I’ve
been teased before at work because my iPod has been with me for so long. Every day when I get into work I grab a cup
of coffee and I hook my iPod up to a set of speakers. My 40 gig, 4th generation iPod. The music player is almost 9 years old now
and has close to 7,000 songs on it.
Every once in a while I get asked why I haven’t upgraded to a new one,
but I never saw the point. The classic
was doing everything I needed it to. Now
that’s starting to change. I’d say 1 in
every 10 songs played is choppy or skips.
I can manage but I know the end is coming.
The
real killer for me is that there isn’t a good replacement for what I have. I got almost 9 years out of this one so I
have no problem sticking with Apple, but they aren’t making it easy for
me. I have almost 30GB of music. I don’t need to run apps or watch movies; I
just want a music player. I’d need 2
iPod nanos to carry what I have now. At
150 each that isn’t going to happen. The
32Gb iPod touch costs 300 too. Besides
that the touch is full of things I don’t need.
That brings us back to the iPod Classic.
The
Classic. The device that launched the
line only comes in one version now, the 160GB.
That’s 5 times more than I really need and it’s 250 dollars. Sure if it lasts 10 years that 250 will seem
like a great deal, but right now it seems like a lot of money for more storage
than I need. I’m not going to do
anything while my old Classic still functions, but the whole idea of it no
longer working just makes me sad.
Aw! Oh no! It's like one of your best friends is slowly dying in your hand! We can have amemorial service but hopefully it stays around for a while!
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