iPod Why did Apple drop the mini? :(

[mcadam]

Having just been given a mini a few hours ago I'll choose to look on the bright side of it all - I expect buying lots of heavily discounted accessories in the near future

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[Mike Teezie]

I used to feel like Apple needed to fill the size gap between the mini at 6GB and the iPod at 20gb, but have come to understand that they are correct to leave it as is. Either a person is content with having a decent cross section of their music collection to choose from (and 4GB is plenty for most people), or they want their whole collection at all times (and 20-60GB is fine). My guess is we won't ever see a nano with more than 6GB, or perhaps 8GB. I think we'll see a 100GB drive based iPod before too long, though. People who want to carry it all need more space.

I used to be the same way. I was honestly a little worried that 4GB might not be enough for me, because I have around 8 gigs of music in my library, and Gen 2 20 gig iPod to store it all. I always had the peace of mind knowing my music collection could double, and I could carry it on my iPod.

But Steve's RDF nailed me, and so did the Nano. Mine will be here tomorrow.

I spent the last few hours making a folder in iTunes 5 called "Nano" and weeding a selection of playlists down to 4 gigs.

Bottom line? 4 gigs is a ton of music. I am very pleased with the library I'll be able to carry around with me - and at less than 1/5th size of my old iPod.