New iPods out

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by robostangs548

See what I mean...... Do you really need the other 155 gigs?

You could always use it for other things--I once entertained the notion of a 160 GB iPod Classic acting as my backup hard drive on top of being my music player.

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by robostangs548

See what I mean...... Do you really need the other 155 gigs?

Yes.

Originally Posted by Billfred

You could always use it for other things--I once entertained the notion of a 160 GB iPod Classic acting as my backup hard drive on top of being my music player.

Exactly. Also, I don't know how large DVD's would be when formatted and compressed for use on an iPod or in my case a Zune. Never tried it yet.

Also, don't limit yourself on music or videos only for the iPod. You have it usable as a hard drive as Billfred stated. Why not use it as that. There are a lot of documents you need as the Robot season goes by. Why not put them all on the iPod, as well as all your Team pictures to share with potential sponsors if the need arises.

Bottom line is the largest iPod today is 160GB. In a few years, you will be complaining that 160GB is not large enough, and Apple will bump up to a larger capacity just in time. Apparently at this time (with most users it seems) they have raised the bar as far as capacity before the common user needs it.

[Alexa Stott]

Originally Posted by Billfred

You could always use it for other things--I once entertained the notion of a 160 GB iPod Classic acting as my backup hard drive on top of being my music player.

A lot of people do that, actually, even with the ones less than 160GB. They use maybe 8GB for music, and the rest as a backup hard drive.

[Pavan Dave]

Originally Posted by Billfred

You could always use it for other things--I once entertained the notion of a 160 GB iPod Classic acting as my backup hard drive on top of being my music player.

I use it as a portable hard drive. It works well especially when backing up programs or holding ISO files for future use or whatever it may be, and I only have a 30.