Don't wanna sound harsH - but i have have had ipods since the very first gen 5gb model with the moving wheel to the 4th gen and was looking to update. I honestly think this is the worst ipod they have ever brought to market.
I mean did someone not test this product. I bought mine unwrapped it, and plugged in it, it fails to sync properly, the ipod keeps crashing and is really slow. Update fixes the crashing, but the sync is still terrible. I got another model and it has the same exact problems. This is a pain cos i just bought a macbook and iPod under apple education and to get the rebate, both items need to be on the same sales slip to get the rebate. A bug, i can understand but i feel nobody really tested this piece of tech before it went into production. I am a long term apple customer, and will wait for the next gen iPods, or go with the touch as i am in love with the safari browser, but the classic is really a bad trip.