Deborah Puerini top-posted (grr): > At an unknown time, "Charles Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> top-posted (grr): >> On Monday, June 6, 2005, at 07:41 PM, Ron Reames top-posted (grr): >>> On 6/6/05 6:16 PM, "Charles Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> What's an Ipod?? What's it supposed to be needed for ??? >>> >>> You're kidding, right? Right? >> >> No! Actually I am aware of Ipod use as an 'audio crutch' for those who >> need constant aural stimulation. But not being in that category myself, >> I've never looked into them to see if they (the Ipod) might have other >> uses.
Being a bit judgmental, aren't we? :-P For someone who signs his messages "Chuck D.," that's particularly ironic. > You can also use it as an external firewire drive too. I think you can > even boot from it. Bootability depends on what your computer's BIOS supports. None of my computers (a beige G3 among them, with a USB 2.0/FireWire/Fast Ethernet combo card installed) will boot from a FireWire device. You can also dump photos from your digital camera into it, freeing up space on your camera's flash-memory card. If you have an iPod photo (just bought the 60GB model myself a couple of days ago), you can view those pictures and throw them up on a TV. I had been considering one of the external hard drives with a card reader that are built for this purpose, but they seemed a bit too much like a one-trick pony. Most other music players on the market have been similarly limited in their capabilities; that's why I had been using a Palm Tungsten T (with AeroPlayer) as a player up until now. That the iPod photo will carry my entire music collection (vs. a small subset of it on my Palm with a 512MB flash-memory card) with tons of space to spare for photos and other stuff is a nice bonus. (FWIW, my iPod is the first new Apple hardware I've bought in 15 years. My two Macs were purchased used and upgraded (extensively in the case of my G3, less so in the case of my Quadra 610); the last bit of new hardware I bought before that was a High-Speed SCSI Card for my IIe.) _/_ / v \ Scott Alfter (remove the obvious to send mail) (IIGS( http://alfter.us/ Top-posting! \_^_/ rm -rf /bin/laden >What's the most annoying thing on Usenet? -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
