Running/jogging with hard drive vs flash memory IPod Ever run with the IPod hard drive based unit vs the flash dirve units? I am concerned about jarring the hard drive too much. $200 for the 8Gb flash drive is good but only $50 more gets you 80Gb......but can you safely run with the 80 Gbiter?.....mmmm Running/jogging with hard drive vs flash memory IPod Ever run with the IPod hard drive based unit vs the flash dirve units? I am concerned about jarring the hard drive too much. $200 for the 8Gb... » Read More Running/jogging with hard drive vs flash memory IPod Ever run with the IPod hard drive based unit vs the flash dirve units? I am concerned about jarring the hard drive too much. $200 for the 8Gb flash drive is good but only $50 more gets you 80Gb......but can you safely run with the 80 Gbiter?.....mmmm « Show Less
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If you're planning on running, get the Nano. Hard drives don't take kindly to shock and the drive in the Classic is no exception. It will fail much, much faster with the repeated shock of running while the flash-based nano will play merrily along to however many miles you want to jar it over.
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Hi Ryan A. Madden, This stereo can only accommodate up to 64GB memory of flash drive. Thanks. &gt;Joffrey
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500 CD's averaging 15 tracks per CD is a total of 7500 tracks. The iPod Touch 32 gig holds approximately 7,000 songs. A 40GB MP3 player will hold approximately 10,000 songs, but they are hard drive based and aren't designed for rough usage. 40 GB hard drive players are pretty hard to find these days so she might have to sacrifice some songs. She most likely doesn't actually listen to 500 CD's on a regular basis and you can always set iTunes to auto-rotate the songs for for fresh content. An alternative to the iPod Touch is the iPod Classic which packs 160 GB (around 40.000 songs) of storage. They are but around $250. The iPod Touch is also available in 64GB for a higher cost (around $300). An alternative to those two iPods is the Zune HD which packs 16, 32, or 64 gigabytes as well. These are considerably cheaper than the iPod equivilent. They also offered a 120 GB Zune (non-HD) but the price will vary as they are no longer manufactured. Sony also makes highly-regarded MP3 players that are comparable to MS and Apple. Besides These three companies, I can't really recommend buying anything else. I've owned all different types of MP3 players from Creative, Toshiba, Samsung, Sandisk, and the MS Zune but none of them come close to the tight integration that iTunes and iPod have. Every time I hit the sync button I'm confident the iPod will have exactly the songs I want on it. With Windows Media Player or the Zune software, a lot of the time it will end up partially syncing and some songs will duplicate. Album art is also a nightmare on these. As much as I don't like Apple's business model, their software and hardware are pretty hard to beat.
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For me, it's not a big deal with updated storage as 64GB would suffice the "app twitch" i'm experiencing. I have an 80GB classic right now, and have about 20GB free but I'm not going to say I would complain about a 128GB touch. ;-)I care more about the updated hardware components (camera, etc) than I do about storage capacity when it comes to iPods.With the integration and creation of 64GB flash modules, there's two options that I see. It's either Apple makes the case smaller and keep a single 64GB module to save on space and integrate more and faster hardware components, OR (what everyone else is speculating) is integrate 2 64GB modules to make it a 128GB Touch...which would be saweeeeet!!</rant> For me, it's not a big deal with updated storage as 64GB would suffice the "app twitch" i'm experiencing. I have an 80GB classic right now, and have about 20GB free but I'm not going to say I would complain about a 128GB touch. ;-)I care more about the updated hardware components (camera, etc) than I do about storage capacity when it comes to iPods.With the integration and creation of 64GB flash modules, there's two options that I see. It's either Apple makes the case smaller and keep a single 64GB module to save on space and integrate more and faster... » Read More For me, it's not a big deal with updated storage as 64GB would suffice the "app twitch" i'm experiencing. I have an 80GB classic right now, and have about 20GB free but I'm not going to say I would complain about a 128GB touch. ;-)I care more about the updated hardware components (camera, etc) than I do about storage capacity when it comes to iPods.With the integration and creation of 64GB flash modules, there's two options that I see. It's either Apple makes the case smaller and keep a single 64GB module to save on space and integrate more and faster hardware components, OR (what everyone else is speculating) is integrate 2 64GB modules to make it a 128GB Touch...which would be saweeeeet!!</rant> « Show Less
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Depends on what you really want, yes if this is your first ipod I'd go for it, but since it is Hard drive based it will have skipping issues if your jogging or walking sometimes, otherwise if you sit at your desk and listen to it, it will be fine. Then again if you want something that will go anywhere and handle anything, go for the ipod nano, it does everything the classic does, but it's just smaller in size and storage, if you want a bigger screen that will handle anything also go for the ipod touch. When I say handle anything, I mean jogging running, being dropped, because they are flash based and wont skip.
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For me this was the better priced unit as it offered all of the options and storage I needed. PLus I own an 8gb that I use on my motorcycle trips and it has been bullet proof (dropped, kicked, sat on). Plus over 4years (with my 8gb) the vibration heat and UV factors have not hurt its performance. For the money (16GB). storage and my hard use of the walkmans, I feel the Sony NWZ-E475BLK 16 GB is a bargain. I have owned other brands but for ease of use and qaulity (durability) this is my choice. In this case I received way more product than I payed for. That is my oppinion feel free to make it your own. (-; For me this was the better priced unit as it offered all of the options and storage I needed. PLus I own an 8gb that I use on my motorcycle trips and it has been bullet proof (dropped, kicked, sat on). Plus over 4years (with my 8gb) the vibration heat and UV factors have not hurt its performance. For the money (16GB). storage and my hard use of the walkmans, I feel the Sony NWZ-E475BLK 16 GB is a bargain. I have owned other brands but for ease of use and qaulity (durability) this is my choice. In this case I received way more product than I payed for. That is my oppinion feel free to make... » Read More For me this was the better priced unit as it offered all of the options and storage I needed. PLus I own an 8gb that I use on my motorcycle trips and it has been bullet proof (dropped, kicked, sat on). Plus over 4years (with my 8gb) the vibration heat and UV factors have not hurt its performance. For the money (16GB). storage and my hard use of the walkmans, I feel the Sony NWZ-E475BLK 16 GB is a bargain. I have owned other brands but for ease of use and qaulity (durability) this is my choice. In this case I received way more product than I payed for. That is my oppinion feel free to make it your own. (-; « Show Less
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I have had no problems with the nano and running, but I'mnot running 10-20 miles! At 3-5 miles, it has no problems. I bought the (yeah, overpriced...) armband and it works well. I do often carry the nano around all day in my work as a carpenter, and it hasn't had problems there, either. I bought the nano because it is a flash memory player and as such has no moving parts, unlike the larger ipods that have little hard drives in them. Theoretically, with no moving parts it should be pretty immune to shaking, bouncing, etc. I couldn't use mine on a 10 mile run, as the battery life has a max of 14 hours....Best of luck,DW I have had no problems with the nano and running, but I'mnot running 10-20 miles! At 3-5 miles, it has no problems. I bought the (yeah, overpriced...) armband and it works well. I do often carry the nano around all day in my work as a carpenter, and it hasn't had problems there, either. I bought the nano because it is a flash memory player and as such has no moving parts, unlike the larger ipods that have little hard drives in them. Theoretically, with no moving parts it should be pretty immune to shaking, bouncing, etc. I couldn't use mine on a 10 mile run, as the battery life... » Read More I have had no problems with the nano and running, but I'mnot running 10-20 miles! At 3-5 miles, it has no problems. I bought the (yeah, overpriced...) armband and it works well. I do often carry the nano around all day in my work as a carpenter, and it hasn't had problems there, either. I bought the nano because it is a flash memory player and as such has no moving parts, unlike the larger ipods that have little hard drives in them. Theoretically, with no moving parts it should be pretty immune to shaking, bouncing, etc. I couldn't use mine on a 10 mile run, as the battery life has a max of 14 hours....Best of luck,DW « Show Less
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I didn't buy the 64GB but the 16GB flash drive. I tried it on my original iPad which has the wide connector, the same as the iPod Touch. After installing the app for iflashdrive from the app store, the app could read the contents of the sladh drive with no issue. I expect the 64 GB drive should work. I originally bought the flashdrive to work with my iPhone which has the new smaller connector. But I have ipods, iPads, iPhone and PC so it works with all.
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I don't entirely understand the question, but I'll give you my scenario. I have an old computer that was built in 2002, it has a 40 Gb hard drive that is partitioned, and it runs USB 1.1. I also have a new Dell Vista machine where my main iTunes library is stored, that is at a different location so networking isn't an option. I wanted to back up my music, and I wanted to play it on the old machine, so I bought one of these drives for that. Now I don't have to use 16 (or so, I think the actual capacity is 15.something Gb) Gb of space on that tiny hard drive, I can use the USB drive for all my music. It opened up the space on the old hard drive so I don't have to duplicate the music files there. ITunes reads just fine from the flash drive over USB 1.1; it took some work to copy all the files into iTunes from the flash drive though and get it all set up. As long as the drive letter stays the same, iTunes can find the music any time that flash drive is plugged in and play directly from it. I hope this helps.
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Well, I suggest using this as a search term on a search website: "why do flash drives have less space than advertised." I won't pretend to know how to answer that fully, but researching more should explain it. Plus the flash drive comes with a program on it, if I remember correctly, which takes up space - I always delete any programs that come with my drives since copying-and-pasting does the same thing for my purposes.It's not a product ripoff though, at least I don't see it as that at all. It's just the nature of flash drives.
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The player supports lossless audio formats like FLAC, APE. Using those you can enjoy crystal clear and 'juicy' sound in comparison to mp3 of any level of compression. The earphones are quite nice. But you always can buy some other... :). 32Gb can make you happy because FLAC or APE files are typically 10 times bigger than mp3.However, iPod also supports lossless audio format - ALAC (.m4a). So the choice is yours... Hope this helps
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I don't think it matters. This is a consumer product with very little write speed requirements - not like a camera, you load the songs once and then mostly read the mp3 files. The songs are loaded from a PC that can be very patient while the files are written to the flash memory card. I would go with the least expensive - and I have done that in the past.
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I purchased the 30gb ipod and had all sorts of songs (over a 1200), movies (at least 15), tv shows(over 25) podcasts (countless) and games. I then realized 30gb wasn't enough for me so i'm going to purchase the 80gb. I guess it depends on the individual. I hope this helps!
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In this day, considerably, no (seeing as terabyte is available). I imagine you're a music person who listens to a lot of music. If you are, then 32g should be fine for you. If you're someone like me who got a 16g just for my own compositions then you don't need a 32g. You can fit anywhere from 200-300 songs in 1g (depending on the length of the song), so essentially having a 32g would hold about 9,600 songs.Your call. I'd say go for it because you never know what new music you might discover. Plus, it's always better to have extra storage. I would've gotten it myself, but the price was a bit too much. In this day, considerably, no (seeing as terabyte is available). I imagine you're a music person who listens to a lot of music. If you are, then 32g should be fine for you. If you're someone like me who got a 16g just for my own compositions then you don't need a 32g. You can fit anywhere from 200-300 songs in 1g (depending on the length of the song), so essentially having a 32g would hold about 9,600 songs.Your call. I'd say go for it because you never know what new music you might discover. Plus, it's always better to have extra storage. I would've gotten it myself, but the... » Read More In this day, considerably, no (seeing as terabyte is available). I imagine you're a music person who listens to a lot of music. If you are, then 32g should be fine for you. If you're someone like me who got a 16g just for my own compositions then you don't need a 32g. You can fit anywhere from 200-300 songs in 1g (depending on the length of the song), so essentially having a 32g would hold about 9,600 songs.Your call. I'd say go for it because you never know what new music you might discover. Plus, it's always better to have extra storage. I would've gotten it myself, but the price was a bit too much. « Show Less
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I am very happy with my 2GB Sansa. Just updated the firmware (very smooth application downloaded from Sandisk site). Sleek design, not as cool as Nano, but very close. Ubercool video which Nano doesn't have, which works surprisingly well. Bigger screen than Nano too. Micro SD slot a great plus. And it also works like a storage device, so you can take files with it, something Nano doesn't do. Go for the $129 (at time of writing) 4GB model.
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Thanks for all the tips and advice. I've had a 20GB for quite a while. The hard disc failed at one point, but I was fortunately able to fix it. Think I'm going to go for the Classic. That nano is very tempting, but 120GB is hard to beat.
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I have a different model, but same line. It played from a 500GB usb drive fine. The thing is it has to be formatted to FAT32 or it won't read. I use a 128GB flash drive on two different Pioneer AVH models fine as well. According to the manual there are file and folder limits though (I think 15K file/1500folder, not positive though), so 256gb may be overkill to be honest (I do have 10K+ mp3 on my 128 with room for more). I only tried the 500GB out of curiosity.Also a note on the 160gb iPod working... that's because it runs off the iPod o/s, making the size and format irrelevant. It also runs much slower than using a usb drive as a result. I have a different model, but same line. It played from a 500GB usb drive fine. The thing is it has to be formatted to FAT32 or it won't read. I use a 128GB flash drive on two different Pioneer AVH models fine as well. According to the manual there are file and folder limits though (I think 15K file/1500folder, not positive though), so 256gb may be overkill to be honest (I do have 10K+ mp3 on my 128 with room for more). I only tried the 500GB out of curiosity.Also a note on the 160gb iPod working... that's because it runs off the iPod o/s, making the size and format irrelevant.... » Read More I have a different model, but same line. It played from a 500GB usb drive fine. The thing is it has to be formatted to FAT32 or it won't read. I use a 128GB flash drive on two different Pioneer AVH models fine as well. According to the manual there are file and folder limits though (I think 15K file/1500folder, not positive though), so 256gb may be overkill to be honest (I do have 10K+ mp3 on my 128 with room for more). I only tried the 500GB out of curiosity.Also a note on the 160gb iPod working... that's because it runs off the iPod o/s, making the size and format irrelevant. It also runs much slower than using a usb drive as a result. « Show Less