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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: TVC15 on May 07, 2008, 05:49:34 PM

Title: My Ipod Classic just died
Post by: TVC15 on May 07, 2008, 05:49:34 PM
Less than a year old.  Par for the course for shit apple hardware, I guess.
Title: Re: My Ipod Classic just died
Post by: The Fake Shemp on May 07, 2008, 05:53:51 PM
TIME TO BUY A ZEN!!!
Title: Re: My Ipod Classic just died
Post by: Mupepe on May 07, 2008, 05:55:37 PM
erm, no.  time to buy a zune, willco.
Title: Re: My Ipod Classic just died
Post by: TVC15 on May 07, 2008, 05:56:21 PM
TIME TO BUY A ZEN!!!

The thing is I'm used to 160 gigs now
Title: Re: My Ipod Classic just died
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on May 07, 2008, 05:57:04 PM
Yeah, I'm not really sure why I bought my iPod Classic, considering my last three iPods all died of unnatural causes within 18 months.

I am an Apple whore and how. :/

Any news on the Zune front?
Title: Re: My Ipod Classic just died
Post by: Don Flamenco on May 07, 2008, 05:57:20 PM
sorry to hear that.  mine's a little more than two years old...I'm getting a 30gb ipod touch when it dies. 
Title: Re: My Ipod Classic just died
Post by: Mupepe on May 07, 2008, 05:59:26 PM
Yeah, I'm not really sure why I bought my iPod Classic, considering my last three iPods all died of unnatural causes within 18 months.

I am an Apple whore and how. :/

Any news on the Zune front?
new zune software came out and it's supposedly big.
Title: Re: My Ipod Classic just died
Post by: TVC15 on May 07, 2008, 06:00:12 PM
Condolences. Did you have your music librabry backed up?

*glances on Ipod classic and prays it won't die*

Yeah, I'm good with backups, at least for the things I care about.

Yeah, I'm not really sure why I bought my iPod Classic, considering my last three iPods all died of unnatural causes within 18 months.

I am an Apple whore and how. :/

Any news on the Zune front?

This would be the last straw for Ipod if anyone else offered a decent mp3 player of comparable size :( 
Title: Re: My Ipod Classic just died
Post by: TVC15 on May 07, 2008, 06:02:58 PM
My old 80 gig still sort of works, but the battery dies on a full charge after an hour.  This Classic is also my third iPod that has had serious problems that have driven it into uselessness.  Apple is terrible about planned obsolescence with iPods.  They release a new model every year, just in time to replace your old dying one.
Title: Re: My Ipod Classic just died
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on May 07, 2008, 06:04:39 PM
how big do Zunes go, these days?

I back up my entire PC nightly to an external drive - and my music AGAIN to a SECOND external drive

<- paranoid
Title: Re: My Ipod Classic just died
Post by: TVC15 on May 07, 2008, 06:06:16 PM
how big do Zunes go, these days?

Only 80 :(
Title: Re: My Ipod Classic just died
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on May 07, 2008, 06:06:20 PM
I could get by on 80. but I don't wanna buy if there's gonna be a fall hardware refresh

also, I have a continuous music collection dating back to my first MP3 in 1996

it's survived two complete harddrive crashes by absolute strokes of luck -- no more luck!
Title: Re: My Ipod Classic just died
Post by: TVC15 on May 07, 2008, 06:08:04 PM
I could get by on 80. but I don't wanna buy if there's gonna be a fall hardware refresh

also, I have a continuous music collection dating back to my first MP3 in 1996

it's survived two complete harddrive crashes by absolute strokes of luck -- no more luck!

I'm sure there will be, although I haven't heard any rumors. 
Title: Re: My Ipod Classic just died
Post by: Rman on May 07, 2008, 06:08:15 PM
I've only owned a second gen Nano.  Never had any problems.  But I did lose it at the gym.  :'(
Title: Re: My Ipod Classic just died
Post by: CurseoftheGods on May 07, 2008, 06:09:03 PM
iPod.
Title: Re: My Ipod Classic just died
Post by: TVC15 on May 07, 2008, 06:12:38 PM
iPod.

I refuse to give their crap-quality product line the sort of respect that consistently typing its name implies.
Title: Re: My Ipod Classic just died
Post by: Rman on May 07, 2008, 06:25:36 PM
The new versions will have GPS and 3G support, purportedly.
Title: Re: My Ipod Classic just died
Post by: Raban on May 07, 2008, 08:45:32 PM
I love my iPhone. I've had to return it for a replacement 4 times, and I still love it.
Title: Re: My Ipod Classic just died
Post by: CajoleJuice on May 08, 2008, 01:35:26 AM
I love my iPhone. I've had to return it for a replacement 4 times, and I still love it.

:lol

oh wait, it's like the 360
Title: Re: My Ipod Classic just died
Post by: Rman on May 08, 2008, 01:44:01 AM
First gen Apple products tend to have more hardware kinks than should be tolerable.  I usually wait for second revisions of Apple products before biting.  This was not case with TVC's iPod unfortunately.
Title: Re: My Ipod Classic just died
Post by: max_cool on May 08, 2008, 03:24:14 AM
First gen Apple products tend to have more hardware kinks than should be tolerable.  I usually wait for second revisions of Apple products before biting.  This was not case with TVC's iPod unfortunately.

I believe anything Anthony Bourdain says
Title: Re: My Ipod Classic just died
Post by: Don Flamenco on May 08, 2008, 03:26:24 AM
Might want to give a second thought to the Zune:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/microsoft-may-build-a-copyright-cop-into-every-zune/?ref=technology

Title: Re: My Ipod Classic just died
Post by: Robo on May 08, 2008, 03:31:59 AM
Might want to give a second thought to the Zune:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/microsoft-may-build-a-copyright-cop-into-every-zune/?ref=technology



Did you miss the Update?

We have no plans or commitments to implement any new type of content filtering in the Zune devices as part of our content distribution deal with NBC.
Title: Re: My Ipod Classic just died
Post by: Don Flamenco on May 08, 2008, 03:35:55 AM
Might want to give a second thought to the Zune:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/microsoft-may-build-a-copyright-cop-into-every-zune/?ref=technology



Did you miss the Update?

We have no plans or commitments to implement any new type of content filtering in the Zune devices as part of our content distribution deal with NBC.


I did.  I read it earlier in the day and didn't re-read it.

false alarm!
Title: Re: My Ipod Classic just died
Post by: Van Cruncheon on May 08, 2008, 03:43:32 AM
Might want to give a second thought to the Zune:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/microsoft-may-build-a-copyright-cop-into-every-zune/?ref=technology



yeah, that article is 100% bullshit.
Title: Re: My Ipod Classic just died
Post by: bork on May 08, 2008, 04:02:40 AM
I love my iPhone. I've had to return it for a replacement 4 times, and I still love it.

:lol

oh wait, it's like the 360

Eh, that's a smartphone for you.  I went through the same kind of shit with the Treo smartphones a few years ago.  When we went to Sprint to see what they could do, there was a guy there who was on his ELEVENTH Treo 600.  :o
Title: Re: My Ipod Classic just died
Post by: Bloodwake on May 08, 2008, 10:45:19 AM
*prays for the longevity of his iPod classic 80 GB w/ Death Cab album on it.*
Title: Re: My Ipod Classic just died
Post by: Mupepe on May 08, 2008, 01:37:35 PM
if you've jacked off on one ipod, you've jacked off on them all
Title: Re: My Ipod Classic just died
Post by: Laramie on May 08, 2008, 02:29:03 PM
The video ipod was a big deal for me because it was the first time I could hold up porn clips in English class and scare my friends.

Everybody's saying that phones will be the future but I disagree.  If I take my ipod on a trip, I can listen to it while traveling and then call somebody from my destination.  If I use my phone to listen to music, I'm running down my phone battery and if I call somebody, that's fewer songs I can listen too later.
Title: Re: My Ipod Classic just died
Post by: The Fake Shemp on May 08, 2008, 02:35:51 PM
You discount cell phones as future do-it-all devices because of the shortcomings of current technology?  You're assuming we never create better methods to power such devices!
Title: Re: My Ipod Classic just died
Post by: Laramie on May 08, 2008, 03:00:29 PM
Sometimes I lie in bed, awake at night, thinking of having a wireless router that also transfers power wirelessly.   :-[

I just think that as long as we're stuck with traditional lithium ion batteries, I'd rather have two dedicated devices rather than one.
Title: Re: My Ipod Classic just died
Post by: DJ_Tet on May 08, 2008, 03:08:36 PM
If I don't have a laptop and don't plan on getting one in the next year or two, but I do have wifi, how much would I appreciate the ipod touch and it's browsing features?  Is it a novelty or a handheld pc?