how big is too big?

[itickings]

As long as my library was small enough to fit on a 30GB iPod, it made sense to me to keep the full library on the iPod.

Once the library grew past that point and I had to limit the items to sync I realized that with a set of smart playlists I could probably get by with 8GB and have 99% of everything I'd normally want to listen to on the go synced. 16GB would add room for a couple movies/TV-series too.

Everything is completely and to my knowledge correctly tagged, so navigating, finding stuff etc. vs junk isn't really an issue for me.

 

[Loonytik]

Like the second poster said....if you organize your music there is no reason you cant find what you are looking for. I am meticulous about making sure I have the album, cover art, name of song, and artist all correct even if I download it from somewhere other than itunes.

 

[aluren]

ideally, 200+GB. realistically, my current 16GB would suffice. I have no problem replacing songs and videos, but would love the fact that I don't have to worry about storage all the time. I still have about 5GB left on my 16GB iPhone, but that can be filled in seconds.