Should I get a new iPod, and if so, which one?

[maliculi]

I might buy an MBP 13 for college, and I know that Apple has the free iPod (up to $200) with the purchase of a Mac promotion going on now.

If I do take advantage of this promotion, I won't get the 8GB iPod Touch because I already have a 2nd gen 16GB iPod Touch, so the 8GB would basically be downgrading, in my opinion. I really like the Classic, but I don't have that many songs (over 700 at the moment, but I've been planning on downloading a bunch of new songs and putting on a bunch of songs from a huge stack of my dad's CDs). Would the Classic be pointless then?

I was also thinking that maybe I shouldn't even get a new iPod since my current one isn't too old (like a year and a half, probably) and still works well. Should I even get the free iPod?

[eawmp1]

Get the best iPod you can for the deal and sell it if you don't need it. Think of the sales proceeds as a rebate on the computer.

[rgarjr]

Get an iPod classic. You may not have a lot if music content right now but that may be not the case later on. The classic has a huge capacity to feed it your tunes.

[Peterson8765]

Hey, if I was getting a free iPod under $200 with a purchase of a Apple laptop, I would be sure to get it. Since you already have an iPod Touch 16GB and it's not too old, I suggest getting a 8GB Touch and sell it sealed on eBay or craigslist, you could probably get $150-$160 cash for it and possibly save up for one of the new iPod's that are scheduled to come out in September.

[Peterson8765]

Good idea! I think this plan is so great. Just wait for a month or more, you can get a new generation iPod with less money!

Thanks for the feedback.

[liamkp]

I might buy an MBP 13 for college, and I know that Apple has the free iPod (up to $200) with the purchase of a Mac promotion going on now.

If I do take advantage of this promotion, I won't get the 8GB iPod Touch because I already have a 2nd gen 16GB iPod Touch, so the 8GB would basically be downgrading, in my opinion. I really like the Classic, but I don't have that many songs (over 700 at the moment, but I've been planning on downloading a bunch of new songs and putting on a bunch of songs from a huge stack of my dad's CDs). Would the Classic be pointless then?

I was also thinking that maybe I shouldn't even get a new iPod since my current one isn't too old (like a year and a half, probably) and still works well. Should I even get the free iPod?
As long as your not running out of space you should probably get a Touch and then sell it for whatever. And if you want to you could get a 4G from selling the 16GB and 8GB, you should get over enough.