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"An iPod question"

I'm thinking of buying an iPod on tuesday (make the most of cheap Canadian prices while i'm here) and i was just wondering what those who already have one think of it. Is it worth buying in your opinion and also does it work on your computer straight out the box because the one i'm looking at is talking about a firewire interface and because i'm as computer literate as a dead cat i have no idea whether my computer will be compatible with it seeing as i only have USB ports.


So any help is much appreciated.

In the end i decided to go for the creative zen 30 GB model. Just for the fact it was about 150 dollars cheaper than the iPod in the shops i could actually find it in. Doing it's job quite well now i figured it out

I hate iPods. I just stick to my £40 MP3 CD player...thanks SR.

The current 20GB one.

What model?

Aye.

Have you got an iPod Timmargh?

You can only have it as a Windows drive OR an OS X drive, not both.

As far as I know, anyway ...

Could some please help me??
I have just purchased an ipod which i would like to use as an external hard drive between my mac and my pc. I have formatted it as a mac ipod, and it wouldn't transfer to my pc, so i reformated it to my pc and now it won't register on my mac, i was told it should come up as just a hard drive icon (which is all i want!) and it doesn't.
Would it matter that i'm only running 10.1?
any ideas?

Dr Gonzo wrote:
> Cyclone wrote:
> Ipod = Great storage, ridiculous price, excellent size, get to be
> 'cool'
> Zen = Excellent storage, far better price, not so good siz, get to
> be serious and just want to listen to music, not be a fashion
> groupie.
>
> That's just tosh. My iPod lives hidden in a dock under a shelf on my
> desk, or in my pocket - the simple reason for iPods supreme
> brilliance is the interface; from iTunes being just about the best
> thing ever to zipping around through menus when on the go. While
> I’ve no doubt a number of people choose it over other MP3 players
> because of the style factor, it has numerous other benefits, which is
> why I bought my first three years ago where 3rd party software was
> needed for PC support and everyone thought it was a cassette player.

Fine by me.

Like I said, it's when it's featured in a style guide I get annoyed. Ipods are excellent, if a little overpriced, pieces of equipment. So is my Zen.

I go to college, damn.

Oh well, i'll see what I can do.

Cheers :)