Any word on Pricing? if they go down like the desktops (meaning previous top of the line moves to middle road pricing) i might just sell my 10 gig and buy a 20 gig for little to no loss. Is this a good idea? I have over 40gb of mp3s anyway, so im not looking to fit em all in, but more breathing room would be nice, especially since i am getting into audio books...
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Its overkill for me. I think I have 5 GB of mp3's, since I only occasionally rip the CD's that I buy. I'm sure the new lineup of iPods has the 10, 20, and 40 GB capacity. And if they read rumour sites, (and we all know that Apple does this), they'll add a feature that allows you to record with it. The only reason they wouldn't add this feature is if it adds too much bulk or weight onto it. And remember that in the portable world, ANY extra bulk and weight is bad. If the dimensions and weight of the the iPod both grow by 10-15%, it may already be undesirably big and heavy. Who knows what a 40GB HD and/or a recording feature/audio in would do to the size.
Rumour sites are overrated
Steve Jobs mat have said that he read the rumour sites but that is not the same as Apple reading them and implementing features in the iPod that posters request. If that was the case then we would have another hand-held and x86 processors in Macs by now.
Steve Jobs mat have said that he read the rumour sites but that is not the same as Apple reading them and implementing features in the iPod that posters request. If that was the case then we would have another hand-held and x86 processors in Macs by now.
Re: Rumour sites are overrated
Well I wouldn't say all the ideas people have here are that bad. There's been some great ideas and imagination thrown down on these here threads.
No it wouldn't - you could use your iPod to back up your iBook's contents completely!!!! (and still have 20gb of music of course).
And on the topic of "fitting my whole collection"
A 40gb iPod will fit at least 500 CD's right? I'm guessing about 85mb per album (60 minutes at 192kbps rate encoding). I've got 3250 CDs and counting - so I'm waiting for the 200Gb iPod. By the time they make it, I'll need the 300Gb iPod though.
Although, come to think of it - do I really want all that bad 80's music with me every day?
40 GB is (in most cases) overkill for mp3s, but what about mp4s? Wouldn't it be great to have an iPod that syncs with iMovie? (Or something like that) And has RCA outs to connect to a TV?
The 40GB Toshiba drive is the same size phsyically as the 20GB drive, so it would fit into the existing iPod form factor. As for weight, we don't know until Toshiba posts the information, but since it no doubt has more platters, it probably is a few grams heavier.
Chris
Chris
i was looking around for 5gb windows ipods this morning, and i went to CDW's site and did a search for ipod.
http://www.cdw.com/shop/search/results.asp?key=ipod
what i found interesting, was at the very bottom of the list was a 10GB Ipod that had a different Mft ID than the other two mac and windows Ipods, and it was listed as a PRE-ORDER. Plus the price was $437. Am I reading too much into this? Check it out.
http://www.cdw.com/shop/search/results.asp?key=ipod
what i found interesting, was at the very bottom of the list was a 10GB Ipod that had a different Mft ID than the other two mac and windows Ipods, and it was listed as a PRE-ORDER. Plus the price was $437. Am I reading too much into this? Check it out.
I just emailed my rep at CDW to inquire. He replied
" I have a note on that part number that it might not be released, let me see what's going on with that. In the meantime, how does your mom like that Apple?"
I have to be honest though they ususally do not have the new stuff listed until two to three weeks after Apple releases something. Prime example are the new Powerbooks. Although he usually can find it before they list on the CDW site.
" I have a note on that part number that it might not be released, let me see what's going on with that. In the meantime, how does your mom like that Apple?"
I have to be honest though they ususally do not have the new stuff listed until two to three weeks after Apple releases something. Prime example are the new Powerbooks. Although he usually can find it before they list on the CDW site.
Originally posted by Paul Turpin
No it wouldn't - you could use your iPod to back up your iBook's contents completely!!!! (and still have 20gb of music of course).
In that case I need more "base" storage to rip the rest of my cds. I guess I have to get an iMac when they're updated too. I just wish my bank account agreed with me.
He came back with:
"Look at 411136 - that is the 10G MAC iPod"
and
"they are not sure yet of a date for the PB's. For the iPod, I am showing that it has a discontinued date already so it might not get released, I would stick with the number I gave you.
But if you look at the shipping times they are all 1-2 weeks except 10GB (4-6 Days) for the 20GB MAC/Win models.
Your welcome. He is a good contact. I keep bugging him to get me some info about when the new 15" Powerbooks are coming.
Re: Never enough space
Actually, you'd be surprised, but the average music collection is something like 30 CDs; not enough to fill up a 5 GB iPod. I bought a 5 GB iPod when they were released, then 10 GB when it was released, as my music collection hit right around 18 GB. Now my collection on my Mac is right at 21 GB (about 450 CDs). I haven't been buying a lot lately so this figure has remained fairly static, but I know that in the future, a slew of new stuff will be released that peaks my interest, or I'll discover the back catalog of an artist I had not previously listened to. So, my music library is just going to grow. That's why I gave up on chasing my music collection around with the size of my iPod; instead, I use iTunes to manage collections of specific and random playlists so that I have a 10 GB selection of my music in a portable format.
Actually, you'd be surprised, but the average music collection is something like 30 CDs; not enough to fill up a 5 GB iPod. I bought a 5 GB iPod when they were released, then 10 GB when it was released, as my music collection hit right around 18 GB. Now my collection on my Mac is right at 21 GB (about 450 CDs). I haven't been buying a lot lately so this figure has remained fairly static, but I know that in the future, a slew of new stuff will be released that peaks my interest, or I'll discover the back catalog of an artist I had not previously listened to. So, my music library is just going to grow. That's why I gave up on chasing my music collection around with the size of my iPod; instead, I use iTunes to manage collections of specific and random playlists so that I have a 10 GB selection of my music in a portable format.
40 gb for mpeg4?
Maybe Apple will upgrade the ipod to a color audio / video device for playing QT movies. 40 gb gives them a lot more of the needed disk space to play longer videos.
Maybe Apple will upgrade the ipod to a color audio / video device for playing QT movies. 40 gb gives them a lot more of the needed disk space to play longer videos.
It would not make sense to add video, color-screen and recording to the iPod. The iPod is a player made to play music, not be some kind of PDA or recording studio. Who wants to record from stereo anyway you will still have to add ID3tags later on with the computer. But it would make sense to add a small mic. so you could use it for voice-memos.
I'mm 99.9 % sure that Apple wont add a color screen or videoplayback to the new line of iPods. The iPod is a music player!
BTW: All those rumors about the iPod and firewire800 are complete nonsense. Why would Apple add fw800 to the iPod when only the new PBs and PMs have the fw800 port. That would mean that you would have to buy a new Mac to use the iPod - stupid! BTW the HD in the iPod cannot keep up with the fw400 speeds already, so they would have to update the HDs too to add fw800 support.
I think the new iPods will be released feb. 11th.
I'mm 99.9 % sure that Apple wont add a color screen or videoplayback to the new line of iPods. The iPod is a music player!
BTW: All those rumors about the iPod and firewire800 are complete nonsense. Why would Apple add fw800 to the iPod when only the new PBs and PMs have the fw800 port. That would mean that you would have to buy a new Mac to use the iPod - stupid! BTW the HD in the iPod cannot keep up with the fw400 speeds already, so they would have to update the HDs too to add fw800 support.
I think the new iPods will be released feb. 11th.
how soon until ogg vorbis support? with that, size is not as much of an issue as with mp3's.
plus... ogg is royalty free, unlike mp3.
plus... ogg is royalty free, unlike mp3.
well, i recently lost my ipod like a moron, and tried to buy one last weekend, and every place i went they didn't have it. so i figured something was up maybe.
anyway, now i'm just going to wait a couple of weeks, see if anything happens, and if nothing does, i'll just buy a 10gb.
anyway, now i'm just going to wait a couple of weeks, see if anything happens, and if nothing does, i'll just buy a 10gb.
an FM radio tuner would be nice.
BTW...has anyone try using those expensive Bose earphone with their iPod? If so, does it effect battery life on the iPod?
BTW...has anyone try using those expensive Bose earphone with their iPod? If so, does it effect battery life on the iPod?
yeah but wasn't the 10gig iPod made slimmer than the 5gig? so maybe the new 40 will be the original thickness when the 5gig was first anounced in Nov'01
Re: Re: Finally!
You also have to factor in the quality of the mp3's. The de facto standard of 128 is too low for my tastes. It's fine for previewing songs (aka downloading them), but if it's a song I wanna keep I need better quality.
Lethal
You also have to factor in the quality of the mp3's. The de facto standard of 128 is too low for my tastes. It's fine for previewing songs (aka downloading them), but if it's a song I wanna keep I need better quality.
Lethal