Honestly, I am soooo guilty of doing things in excess, but there is a place to draw a line. I don't know ANYONE that has 8000 songs! I have less than 200- and my five gig iPod is going to be enough for me forever. My theory is if you have more than 5 GB of music, some of it has to go! You can always dl it later.
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Would you buy a 40 GB iPod?
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Grrr
It is a huge pet peeve of mine when people express snotty disgust over the desire for bigger iPods. 40GB is NOT all that much. You "don't know anyone who has 8000 songs?" Well hi, my name is Scott, I have much more than that, nice to meet you.
I would sell my 20GB, and buy a 40GB iPod in a heartbeat. I am full already, and I have yet to rip even a quarter of my music collection. Mostly because I am (perhaps foolishly) waiting for an iTunes/iPod update with AAC, and obviously I don't want to rerip all those CDs.
But even if you DONT have 8000 songs, there are valid reasons to encode MP3s at higher bitrates, or hell, even have uncompressed audio (which effectivey makes a 40GB iPod like a 4GB one)... there are valid reasons to backup your harddrive or selected data and applications... there are valid reasons to use it for data transfer, and perhaps in the future updates even more functionality. 40GB is not some strangely huge number anymore. I don't think many people use these babies to their full advantage.
That said, I think that Apple should definitely keep a 5GB around...and just make it much thinner and lighter with a new hard drive. This would satisfy a market.
It is a huge pet peeve of mine when people express snotty disgust over the desire for bigger iPods. 40GB is NOT all that much. You "don't know anyone who has 8000 songs?" Well hi, my name is Scott, I have much more than that, nice to meet you.
I would sell my 20GB, and buy a 40GB iPod in a heartbeat. I am full already, and I have yet to rip even a quarter of my music collection. Mostly because I am (perhaps foolishly) waiting for an iTunes/iPod update with AAC, and obviously I don't want to rerip all those CDs.
But even if you DONT have 8000 songs, there are valid reasons to encode MP3s at higher bitrates, or hell, even have uncompressed audio (which effectivey makes a 40GB iPod like a 4GB one)... there are valid reasons to backup your harddrive or selected data and applications... there are valid reasons to use it for data transfer, and perhaps in the future updates even more functionality. 40GB is not some strangely huge number anymore. I don't think many people use these babies to their full advantage.
That said, I think that Apple should definitely keep a 5GB around...and just make it much thinner and lighter with a new hard drive. This would satisfy a market.
..Plus with the new Version of Final Skratch http://www.nativeinstruments.de/index.php?id=traktorfs_us you'll be able to spin tracks right from your Ipod!!
With 40 gigs, no need for compression. Dj sets using this technology will not have to sound like crap
With 40 gigs, no need for compression. Dj sets using this technology will not have to sound like crap
Re: Grrr
right on man. I have 1,900 MP3s at various bitrates but i also house 3,100 uncompressed AIFF files. i'm guning for about 10,000 once im all done. Since I personally edit each song on iTunes, I know everysong is organized and is to my liking. Then when AAC audio finally comes out with iTunes 4 i'll be able to compress my music (if i choose to) to the latest iPod. 40GB isnt that much anymore.
Currently you have 40GB 1.8 inch drives
80GB 2.5 inch drives
250GB 3.5 inch drives
By early next year these numbers could easily double. I know for sure that 3.5 inch drives will hit 400GB this year. and Maxtor, WD, IBM, and seagate are all trailing for Toshiba right now for the conveted most GB/sq inch. I think toshiba is somewhere around 50GB/sq inch. All these companies are gunning for the 100GB mark. Its kidna like the race to GHZ numbers with processors.
SO bring on 40GB iPod. Use it for all your music and if you have room to spare use it as deck of cards size firewire hard drive. Why do you think you pay so much for these little babies.
ok im spent
Tyler
right on man. I have 1,900 MP3s at various bitrates but i also house 3,100 uncompressed AIFF files. i'm guning for about 10,000 once im all done. Since I personally edit each song on iTunes, I know everysong is organized and is to my liking. Then when AAC audio finally comes out with iTunes 4 i'll be able to compress my music (if i choose to) to the latest iPod. 40GB isnt that much anymore.
Currently you have 40GB 1.8 inch drives
80GB 2.5 inch drives
250GB 3.5 inch drives
By early next year these numbers could easily double. I know for sure that 3.5 inch drives will hit 400GB this year. and Maxtor, WD, IBM, and seagate are all trailing for Toshiba right now for the conveted most GB/sq inch. I think toshiba is somewhere around 50GB/sq inch. All these companies are gunning for the 100GB mark. Its kidna like the race to GHZ numbers with processors.
SO bring on 40GB iPod. Use it for all your music and if you have room to spare use it as deck of cards size firewire hard drive. Why do you think you pay so much for these little babies.
ok im spent
Tyler
Originally posted by Xero
an iPod will never be owned by me until they have stereo mic/line in! rawr!
iCable
I don't see the need for a 40GB iPod. I don't think you plan to listen to every CD on your computer (IF it takes up more than 40GB of space). There is already built-in MPEG-2 support and the re-rumored .ac3 support for iTunes to come. And if Apple came out with a 40GB iPod with .ac3 support, you could theoretically store 32000 songs on your iPod.
If you think you need to store that many songs on your iPod, you may want to see this man.
Do I plan to listen to every CD I own in one sitting? No. but I would like to be able to fit my entire collection on my iPod at a good (someday uncompressed) quality level and never screw w/swapping music/CDs again. I want to be able to grab my iPod, walk out the door, and not go "Now, does this have my best of Metallica playlist on it, or my ambient and goth play lists?" Not to mention that I'd like to have few gigs left over to shuttle files around as well.
I listen to music probably 75% of the waking day and being able to access all my music all anytime no matter where I am, and at a non-crappy compression ratio, would be a wonderful, wonderful thing.
Lethal
.ac3 files are the ones used as the sound tracks in DVDs and contain the surround sound codecs.
You're thinking of .aac which is seeming to become vaporware just like Rendezvous support.
You're thinking of .aac which is seeming to become vaporware just like Rendezvous support.