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New iPods Released (20GB and 40GB)

I just went to the Apple Store in Clarendon today to look at the G5 first hand (really nice :D) and noticed that they didn't have the new 40 gig iPods in yet. The Apple Store guy I talked to didn't know when they'd be getting them in, either.

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New iPOD

Meant to post this on this thread, not the 10 millionth one


Yes, I have 43 gigs of music, all of which I own on CD except a few that I have purchased from iTMS on my external 80 gig hard drive.

And yes, I have been saying ever since I purchased the 10 gig old fashioned iPod a month before the 20 gig was available over a year ago that I would get the 40 gig as soon as it came out.

Finally! Now my wife won't have to ask me to meet up with her to give her the 10 gig every time she wants to go work out, she can have it for herself and have only the songs she likes on it.

As for me, I can put all but 3 gigs of music that I own on it!

Oh, and I was the first to call the Knox Street store in Dallas Tx for the new 40gig, didn't say when they'd have them, but I'll be the first person they call!

SWEET.
 
ok, for everyone who says they need like an 80 gig, do you plan on listening to all 20,000 songs that would have on it? i mean, i look at this as a portable mp3 player, so i put what i want to listen to on it. i'm guessing 90% of you have every mp3 you own on it, i dont listen to half of the old crap i used to listen to. For those of you who like to use it to just hold all of their mp3s i understand. i personally just want the 40 because i bought the 30, and now it isn't the biggest and best. changes or not, I WANT THE NEWEST AND BEST! NOW!!
 
Those 1.8" drives have to be reaching the limit of their capacities if they aren't already there. Laptop drives are stuck at 80 GB so I would imagine the ipods could be stuck at 40 GB for a while.
 
iPOD space

Great info on the 40 gig size limit, glad to know that now is the best time to do this upgrade.

Also one of the great benefits to iTunes IMO is that you can create a playlist that automatically selects all the songs you haven't listened to/ haven't listened to since such and such date. That way you can listen to your favorite stuff over and over, but also evenly distribute your listening time on that playlist over all of your music at once. When selecting CDs I have a bad habit of skipping over old ones constantly, this solves that problem.
 
Re: Re: apple sucks

Originally posted by SiliconAddict
*slams head into keyboard over and over and over again*
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Careful, Apple keyboards are far from cheap. Plus concussions nasty.

AppleMatt
 
I have a question for anybody who may know. Suppose that we hear of the Powerbook updates next tuesday at Mac Expo, as a Canadian, what does this mean for me?

I have noticed, especially after the news of the G5, that the Canadian page does not update with this info the same day that the U.S. page does. So does anyone know, from a historical standpoint, when I would be able to order my Powerbook, if, and when the updates are announced? Any insight would be greatly appreciated!! :rolleyes:
 
Re: Re: Re: apple sucks

Originally posted by AppleMatt
Careful, Apple keyboards are far from cheap. Plus concussions nasty.

AppleMatt
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*sighs* Who ever said I was typing on an Apple keyboard. :-\
Those PowerBook G5's can't come soon enough.
But on the brightside we have an abundance of cheap Dell keyboards where I work so......

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:D
 
Misconception about iPod sizes

Originally posted by jer2665
ok, for everyone who says they need like an 80 gig, do you plan on listening to all 20,000 songs that it would have on it?
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What some people don't realise is that not everyone uses an iPod for MP3s. iPods are for holding files and backups too.
And as good as MP3s and AACs are, they are still no match for the real deal: AIFF. Sure, you need decend headphones and be in a quiet environment to hear the difference, but there is an audible differenence which is especially apparent if a track is a favourite track and you know it well.

I for one would keep my most favourite albums only in AIFF format, no other. And that sucks up space fast. A 40GB iPod has room for roughly 70 CDs in AIFF. Not all that much.

Wouldn't it be cool if Apple would offer a lossless compressed audio format on iPods too? Sadly the new WMA9 lossless format already offers this to Windows users. Reportedly CD audio files can be compressed lossless to about 50% their size. 140 original quality CDs on a 40Gig iPod, that would be great.

My 'Dream Version of iTunes' (tm)

Ideally iTunes should offer to archive every song twice: in its original AIFF quality (lossless compressed) plus one other lossy format of my choice. That way iTunes could offer to re-rip tracks into any audio format of my choice - at the click of a button.
And I would be offered a choice on a per track basis whether I want the lossy, compressed audio version on my iPod or the original quality one, compressed lossless down to about half its original size.

What do you guys/girls think?
 
Originally posted by jer2665
ok, for everyone who says they need like an 80 gig, do you plan on listening to all 20,000 songs that would have on it? i mean, i look at this as a portable mp3 player, so i put what i want to listen to on it. i'm guessing 90% of you have every mp3 you own on it, i dont listen to half of the old crap i used to listen to. For those of you who like to use it to just hold all of their mp3s i understand.
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Does anyone really need a 40GB? 20GB? 10GB? iPod? If you filled it all the way up it would take *shrugs* What? Weeks to listen to it all.

That really isn't the point. At least for me it isn't. For me personally I like knowing if I think of a song in my collection that I want to hear I don't have to rip it, move it, or convert it. It will be there on my device. Anywhere. Anytime. When I get an iPod its not going to be a device for just listening to my music but the device where I store all my music. But as you somewhat pointed out it depends on how you are actually using the device.
As a standard MP3 player even a 10GB one has space a plenty to keep you going for a week or more.
 
Originally posted by NavyIntel007
BOOOOO.

They should have moved the 10 GB to $199 and kept the 30 GB.

Then the pricing could be

10=199
20=299
30=399
40=499

Oh well... guess I'll stick with my 5er for a while.
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Any idea where to get a five for cheap? Should be $99 by your pricing scale :)
 
Originally posted by iRiKliAN
40GB Ipod !!!

10,000 songs!!!

Chances are anyone with enough music to fill a 40GB Ipod has not paid $10,000+, and has illegally downloaded the good majority of them. Correct?

So it would be safe to assume the RIAA would be on there arse? :eek:

Maybe Apple is inadvertantly encouraging piracy? :confused:
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Been collecting CD's since 1985. I have well over 5000 CDs, I have no stolen music on my computer (currently 9GB), so I don't know what you're thinking about.

Maybe Apple is just trying to provide a product that a customer can use for years to come.

Whatever
 
i dunno, from the stories i've heard, iPod's aren't exactly built to last forever. Hence all of the segments on "the screen savers" about how to replace the harddrive, power supply and all of that lovely stuff. Im already having problems with my stupid one. When i first got it, it was kind of locked up, just the apple showing, i had to do the "flick hold on and off, then hold menu+play" and i just recently had to do that again. So i dont see this thing lasting for years to come.
 
WhyWhyWhy

New iPods??!!

Why? Didn't they just release new models like last month? We don't need newiPods!! We need new 15inch Powerbooks!
They're almost a year old! What is Apple thinking? Arrrgh!!! Arrrghhh!!!

:confused: :confused: :confused:
 
It's generally later that afternoon or the next day. The Apple Canada Store is updated sooner than the actual Canada website.

In the case of the iPod's and iMac's, it was up this morning when I checked so it didn't take them long.

Originally posted by petey
I have a question for anybody who may know. Suppose that we hear of the Powerbook updates next tuesday at Mac Expo, as a Canadian, what does this mean for me?

I have noticed, especially after the news of the G5, that the Canadian page does not update with this info the same day that the U.S. page does. So does anyone know, from a historical standpoint, when I would be able to order my Powerbook, if, and when the updates are announced? Any insight would be greatly appreciated!! :rolleyes:
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Ah, somebody hit on the freezing issue!

Unfortunately, I have an issue that for sure precludes me from jumping on new Pods. One of the "dirty little secrets" of the Pod. I had an increasingly seriously (and annoying/disruptive) problem and the other day went to the support discussion boards at apple. Spent about an hour reading posts of people afflicted with the same issue I had; and ALL of those posts were within the last 4 days!

The consensus seems to be that if one is moving while your Pod is spinning the disk and reading songs into the cache, it will freeze. As in need a hardware reset, as in wiping out all the playcount data collected so far.

Which is probably why I see so many folks holding their Pods in their hands. Which is why the "for the active lifestyle" is BS.. the Pod is PERFECT for the sedentary lifestyle, and problematic for being too active. And lemme tell you, a lot of those folks are runner, most of who were reassured by Apple Store employees that the Pod was the PERFECT companion for the runner.

Naturally, apple is saying exactly nothing.

And it's really quite simple to address this issue (which undoubtedly came about by them shrinking the size of the units; clearly reducing shock absorption material for the HD). The solution?

1. up the cache size; 128M would be nice, but I'd settle for 64M
2. introduce a software setting that says "play cache and stop," so that before it CAN freeze, it would stop playing. Put it in your hand (while exercising), choose another smart playlist, count to 10 and you can then go on about being, er, active.

I will NOT buy another Pod, nor will I encourage ANYONE to buy one untill at least 2 is implemented (and not just for new Pods, if they don't cover at least 2G units, fugeddibouditt) and better both 1 and 2. Unless the person knows they will never try to walk, run, jog or do anything active while trying to listen to music.
 
I understand the larger HD is a good way for Apple to update their iPods without selling cheaper models, but when they introduced them, didn't they also promote how fast it transfered etc.
I have 1000's of records too, but I don't really need all of them on an iPod, I would rather have a cheaper model and exchange music as I need it.
 
Originally posted by cgp314
Any idea where to get a five for cheap? Should be $99 by your pricing scale :)
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If I decide to get a new one, I'd be willing to sell you mine. I have to see if my GF would want it first. But PM me if interested anyway.
 
Re: apple sucks

Originally posted by ldkaplan
I just got my 30gb two weeks ago. Now there's a 40gb?

Same thing happened with my iMac. A few months after I bought it, they come out with a 17" version...and an OS upgrade!

I like my Mac. I like my iPod. I'm just pissed off that Apple can't upgrade the things that need it, like the 15" pb.
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Oh yes... because aren't you the center of the universe? :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
 
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