Maybe this belongs in Science & Technology. Oh well. A mod would know better than me.
So the time has finally come for me to cave and buy an iPod. And by strange coincidence Apple has just unveiled some revamping of that particular product line.
Now the question is (as always), which one to buy? (I've already cancelled the iPod Touch as an option, since the 16GB model is more than twice the cost of the same capacity Nano; not to mention I'm only using this for audio-on-the-go, so why would I pay for useless features?)
I don't have a huge music library at 10.34GB, but I would want something that could hold it all at one time (I'm one of those who likes to have everything at my fingertips just in case). At first glance, this would seem to be the higher-end iPod Nano with 16GB. But I'm going to be taking a trip next month and want to take a few audiobooks with me, which is going to increase my needed capacity by an unknown amount (maybe it would still be enough, but who knows?). The actual size of the Nano is also a concern, since I'd like something I can, y'know, actually handle and use.
So ideally I would want an iPod Classic, which is a *whole* lot more space--and room to grow--for only about $70 more (I'm in Canada, in case anyone's wondering about the prices). Unfortunately, it also looks like the iPod Classic may be retired soon, what with the fact that nothing's really been done to it other than cutting it down to a single 120GB model. Not necessarily a huge cause for alarm, as I've heard from others that these things tend to last a few years.
It sounds like I've talked myself into it already, haven't I? I dunno, would storing my music on an old-fashioned hard drive make me a fuddy-duddy?
So the time has finally come for me to cave and buy an iPod. And by strange coincidence Apple has just unveiled some revamping of that particular product line.
Now the question is (as always), which one to buy? (I've already cancelled the iPod Touch as an option, since the 16GB model is more than twice the cost of the same capacity Nano; not to mention I'm only using this for audio-on-the-go, so why would I pay for useless features?)I don't have a huge music library at 10.34GB, but I would want something that could hold it all at one time (I'm one of those who likes to have everything at my fingertips just in case). At first glance, this would seem to be the higher-end iPod Nano with 16GB. But I'm going to be taking a trip next month and want to take a few audiobooks with me, which is going to increase my needed capacity by an unknown amount (maybe it would still be enough, but who knows?). The actual size of the Nano is also a concern, since I'd like something I can, y'know, actually handle and use.
So ideally I would want an iPod Classic, which is a *whole* lot more space--and room to grow--for only about $70 more (I'm in Canada, in case anyone's wondering about the prices). Unfortunately, it also looks like the iPod Classic may be retired soon, what with the fact that nothing's really been done to it other than cutting it down to a single 120GB model. Not necessarily a huge cause for alarm, as I've heard from others that these things tend to last a few years.
It sounds like I've talked myself into it already, haven't I? I dunno, would storing my music on an old-fashioned hard drive make me a fuddy-duddy?
