Staunch Mac enthusiast, having bought over 10 macs, successively

but I much prefer my Mac for music, not to mention, photos, home movie production, and archiving all the above.

Staunch Mac enthusiast, having bought over 10 macs, successively

and I lose all my music

I want to really appreciate the music more than just casually

I have never heard of such fragility in any portable music device before (think of, say, the LCD screen on your cell phone).

I assume that anyone with enough music for a 40GB is inherently an audiophile, so buy new headphones

If you love music and have the $400 to spend on this, I would do it.

60 GB, I strongly recommend iPod photo for those who are looking beyond the iPod 20 GB

Love, however, is a fickle thing, and by December 2005, I woke up one morning to find a very sad looking iPod icon occupying my beloved's screen.

If you like electronics you would want the coolest looking one out there, so here is where the iPod will beat any other device out there

What I'm saying is this is a great looking and sounding unit, but I will never buy another one again

Alright, basically, if you want a bangin', cool-looking, hip music PLAYER, this is it!

iPods are real nice, but every model still locks up every once in a while (less than once a month in my experience)

Ipods crash a lot

I was anticipating the best MP3 player ever, because Apple lovers loved their iPods

The sound is also great, the battery life is good and have a pretty good equalizer system

It's quite compact and cute, has huge amounts of storage space, has great sound, the list could go on all night...or at least for another minute or so.

the sound is shrill, hollow, with little bass and obvious distortion on higher volumes

The sound is great, it hold a bazillion songs which you can put into your own little playlists

Great interface, great sound, great capacity, quick to transfer music, looks good (I disagree that the chrome backing is bad design), and even this larger model fits easily in many pockets or other such places

If you need a device that does lots of things besides music, sure, the Archos or iRiver models are good, but if you want rock solid reliability, the best support out there and the best way to organize a large library, go Ipod only.

Get ready for your life to change in the best way possible

A very cost effective way to get an extra hard drive is to shop at your local computer store (e.g. CompUSA), look for the ATA drive that's on sale this week, and then, if you have a laptop, also get the "enclosure" that makes it into an external USB 2.0 drive.

but i'll be polite and stick with "clumsy."You can manually build playlists, but there is no easy way to put similar types of music together (say all your percussion)

One bumpthe wrong way while the unit is running

I have never heard of such fragility in any portable music device before (think of, say, the LCD screen on your cell phone).

the current high-capacity iPods offer only 30GB and 60GB, respectively, because I imagine a lot of people would prefer thier device to fall somewhere between those two storage amounts

Because I love music and use my Ipods to organize and preview music for two radio shows I produce, I really want a device that is optimized for music listening and music organization, and this is it.

For a portable device that is meant to take everywhere, you have to anticipate an accident like this.

This is simply a sickeningly, pathetically, embarrasingly unstable device

And the interface is just like your average Win vs. Mac interface, no the most elegant, but straight forward functionality

I bought a flash based MP3 player with better sound and, unbelievably, an even less intuitive interface than the iPod.

Within 6 months it acted up, making me do the ridiculous R method of resetting it over and again.

I bought a flash based MP3 player with better sound and, unbelievably, an even less intuitive interface than the iPod.

I love the iPod interface, but this little guy just can't seem to last two years.

Apple made some great decisions with regards to the audio decoding hardware on board - I get all sorts of nasty artifacts on my Archos and Creative players during some songs, but those exact same files play great on the iPod

In the meantime, let me say that the absolute best MP3 player I have owned is the much cheaper Creative Nomad Jukebox 2LX 20 GB unit that I purchased at WalMart

I was anticipating the best MP3 player ever, because Apple lovers loved their iPods

I liked my old mp3 player where I could see song bit rates, drag and drop songs straight from Windows, and set custom equalizers.

All in all, other players are cheaper and have features lacking here like FM reception.

Within 6 months it acted up, making me do the ridiculous R method of resetting it over and again.

To sum it up, yes this is a slick device, lots of hard-drive space (40GB can turn out to be a good source of back-up for your computer's hard drive!!!!!!!!), has some good features where you can store your contacts (the good thing about storing contacts is you can create a .vcf file using Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express or any other software application that can create .vcf files and download it to the iPod) and also features a calendar which I believe comes in handy for those people who like to use it as a substitute for a digital assistant

I loved the price and features and a very easy to use navigation system.

I have no warrenty now, so i'm stuck trying to restore, restart, and all those other crappy "R" fixes that they have that don't work

And a simple "stereo miniplug to RCA plugs" adapter from Radio Shack will let you enjoy the continuous play and shuffle features on your home stereo.

So now I'm having to wait almost a month before I get the stupid thing, and god knows if it'll even work then.

My iPod 40g has failed for the 8th time in less than 2 years or like clock-work about every 90 days

To sum it up, yes this is a slick device, lots of hard-drive space (40GB can turn out to be a good source of back-up for your computer's hard drive!!!!!!!!), has some good features where you can store your contacts (the good thing about storing contacts is you can create a .vcf file using Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express or any other software application that can create .vcf files and download it to the iPod) and also features a calendar which I believe comes in handy for those people who like to use it as a substitute for a digital assistant

Love, however, is a fickle thing, and by December 2005, I woke up one morning to find a very sad looking iPod icon occupying my beloved's screen.

Well, here are some things that are worth knowing but that you might not already know:(1

I have no warrenty now, so i'm stuck trying to restore, restart, and all those other crappy "R" fixes that they have that don't work

I am asking for a cheaper product in exchange for a lesser product than I purchased

Doesn't Apple test the user interface on real people before releasing an important product?

Within 6 months it acted up, making me do the ridiculous R method of resetting it over and again.

In short, this is a great product, and easy to use for someone with only moderate technical know-how.

For a portable, getter a less expensive, less GB model.

The folks at Apple support were hesitant, but polite, and within two weeks I had a new (ok refurbished)40GB iPod to again fall in love with.

I upgraded from a 20GB creative Nomad Zen to this product for several reasons

After a bad experience trying to get the Creative Labs 30GB Nomad Jukebox up and running, I tried the 40GB iPod.

I've got an old iPod, first generation 5 gb unit that works just as well as the day I received it years ago and has the latest software on it!

Sad face icon, right out of the box, right in front of Genius's face

A cute little failure icon appeared and that was the end of the story

Mine worked fine for 7 months then the hard drive kept spinning up, over and over, but would never engage and the screen displayed a sad face icon

but when you get that sad face icon it basically needs service

So I pull out my replacement iPod, turn it on and -voila!- sad face icon

Trying to back up this much data onto CDs just isn't practical, and I don't want to have to rip over 400 CDs again if my drive goes bad

This is a long way from the old days where you had to purchase software to rip a CD and then purchase a program to burn a CD

It's easy to use, fast to sync (it takes much longer to rip the CD than it does for it to be copied to the player), and when I shuffle the songs, it's like listening to the radio where I like EVERY song.

Nothing like carrying 450 CD's in your pocket

iTunes just does it all and ripping and burning CDs just makes it seem so easy

It has a decent battery life (this has not even been an issue for me, but then again, I walk around with the thing in my Powerbook case and recharge it when it needs it) great performance, and above all it sounds fantastic

Within 6 months it acted up, making me do the ridiculous R method of resetting it over and again.

My research, both online and talking to iPod users, made me realize that if I wanted portable music I wanted LESS GB, not more because 20, 40, and 60 GB models strain the battery

Only the main device with bad battery and the non functional USB cableno hand-freecan't connect to iTunes= waste of money

I have no warrenty now, so i'm stuck trying to restore, restart, and all those other crappy "R" fixes that they have that don't work

I took it to Apple, they said it needed a new hard drive!!!

Also great for backup of your music + pictures + hard drive etc.

My hard drive never messes up in the computer.

iPod #7 hard drive failed AGAIN, just days before warranty was up

I LOVE MY NEW I POD

Got a replacement from Apple and it died in a few months

An independent repair service quoted me $200 for a replacement hard drive

My hard drive died, and the Apple store couldn't get it going again unless I shelled out $200-$250 for a replacement hard drive.

Within 6 months it acted up, making me do the ridiculous R method of resetting it over and again.

I have no warrenty now, so i'm stuck trying to restore, restart, and all those other crappy "R" fixes that they have that don't work

Within 6 months it acted up, making me do the ridiculous R method of resetting it over and again.

However, the little wonky earphones are such a disappointment

I have no warrenty now, so i'm stuck trying to restore, restart, and all those other crappy "R" fixes that they have that don't work

The earphones are white... err.. unsightly to hook up my other (mostly black) earphones to the remote.7, Remote does not display song titles.8

The earphones are a pain - no matter what you do, they will tangle up and their covers will come off.5