15GB Small Review
Not sure if I should start a new thread so I here is my take on a new 15GB:
Background, had first 5GB, then upgraded to 10GB slimmer model when they came out.
I suggest you go out now and buy one of these. So much better than my old 10GB. I was surprised of how much smaller it was compared to my old 10.
Love:
**EDIT** When you scroll through a song/book it now displays progress bars.
Background, had first 5GB, then upgraded to 10GB slimmer model when they came out.
I suggest you go out now and buy one of these. So much better than my old 10GB. I was surprised of how much smaller it was compared to my old 10.
Love:
- Size, Size, Size!
- New Buttons (Easy to accidently hit buttons. ie I can simply rub across my shirt, and they start clicking) Press the and hold the menu button and the cool backlight works.
- Screen (Much Better Contrast)
- Software Box (Says Enjoy on the Face of it..how cool)
- Did I mention the size? I am still amazed of how much smaller/lighter it is.
- You can listen to music while the iPod is plugged into the firewire port now. I do not remember being able to this before.
- Dock: When I first picked it up I was expecting it to be light as a feather, but It is very heavy so that it will not tip over. Very nice.
- Metal Backing: Still picks up prints, and would easily scratch. I wish they would offer a plastic backing for those who want to carry it without a case.
**EDIT** When you scroll through a song/book it now displays progress bars.
Comments
Frank_t
I will post some pictures this afternoon or tonight, and I will let you know how the battery does then too, b/c I will be listening to it the rest of the day.
New iPod Pics
Originally posted by bperkins
Finally loaded some pictures. By the way I thought it would be cute to have my 11 month old daughter hold the iPod for a couple of shots...bad idea. First thing she did was put it in her mouth, and her teeth scratched the front. Newman!!
New iPod Pics
Nice pics! The iPod is so small compared to the original it's amazing. And you're WAY more trusting than I would be. My kid would never get to put the iPod in his mouth.
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Originally posted by chromos
My biggest gripe with my new 15gigger is that less than 14gigs are available for music. ?!?!?!? Arrrgh. My old 5gig only had 400MB or so taken up by system software and whatever. I wish I can delete the games to free up some space.
its not system software, its formatting... that isnt too bad, only get about 18.6 with the 20 gig...
By the way, but is it me or does the backlight on the iPod look brighter than on your Powerbook!
Frank_t
Originally posted by bperkins
Finally loaded some pictures. By the way I thought it would be cute to have my 11 month old daughter hold the iPod for a couple of shots...bad idea. First thing she did was put it in her mouth, and her teeth scratched the front. Newman!!
New iPod Pics
Very cool pictures, Brad!
Originally posted by Paul
its not system software, its formatting... that isnt too bad, only get about 18.6 with the 20 gig...
It's not formatting, it's the way hard drives are now advertised with "fake" gigabytes. (This is why they have to have that disclaimer: "1GB = 1 billion bytes")
1 "hard drive" GB= 1,000,000,000 bytes (1 billion)
1 "computer" GB= 1,073,741,824 bytes (2^30)
20 billion/2^30 ~= 18.626
Software and indices are probably negligible, couple dozen megs at most.
Originally posted by Alexander
It's not formatting, it's the way hard drives are now advertised with "fake" gigabytes. (This is why they have to have that disclaimer: "1GB = 1 billion bytes")
1 "hard drive" GB= 1,000,000,000 bytes (1 billion)
1 "computer" GB= 1,073,741,824 bytes (2^30)
20 billion/2^30 ~= 18.626
Software and indices are probably negligible, couple dozen megs at most.
same difference... thats what i meant
Originally posted by Alexander
It's not formatting, it's the way hard drives are now advertised with "fake" gigabytes. (This is why they have to have that disclaimer: "1GB = 1 billion bytes")
1 "hard drive" GB= 1,000,000,000 bytes (1 billion)
1 "computer" GB= 1,073,741,824 bytes (2^30)
20 billion/2^30 ~= 18.626
Software and indices are probably negligible, couple dozen megs at most.
wtf thats gay! i thougth HD's were that much smaller because of the space for the directories and stuff
filthy bastards
eh ok i'm done now i understand
Originally posted by thegelding
thanks for the photos!!...do you still have the 10g iPod?? so we can see them side by side??
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Thanks for your patience. I loaded up some new ones that compare the old 10GB (slim model) vs new 15GB with 2 CD jewel cases. Funny thing is the new 15 is actually slimmer than the 2 cases as Steve pointed out. Maybe he meant the new 30 was the same as 2 CD jewel cases. Check them out.
Originally posted by bperkins
Thanks for your patience. I loaded up some new ones that compare the old 10GB (slim model) vs new 15GB with 2 CD jewel cases. Funny thing is the new 15 is actually slimmer than the 2 cases as Steve pointed out. Maybe he meant the new 30 was the same as 2 CD jewel cases. Check them out.
He did say thinner...
I was wondering about the size of the navigation wheel of the new v. old iPod. I assume they are the same, but I haven't seen them side-by-side and the buttons on the old version made the wheel seem bigger than it probably was.
Could you also take pictures of the front with the wheel, buttons and screen visible?
danke
Originally posted by Alexander
1 "hard drive" GB= 1,000,000,000 bytes (1 billion)
1 "computer" GB= 1,073,741,824 bytes (2^30)
It's not so much "hard drive" vs. "computer"... It's marketing's decimal-based GB vs. the geeky binary GB.
I'm not sure if the bit rates for audio files, such as 128Kbits/second, are normally given using 1000-bit Kbits or 1024-bit Kbits.
Originally posted by shetline
It's not so much "hard drive" vs. "computer"... It's marketing's decimal-based GB vs. the geeky binary GB.
I'm not sure if the bit rates for audio files, such as 128Kbits/second, are normally given using 1000-bit Kbits or 1024-bit Kbits.
You're right, I didn't mean to make it sound like there was something special about hard drives. How much fits on one is pretty arbtrary anyway, it'd be nice if they used the same conventions.
Pretty much anything involving an SI prefix (kilo, mega, giga) and bits or bytes will use multiples of 1024. It just makes a lot more sense in the computer world.
At any rate, it's causing me quite a dilemma...I have about 17gigs of music, but reeaaaallly like the slimness of the 15GB model over the 30GB model. I might be able to slim it down to 15, but 14 is gonna be a real pain.
Shame you can't have it all.
Originally posted by Alexander
Pretty much anything involving an SI prefix (kilo, mega, giga) and bits or bytes will use multiples of 1024. It just makes a lot more sense in the computer world.
The computer world exists within the same world as everything else, and SI prefixes are powers of 10. It would be utterly illogical to assume a gigabyte is anything other than 1000000000 bytes. They can use binary all they want, but not with SI prefixes. ISO agrees.