This Thursday, my fourth iPod arrived. I’m on my fourth because I always manage to sell the previous iPod to someone who wants it. The buyer gets a substantial discount on it too and they’re in decent shape. Contrary to all the rumor mongering on the Internet, I have never had any failures with mine. Even the my first one is still operational according to Jeremy (the gentleman who bought it) and it was one of the original 5G models introduced in 2001.
My new iPod is a second-generation, silver mini. Apple had a slug of refurb minis recently with pricetags too low to resist. I went with the second generation for the 18-hour battery but I have to deal with the USB 2.0 grief. At the last CapMac meeting I won a $25 gift card for the Apple Store so there’s a free FireWire solution on its way. I thought I could hold out longer and live with the Shuffle Steve Jobs gave every employee last year. As cool as it is, I am addicted to a display with the greater degree of control (makes it easier to listen to podcasts). I feel this silver one will do the trick for a long time. I let Jose have my annual 25% discount on the big video iPod because I just don’t see the point in watching TV on so small of a display. Four gigabytes of space is plenty for the amount of material I want to review for KMAG.