[iTunes] Re: iPod Old or New?

[Adam Bass]

The song names have always scrolled if you're playing the song, and the  
artists and albums have never scrolled, and they don't on the new ones  
either. The song names have never scrolled in the list, if that's what  
you mean. The song names only scroll if you're currently playing the  
song. I do think Apple should make the artist and album names scroll  
while listening to a song.

However, the new display is amazing, especially the backlight, and it's  
nice to have the buttons light up. In the pictures it always looked  
like the lights on the buttons were orange, but when I saw one in real  
life, I noticed it's more red than orange.

So yeah, I guess if MacWarehouse is selling them for that cheap, it  
could be worth it. Actually, wait a minute. The 20 gigs aren't around  
anymore. A "brand new" 20 gig would just be the old 20 gig. So what  
exactly are you asking?

Adam



On Sunday, May 18, 2003, at 02:10  AM, Kunga wrote:

> I repeat: MacWarehouse.com is selling Brand New 20GB iPods for  
> $294.95. I bought two and they gave me a 4 year extended warranty for  
> only $65 each. $360 each including shipping and 4 years of service for  
> a NEW 20 GB iPod. That's $40 less than the price of a new 15GB iPod.
>
> Adam,
> What about the display on the new ones? The Song name and Artist names  
> DO NOT scroll on the old 20. That's a minus since many songs & artist  
> names are longer. Do they scroll on the new one?
>
> k
>
>> On Friday, May 16, 2003, at 06:48  PM, Kunga wrote:
>>
>>> For those of you who are switching to the new model iPod or are fist  
>>> time adopters with the new model:
>>>
>>> I love my new "old" 20GB iPod. Tell me honestly, are there certain  
>>> features of the new one that really won you over to the new model?  
>>> I've put 10.2.6 and 9.2.2 on this 20 and it runs beautifully as a  
>>> hard drive. What size new model did you buy? MacWarehouse.com is  
>>> selling brand new 20's for $294.95 each.
>>>
>>> <http://www2.warehouse.com/ 
>>> product.asp?dept%5Fid=6307&cat=mac&pf%5Fid=ACC5888&blind=>
>>>
> On Saturday, May 17, 2003, at 10:45  PM, Adam Bass wrote:
>>
>> I actually really hated the new ones at first because of the  
>> touch-sensitive buttons. After using it for a little while, though at  
>> the Apple Store I actually started to get used to it. It does take  
>> some getting used to, but it's not really any worse, although it does  
>> seem like you could accidentally hit them a lot. I really don't like  
>> the scrollpad, but they had those on the old 20 gigs as well, and the  
>> new scrollpads are definitely better than the ones on the 2nd Gen  
>> iPods. The wheel on the 1st gen 5 and 10 gigs was just completely  
>> perfect. I also don't like that the middle button is touch sensitive  
>> on the new ones; it just feels really strange.
>>
>> The On-The-Go playlists and being able to rate songs on the new iPods  
>> are awesome features, but it definitely doesn't make it worth  
>> replacing your old 20 gig iPod. The only reason I could see for  
>> upgrading is if people have a 5 or 10 gig and they disparately need  
>> the extra space.
>>
>> The new iPods are definitely nice, but it's definitely not worth  
>> replacing an old one with one of the new ones unless you really need  
>> the space.
>>
>> Adam
>
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