steve88 said:
Right now, I have an older PC, but will be replaced by an iMac 20" within a month (waiting for the upgraded imacs). The imac has USB and firewire, so that should not be a problem. Will I need a special software program for the imac? I will wait for the new Mac before I try to do anything with the ipod. Do you know if the included programs that come with the imac will be okay?
The Imac will include the newest version of Itunes and iPod update for the system files on your iPod. With Itunes you should be ok, as that is what mostly all iPod users have to run updates, and sync files to their iPods.
If your iPod is setup for Windows as opposed to OS-X, you may want to re-format the iPod for the OS X native file system. Since you don't like the songs on your ipod, you won't have to go through the process of copying files off of the ipod onto the new imac, which can be done multiple ways.
Once you connect your iPod with Itunes, the process should be painless to do updates to the iPod library, and hundreds of Macrumors members will be able to assist you.
So, in short, if you are buying an apple down the road, you will have one of the easiest to use MP3 Player setups in the industry