then again I am English too:-)

But any way back to the plot, that 25k are they all ripped? what format? and how much space does it take?

Just interested.

Viv
PS "so how does that make you feel?"

hmmm, ripped all my CDs about a year ago and am a bit of a p2p pirate.. (boo! boo!) 66 days(ish) of music 110gig(ish) and somewhere between 24k and 25k.. i am eager to find out whether iTunes actually supports more than 25k for i read somewhere that that was the limit on a previous version. Don't want to have to split the library up cos that will SUCK! All my CDs were ripped on PC to 160k MP3, all new CDs are ripped AAC 128k, and I generally avoid WMP ORGG and all that like the plague.

Also, I do love to hear live DJ sets, and have 100's of hour long Breezeblock sets/essential mixes/ which tend to take a lot of space.

I can't give exact specifics because I'm at work and my collection is at home. (yeah! thanks apple for disabling being able to connect to library's over the interenet, not just rendezvous.. could never get taht 4.02OK program thing to work for those who remember what it was.)
If you got this far.... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz WAKE UP!

[bennetsaysargh]

i think that the limit was previously 32,000, but i'm pretty sure they got rid of it now.

[~Shard~]

lol, actually its not the size i was referring too, just an English way of pointing out that thats all these arguements are about.. groups of boys all trying to say that their penis is bigger than some one elses..

"whens the 60" penis coming out?"
"WHAT ****** 60" penis? I spoke to a guy called Steve and he said that they can't make them that big..."
"oh well.. for now i'm happy with my massive 40"er anyway.."

In fact I do have a massive music collection, 25k is pretty accurate..

Heh heh – ya, I know, just having some fun. :cool: as I stated earlier I the thread, my collection is well over 200 GB if were to encode everything, so I hear where you’re coming from.

and when I saw someone posting "I thought I was a die hard music fan, but my iTunes library only numbers 366 songs. Lol. " it was refreshing to see such honesty! So I posted an encouraging reply to the poor fellow with his tiny penis only to have the size of my penis questioned!

How very supportive and thoughtful of you... ;)

[~Shard~]

hmmm, ripped all my CDs about a year ago and am a bit of a p2p pirate.. (boo! boo!) 66 days(ish) of music 110gig(ish) and somewhere between 24k and 25k.. i am eager to find out whether iTunes actually supports more than 25k for i read somewhere that that was the limit on a previous version. Don't want to have to split the library up cos that will SUCK! All my CDs were ripped on PC to 160k MP3, all new CDs are ripped AAC 128k, and I generally avoid WMP ORGG and all that like the plague.

Also, I do love to hear live DJ sets, and have 100's of hour long Breezeblock sets/essential mixes/ which tend to take a lot of space.

Very cool, me as well! (I used to DJ a lot I my “younger days” heh heh). If you’re an Essential Mix fan and are after any sets, let me know – I record them on a weekly basis from a nice digital feed, and have every single Essential Mix since 1993 with the exception of about 10. Although, if you’re the P2P pirate you claim to be (as am I!) then you’ve probably already inadvertently downloaded some of my EM rips... ;) :cool:

[timsq]

Why stop at 60 gig? I want a .25 TB iPod. So there! They're not just for music anymore. Color display for pictures? Movies? Get with it Apple, they're coming for you. Ni!

[djdarlek]

Very cool, me as well! (I used to DJ a lot I my “younger days” heh heh). If you’re an Essential Mix fan and are after any sets, let me know – I record them on a weekly basis from a nice digital feed, and have every single Essential Mix since 1993 with the exception of about 10. Although, if you’re the P2P pirate you claim to be (as am I!) then you’ve probably already inadvertently downloaded some of my EM rips... ;) :cool:


hmmm, ok we gotta check each other tunes out then :) do u use Direct Connect? I would love ALL the EMs! :D i can't believe the BBC are nice enough let you listen to them all on their website....but in crappy realplayer format WTF>!.. why can't they just offer MP3 downloads and save some time!

[Mechcozmo]

My Library is somewhere around 3.6GB, so it fits very nicely on the original iPod. So, technically, I only need the 5GB one. But those shiny new 20GB ones look reeeeeealy neat, and have the same button layout and not the crazy 3G layout.

[~Shard~]

hmmm, ok we gotta check each other tunes out then :) do u use Direct Connect? I would love ALL the EMs! :D i can't believe the BBC are nice enough let you listen to them all on their website....but in crappy realplayer format WTF>!.. why can't they just offer MP3 downloads and save some time!

Yah, I record mine from a nice digital feed, not the crappy Internet radio feed of the BBC's. ;)

PM me and we'll chat more and maybe work something out... :cool:

[~Shard~]

My Library is somewhere around 3.6GB, so it fits very nicely on the original iPod. So, technically, I only need the 5GB one. But those shiny new 20GB ones look reeeeeealy neat, and have the same button layout and not the crazy 3G layout.

What's wrong with the 3G layout, and why is it "crazy"? Works perfectly for me... :confused:

[wrldwzrd89]

What's wrong with the 3G layout, and why is it "crazy"? Works perfectly for me... :confused:
IMO - the 4G layout is better than the 1G layout because the buttons are on the click wheel itself, which is even more space-efficient than the 1G design was. The 3G layout was the least space-efficient, but it was just as functional as the 1G and 2G layouts were. I own a 3G iPod, and I am happy with the layout too.

[MacinDoc]

My entire library in AAC format would fit on a 10 GB iPod, but if iTunes EVER opens a Canadian store, look out! :rolleyes:

[~Shard~]

IMO - the 4G layout is better than the 1G layout because the buttons are on the click wheel itself, which is even more space-efficient than the 1G design was. The 3G layout was the least space-efficient, but it was just as functional as the 1G and 2G layouts were. I own a 3G iPod, and I am happy with the layout too.

I agree - it is definitely more space-efficient. I don't have any problems with the 3G though, even though it is technically least space-efficient - it's just so damn easy to use and slick, I don't even care! But yes, having the buttons integrated into the click wheel definitely is sweet too. :cool:

[~Shard~]

My entire library in AAC format would fit on a 10 GB iPod, but if iTunes EVER opens a Canadian store, look out! :rolleyes:

I hear ya - if iTMS Canada ever shows up I'll be all over that. Come on Apple, take my money! It's right here, waiting for you! All you have to do is open the Store and it's yours! ;) :cool:

[Capt Underpants]

IMO - the 4G layout is better than the 1G layout because the buttons are on the click wheel itself, which is even more space-efficient than the 1G design was. The 3G layout was the least space-efficient, but it was just as functional as the 1G and 2G layouts were. I own a 3G iPod, and I am happy with the layout too.

I used to own a 3G iPod, but I sold it in favor of a Mini. The click wheel, and the way one uses the click wheel, make it feel much more fluid than with that on the 3G iPod. It's just more efficient. It's really hard to explain, but, IMO, the click wheel does the job better. Apple feels that way too, since they incorporated it into the 4G iPod.

On topic, it takes only a mini to hold my collection. I have about 600 MB of music. My music collection has grown 10 fold, though, since I have bought my mini.

[Anonymous Freak]

But, I have my library divided in two, with only 10GB on my 30GB iPod. (One library is ripped from my CD collection in AAC plus iTunes Music Store downloads. The other library is mp3s from various sources in varying quality. Each library is about 10GB.)

[-hh]

Alas, my music collection is not as substantial as many of yours. 4 GB is enough for my music needs. Of course, if I were to buy an iPod, I'd want one with significant storage. For the price of an iPod, I'd want to carry around pretty much anything I might need.

This is pretty much my opinion on the matter...4GB would do me for music, but from a "Device Convergence" standpoint, I'd want the iPod to have utility for several other functions, such as as a Wallet for digital photography.

Also, I know from having owned several PDA's, that I want a dock. Period.

Yeah, you can get a dock on the mini, pushing its price up to $288. At this point, the 40GB (w/dock) at $367 (Apple Discount) is a lot more interesting.



-hh

[phreakout13]

I have a 10 gig iPod and I ran out of room. I kinda wanna new one, but everyone's going to be selling their old ones on eBay.

[Kingsnapped]

I have a 10 gig iPod and I ran out of room. I kinda wanna new one, but everyone's going to be selling their old ones on eBay.

Same here.. after making a few playlists (including "OMGWTF?!?!?!!1 for my misc. songs) I never notice what's missing. The songs I listen to take up about 5 gigs of iPod, and the rest live on my computer for making videos.

[krisjon]

I'm over 100 gigs with lots of CDs still to rip. I'm looking forward to a new 60gig iPod when they come out, but it's going to fall waaaay short.

[~Shard~]

I'm over 100 gigs with lots of CDs still to rip. I'm looking forward to a new 60gig iPod when they come out, but it's going to fall waaaay short.

Yah, but as people have said many times before, do you really need ALL that music with you at the same time? There is no way you can listen to all of it, but of course it is about at least having the option to listen to whatever you want... ;)

I'm in the same boat - I estimate my collection would be over 220 GB - but my 20 GB iPod suits me just fine - I don't even have it full. :cool:

[wrldwzrd89]

Yah, but as people have said many times before, do you really need ALL that music with you at the same time? There is no way you can listen to all of it, but of course it is about at least having the option to listen to whatever you want... ;)

I'm in the same boat - I estimate my collection would be over 220 GB - but my 20 GB iPod suits me just fine - I don't even have it full. :cool:
Hey ~Shard~,
What format and bitrate is your collection in, or is it in a variety of formats and bitrates? If everything is in Apple Lossless format, that would explain the huge size.

[~Shard~]

Hey ~Shard~,
What format and bitrate is your collection in, or is it in a variety of formats and bitrates? If everything is in Apple Lossless format, that would explain the huge size.

It vaires - some tunes are 128 kbps or 160 kbps MP3, most are 192 kbps MP3, everything now is 128 kbps AAC. That's everything that I have encoded though, which doesn't count the remainder of my CDs, MDs, DATs, cassettes, and all the WAVs I have stored. I don't have any Apple Lossless format tunes...

As I mentioned in my earlier posts, I record the BBC Radio One Essential Mixes on a weekly basis and have every show every recorded (since 1993) with the exception of only a few. If I were to encode all of them, well, at 192 kbps MP3 that would be about 180 MB per show, so multiply that by 52 weeks in a year, multiplied by 11 years, and then throw on 10 or so more GBs for all the extended shows... And that's not counting all the other shows I record on a weekly basis (Digweed KISS FM sets, etc.), along with all my other music, along with my CDs, along with... ;) :cool:

[Warbrain]

My 10 GB is full to the limit with my music, but I still have about 13 GB of music that I would still like to have on my iPod, so a 40 GB is ideal for me...

[zachhale]

I would like about a 160gb one so I could hold all Lossless audio, but since that most likely won't come true for a while, a good 80gb would suffice. I've got over 50gb right now and it just keeps on growing.

[Burns]

60Gb would be nice but for the same reason Zachhale said-Lossless encoding. I suppose its only being picky, because on AAC i currenlty can't beat 40Gb :)

[neoelectronaut]

With all my CDs ripped at 192 MP3, my collection stood at around 16.5GB. Right now I'm re-ripping them at 128 AAC to both save some HD space on my computer, and in anticipation of getting an iPod sometime in the future.

Edit: I'm also going to go through my collection and make a list of the pirated music I have (Which isn't really that much) so I can go out and buy the actual albums for the stuff I like, and delete the stuff I don't really listen to.

Then I'll be "clean".

But then there's the stuff like the videogame rips, import CDs, and generally stuff I can't go out and buy in Best Buy or FYE... Hmm. :(

[billtanderson]

At the moment I have 30GB or so of music and lots of data on a 40GB iPod.

I could use lots more space, I would like all my protos on there, and I'm in the process of scanning all my personal correspondence which I would also like on there as well.

I may not actually use the data that much, but just having it available in this way if required is very cool.

So the bigger the better. Even if video iPods never appear (no big loss in my book) having all my DVDs on a portable hard disc is a tantalising prospect for the future.

Imagine turning up at a hotel room or friends house or work, plugging the iPod in and pow - access to all your music, films, documents & data - I'm going to need a lot more space.

[Stella]

Oh great, we are going to have this poll for the next three months are we?

Too unimaginative to think of another poll?

[Ninja_Turtle]

...um...you know, it says MACPOLLS.COM- A BRAND NEW POLL EVERY WEEKDAY...has anyone looked at that? i mean, clearly this poll has been on for several weeks now...and still not a new one...terrible...just terrible :(

[~Shard~]

...um...you know, it says MACPOLLS.COM- A BRAND NEW POLL EVERY WEEKDAY...has anyone looked at that? i mean, clearly this poll has been on for several weeks now...and still not a new one...terrible...just terrible :(

Hey bud, we already went through this with the previous poll question regarding Displays. If you want a good chuckle read through the last couple pages of that thread. This thread is actually nothing compared to that one - that poll question was around for a good month it seemed! People such as myelf even started posting new poll questions within that thread and discussing them... ;) :cool:

[freiheit]

If there is a "Brand new poll every weekday..." then why has this one poll been running for 2-3 weeks? :)

[wrldwzrd89]

If there is a "Brand new poll every weekday..." then why has this one poll been running for 2-3 weeks? :)
This usually happens because either nobody submitted poll ideas and there aren't any ideas pending being made into a poll, or the MacPolls.com people forgot to update the poll. Disclaimer: I don't know the real reason polls don't get refreshed - I'm just guessing like everyone else.

[bennetsaysargh]

last time i checked, people email macpolls with their ideas for a poll, and they usually do it, so to all the people complaining, come up with an idea, and email
ideas@macpolls.com
:)

[toughboy]

the bigger is better.. BUT, I like the slim iPods.. 40gig is too thick, it reminds me my iPod 2G 10 gig.. I want 20gig but since I have a 15 already its not worth buying. BTW I already have a 25gig of mp3+aac... which means, 5 gig of expanding in 1 year, and 2 years of lifetime of an iPod for me, plus 10-15 of extra data carried on the iPod.. all makes up to 50 gig or something like that.. I guess I'll be waiting for Rev C of 4G iPods or the iPod 5G maybe.. why not.. :rolleyes:

[Santaduck]

If you think *you* have a big iTunes library, all you fanatics need to
1) compete at http://www.itunesregistry.com/reports/top.php
or
2) compare notes at: http://www.audioscrobbler.com/

=)

[macsrus]

looking for a 5 oz 10 Terrabyte IPOD with a 24 hour battery life
That should last me a day or 2

[freiheit]

last time i checked, people email macpolls with their ideas for a poll, and they usually do it, so to all the people complaining, come up with an idea, and email
ideas@macpolls.com
:)

Thanks for that email link. I sent in a couple of poll suggestions.

[ebow]

Thanks for that email link. I sent in a couple of poll suggestions.

And two days later, still no new poll. I don't think it's quite as simple as "just write to them and you'll get a new poll." Maybe someone's on vacation, sick, fired, slackin', employed... but it's obviously not for lack of suggestions.

[awinn233]

It's time for a new poll, I thought this thing was supposed to be updated daily. :mad:

[njmac]

This thread is actually nothing compared to that one - that poll question was around for a good month it seemed! People such as myelf even started posting new poll questions within that thread and discussing them... ;) :cool:
LOL :D I wish someone elso would take over the job of creating new polls. Seriously, how difficult can it be?

[~Shard~]

Alright, time for a new poll. Feel free to vote and respond as you see fit...

Are you planning on buying a G5 iMac?

a) Absolutely, regardless of the specs (within reason)
b) Possibly, it depends on the specs
c) No
d) Holding out for a G5 PowerBook ;)

See, now that wasn't that hard... :cool:

[job]

I've got a completely full 15GB 3G iPod.

It's completely full because I take very long road trips to go surfing so I just put it on shuffle and I never really know what I'll listen to next. It certainly makes for a refreshing mix of music, especially given what plays on the radio these days.

I also have the Navipod Wireless Remote that I use at home when my iPod is hooked up to the stereo.

[relimw]

It's time for a new poll, I thought this thing was supposed to be updated daily. :mad:
Obviously, the macpolls.com are run by Apple. Just think of it as if you had ordered a 2.5GHz G5 that you expected to ship within 1-2 weeks...
:D

[relimw]

LOL :D I wish someone elso would take over the job of creating new polls. Seriously, how difficult can it be?

New poll:

Should ~Shard~ be the new macpolls guru?
a) There's a guru position available?
b) Heck yea! Finally, new polls every week.
c) ~Shard~ who? That weirdo guy? Hahaha
d) No.
e) I thought arn ran things? We don't need anybody to replace arn!

:D

[~Shard~]

New poll:

Should ~Shard~ be the new macpolls guru?
a) There's a guru position available?
b) Heck yea! Finally, new polls every week.
c) ~Shard~ who? That weirdo guy? Hahaha
d) No.
e) I thought arn ran things? We don't need anybody to replace arn!

:D

I'll vote for c)... wait a second...

[windowsblowsass]

b

[theipodgod16]

C


-actually, i havnt been following the polls or forums for a while now. Checking the dates, this poll is approaching close to a month old. We're owed more than 15 polls!

[hype.it]

Same here.. after making a few playlists (including "OMGWTF?!?!?!!1 for my misc. songs) I never notice what's missing. The songs I listen to take up about 5 gigs of iPod, and the rest live on my computer for making videos.

Wish my songs only take up 5 Gb on my iPod.
Currently own a 40Gb and it's FULL!

Erm... it's not just media, too much junk on there me thinks. :D Help!!!

[o1b2]

I still have the oringinal i pod and that is fine for me, for music I just store all my mp3 on the cpu and use the ipod to listen on the go. I see the lager ones good for uses such as hard drive space to dump things of an ibook/ power book when on the road. but then I still do that now and 10gb is fine for me.

[njmac]

New poll:

Should ~Shard~ be the new macpolls guru?
a) There's a guru position available?
b) Heck yea! Finally, new polls every week.
c) ~Shard~ who? That weirdo guy? Hahaha
d) No.
e) I thought arn ran things? We don't need anybody to replace arn!

:D

B please!

[TyroneShoes]

The question doesn't go far enough.

I can get my collection on my 5G that I bought the day they came out in 2001 (battery still going strong). I have a 4G library, but another 8G of Howard Stern shows from 2003-4. Of course I don't need more that a week's worth of that at a time, so that fits too.

But, I would like to have enough capacity to use it as a Panther boot disk and maintenance tool if my laptop ever craps out on the road, which would take another couple of GB, so the smallest I would ever get would be 10GB.

[XboxEvolved]

I had a 20gb 3rd gen now I have a 40gb 4th gen and paid nothing for it. I did this by buying my 20gb 3rd gen at Best Buy and I got a 4year warranty with it.

When the 4thgen came out, since they were $100 less I got my old 20gb traded in for the new 40gb. The 40gb is massive, and not really needed by anyone, I just got it because it was of equal value to my old 20gb. I backed up all my files, CDs, programs, websites, songs, MP3s, some movies, etc on it and still have about 20gb of space. If you have 10k songs then your pretty much a music nutcase.

To think there were rumors of a 60gb..why? One interesting thing to note, the 40gb iPods get warmer, and are thicker.

[neilrobinson]

well i currently own a 3rd Gen 40Gig iPod... which is big enough really! you can have to much, you can hear it all at once can you?.

i have currently 111 gigs of music (all my cd's which i own!!! encoded at 192kbps mp3 format).

i just keep about 30gigs on their of really various stuff (my lissening changes a lot with mood) which i lissen to going, at and coming home from work.

the rest of space get used for bringing work home.

[autrefois]

If there is a "Brand new poll every weekday..." then why has this one poll been running for 2-3 weeks? :)

Maybe it's just a problem with Safari's cache. :D

[thecow]

Its mass cache proplems! Its kinda like mass hallucination, but different.

[Converted2Truth]

Doesn't everyone think it's about time we got a new poll?! ...a new poll every weekday my ***.

[autrefois]

Doesn't everyone think it's about time we got a new poll?! ...a new poll every weekday my ***.

Recently, there generally seems to be a new poll after big announcements or product releases, so we may get one tomorrow. :)

[~Shard~]

Recently, there generally seems to be a new poll after big announcements or product releases, so we may get one tomorrow. :)

Yah, it may not be "every weekday" as advertised, but that would be better than nothing!

Can't wait for the announcement... :cool:

[DrDream]

I need a 1TB iPod - I have an external drive at home of 360GB that is nearly full and there is so much to import yet. :D

[Ninja_Turtle]

this has been on for a month...its suppose to be every other weekday!!!! come on...does it really have to be mac related??? if u run out of ideas, just make a stupid poll...its better than waiting 1 month or more on a poll.... :( :mad:

[GrannySmith_G5]

My father was a notorious record thief in the 60's and 70's. He lived alone (abandoned me when I was 3) in a small studio apartment in Indianapolis, In. His one room shanty was filled from floor to ceiling with vinyl LP's.

He had robbed a warehouse belonging to Sun records and wound up with 3000+ albums, many of which were never released. Elvis Presly, Carl Perkins, Johny Cash, to name a few. This collection, along with 21,314 other records stolen from numerous record label warehouses and distribution centers, became mine three years ago when my Father passed away. I have transfered them all to uncompressed aiff files. The collection is exactly 307,739 songs.

I look forward to the day when I will be able to carry this entire collection on a pocket size ipod with enough room left over to store a few hundred movies, which I can enjoy( via the built in high definition projector), anywhere I please.

[senseibiz]

I purchased a 30 gig. I have used about 14 gigs of music.

[LimeiBook86]

I only have a 5gig iPod (1st one)

I might have to get a newer one, the iPod has changed the way I listen to music. The iTMS has me downloading more music also. A new iPod is calling me - but I still love my old one, and until it's full it's not going anywhere.

Less than 500mb left on my iPod :eek:

By the way when is Mac Polls gonna be fixed? I hope soon - I love voting

:D

Suggestion

"What do you think of the new G5 iMac?"

- I love it
- I'd love it with a graphics card upgrade
- I hate it!

[.a]

i would like to have a 20g ipod 4th gen and a new poll.
.a

[Bobcat37]

My father was a notorious record thief in the 60's and 70's. He lived alone (abandoned me when I was 3) in a small studio apartment in Indianapolis, In. His one room shanty was filled from floor to ceiling with vinyl LP's.

He had robbed a warehouse belonging to Sun records and wound up with 3000+ albums, many of which were never released. Elvis Presly, Carl Perkins, Johny Cash, to name a few. This collection, along with 21,314 other records stolen from numerous record label warehouses and distribution centers, became mine three years ago when my Father passed away. I have transfered them all to uncompressed aiff files. The collection is exactly 307,739 songs.

I look forward to the day when I will be able to carry this entire collection on a pocket size ipod with enough room left over to store a few hundred movies, which I can enjoy( via the built in high definition projector), anywhere I please.

LOL

What was up with THAT?!?!? :eek:

Anyway, where is a new poll dang it >_<

[zelmo]

4G 20GB, holding around 12 GB of music, mp3 at 192kb.

Here's to some new poll topics:

Are you buying a new iMac G5?
• yes
• no
• not sure

What feature will prevent you from buying a new iMac G5?
• GPU - poor spec
• GPU not upgradeable
• 3:1 bus ratio
• only two slots for ram
• freakin' ugly!
• it isn't headless

When will the next major PowerBook rev be announced?
• MWSF '05
• WWDC '05
• MW Boston '05 [assuming Apple even goes]
• Paris Expo '05
• MWSF '06

What will the processor be in the next PowerBook?
• G5
• dual core G4
• who cares, I just want to order one today

[Mord]

Here's to some new poll topics:

Are you buying a new iMac G5?
• yes
• no
• not sure

What feature will prevent you from buying a new iMac G5?
• GPU - poor spec
• GPU not upgradeable
• 3:1 bus ratio
• only two slots for ram
• freakin' ugly!
• it isn't headless

When will the next major PowerBook rev be announced?
• MWSF '05
• WWDC '05
• MW Boston '05 [assuming Apple even goes]
• Paris Expo '05
• MWSF '06

What will the processor be in the next PowerBook?
• G5
• dual core G4
• who cares, I just want to order one today

take a hint arm, i need a new poll to occupy a few seconds in my day.

[comictimes]

I'm trying to think how many times I've said that I would need a 20gb ipod to hold my music... and I'm not sure exactly... but I've said it a lot...

[jalagl]

I have 8GB on my powerbook (40GB drive). I have, however, over 25GB in mp3 CDs and on an external FW HD. thus, I got a 40GB iPod :)

[FelixDerKater]

I don't need anywhere near 20GB, but that is the size I bought, so I will have room for backup and such.

[thequicksilver]

Really, a 15GB would have 'sufficed' for me. However, I made this mistake back in November 2002, when I got a 10GB iPod for my 4.5ish GB music collection. By this summer, it was full, so as soon as the Gen 4s came out, I got a 40GB. :) Should last for a while.

[Vader]

My music collection is only 5 gb, but I would need a 10 gb to hold extra stuff. 20 gb is probably more thatn I need. If the new ipod plays videos, though, I would need 60 gb, becuase I have lots of movies.

[chanoc]

Mini iPod would be fine for my CD rips.

270 songs, 20.1 hours, 2.69GB :)

[roadapple]

11.36 mb of mp3 at 128

[StarbucksSam]

My collection could easily fit on a mini, but I don't like them so I just sold my 3/15 and am buying the 4/20.

[Santaduck]

If you think you have a big iTunes library, check out these guys:

http://www.itunesregistry.com/reports/top.php



one of these people also recommended to me the itunes plugin from http://www.audioscrobbler.com/download.php
to compare notes in a sort of Amazon.com-like way.

[quackattack]

If you think you have a big iTunes library, check out these guys:

http://www.itunesregistry.com/reports/top.php


Damn, and to think, I thought my 34.5 GB was impressive!

[powerbookje]

for the moment I'm syncing my brand new 60 gig iPod photo, I have 36,44gig mp3/mp4's
(60 minutes syncing rightnow)

[Santaduck]

well you guys should submit to itunes registry.

I think all it does is automatically upload your library database, so it's fairly quick, then you get bragging rights.

[kjr39]

7,298 tracks
20.5 days
75.81 GB

[bennetsaysargh]

7,298 tracks
20.5 days
75.81 GB

surely that's in AIFF or something else, right? 75.81 GB?

[kjr39]

Yeah, it is in lossless (10%) and 256 bit mp3 (89%) and protected aac (1%).

[Santaduck]

You use lossless? What other associated gear do you have, if I may ask? And what headphones for the iPod?


btw:
The top guy at itunesregistry (http://www.itunesregistry.com/reports/top.php) has: 137 Genres, 5020 Artists, 42,950 Tracks, and 117 days of total playing time.

They recently had a crash a few months ago, so if you submit your library, you might be pretty high on their listing.

[iMurc]

a-lot :D ... I'm sure we all have to much music and such.

[kjr39]

You use lossless? What other associated gear do you have, if I may ask? And what headphones for the iPod?


I have a Windows system in the basement that has a share for music.

From there, I use a ibook or G5 to play music through my home theatre system using AirTunes.

I turned off wireless to the Express and have it connected via 100MB Ethernet. The ibook is uses 11MB wireless from a crappy 3 year old Netgear router. I plan on upgrading the router to an Airport Extreme at some point in time.

Home Theatre system is a Harman Kardon AVR8000 with Atlantic Technology 350THX speakers. Can I tell the difference between Lossless and 256 mp3? On that system, yes. (On my G5's computer speakers, not really.)

My ipod is a Gen 2 10GB model, so I have to convert everything to mp3 as it won't decode Lossless (Grr!) I use a set of Sony MegaBass earbuds from about 3-4 years ago. I think they were 40 bucks and sound much, much, better than the ear buds that come with the iPods I have used (a Gen 2 and a Gen 3.)

Disk is cheap and when I am sitting in front of my HT setup listening to Tool and surfing the net (like now) it is worth it....

And I ripped some more stuff: (as did my wife and it seems that I need to educate her not to use 128kbps mp3s....)

8260 songs
22.9 days
83.08 GB


edit: I have too many CDs.

[Austin.xstone]

15GB would do me - i think.

[Mord]

1GB, thehehehehehe, i have a more techno than that, and i dont really like techno.