Jazz (Basie, Ellington, Erroll Garner, Dave Brubeck) Vocal (Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Ella, Sarah, Bennett). I find that recordings with real instruments tend to lose the airy feeling at lower bit rates. The artists I mentioned always recorded live with the band in the studio with them - rarely any overdubbing. To each his own I guess.
I picked up a blue mini at the Apple Store here on Friday, but that one was reserved for my sister. She's not really into computers, but she is into music. Apple did a fantastic job with this one, from the design on down. While I mucked around with my mother's iBook, my sister charged her iPod and came back down with the clock set. She was impressed with herself. When I told her that the circle on the front was a touch pad like on the iBook and not a wheel, her eyes went wide.
(My parents' eyes went wide when I told them that the mini's storage capacity was identical to the first edition iMac they have.)
My mother still doesn't use OS X on her iBook, and the version of OS X installed on it was too old for the software updates that came with the mini. No matter. My sister now knows how to boot into OS X and start up iTunes 2. (Yep, it's that old) and she's on her way. Now that she knows about the iTMS, she's been hounding me to upgrade the iBook to Panther and install the latest iTunes and whatever new iPod drivers came with the mini. Next trip out there, I'm bringing my Panther CDs with me.
Now that I've seen the mini and played with it some, I'm torn. I know I would use an iPod for more than just music?I'd store various updates on there so I wouldn't need to carry CDs around with me when I make my computer house calls. I've got a ton of music, too and I'd like the luxury of taking a lot of it with me just because I never know what I'll want to listen to in the car or whatever. But the mini is so freaking cool that I'm considering getting one of those instead of a full-size one. Apple does this better than any other company I know: Just when I'm about ready to buy one thing, Apple comes out with something that makes me think twice.
How much space is ACTUALLY available on these things. I'm one of those "those iPod mini's are pointless, I have way more music than that. I would never want one." But I'm putting all the music I have listened to in the past 3 months into a playlist and I find I only have about 3.5 Gigs worth. I have a 30 GB iPod with 18 GB of music on it, but I never listen to this much obviously. I will probably pick up a silver iPod mini in the next day or two, but I'd like to know how much usable space is on these things. Anyone interested in a 30GB iPod? Actually, I may just hold onto my big Pod and use it as a FW hard drive...why not? Thanks!
Apple does this better than any other company I know: Just when I'm about ready to buy one thing, Apple comes out with something that makes me think twice.
That and coming out with something you think you'd never use, and then making you realize you want one so badly your eyes hurt.
If you're worried about not having enough music with you, (it's fifty to a hundred CDs worth), try this. Make five or six smart playlists. Make them according to genre, rock, classical, jazz, etc. Limit each playlist to 30 minutes to an hour, depending on how much music you listen to in a day. Make certain the "live update" and "random" options are checked. Then, everyday before unhooking your iPm from your computer, go into each playlist, select all the songs, and hit the delete key (backspace). In the blink of an eye, you have a fresh set of songs to listen to.
It's great. You still get to listen to all the music in your library over time and your daily music listening is always fresh. Furthermore, If you delete the special iPm playlist. You can carry hours of fresh music with you everyday from all of your favorite genres and albums and still have 2.5 GB of extra storage.
AND because I want to have a music library available to me. No, I won't be able to listen to my whole music collection before recharging, but most of the time when I'm out and about I don't know what I want to listen to beforehand. Most of the time I say to myself, "I think I want to listen to *this* now." If I was constantly having to think about all that stuff ahead of time, it'd get irritating.
exactly the point, if you got more than 4 gigs of music the 15g and up ipod still beats the mini. The point of the ipod is to have ALL your music with you.
As much as I hate to say it, I see the iPod mini becoming the new MP3 music player for Apple, and the iPod becoming something else. All these testaments of original iPod owners saying the iPod mini makes more sense seems overwhelming. I think the iPod is destined for greater things (enter video iPod soapbox here). I don't know. My girlfriend was even saying if they made a 10GB iPod mini, she would buy it in a heartbeat. She has a 2G iPod and she hates the 3G iPod because of the button design, and even though I have a 30 GB iPod, I can't say I disagree. I miss feedback on my four buttons, that's one reason I bought a mini and will either sell the 30GB or use it as a protable hard drive (BTW email me at filmmaker2002@mac.com if anyone is interested in buying a used 30GB iPod ). I dunno. It just makes sense.
Also, does anyone else think the new click wheel is the "mouse" patent design we saw on some rumor sites a few months back? There was a supposed patent from Apple with a clickable rotary scroll wheel or something to that effect. Just seems a little similar...that's all. Goodnight folks.
CNN Headline News is about to air an iPod segment.
"Apple's latest iPod is the iPod mini, the smaller version of its successful MP3 player, but is it worth your hard earned cash? A Wired magazine editor to weigh in, coming up next..." Spinning iPod mini graphic, fade to commercial.
HOTWIRED
"The biggest thing since the iPod, why all the hype?
Wired's Robert Caps-"It will do, ok."
They brought up the capacity/price difference.
Overall positive, a nice not really doom and gloom look at it for once. Seemed fair and balanced to me.
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Originally posted by MacsRGood4U
The music I listen to doesn't sound good at that bit rate.
What kind of music do you listen to?
(My parents' eyes went wide when I told them that the mini's storage capacity was identical to the first edition iMac they have.)
My mother still doesn't use OS X on her iBook, and the version of OS X installed on it was too old for the software updates that came with the mini. No matter. My sister now knows how to boot into OS X and start up iTunes 2. (Yep, it's that old) and she's on her way. Now that she knows about the iTMS, she's been hounding me to upgrade the iBook to Panther and install the latest iTunes and whatever new iPod drivers came with the mini. Next trip out there, I'm bringing my Panther CDs with me.
Now that I've seen the mini and played with it some, I'm torn. I know I would use an iPod for more than just music?I'd store various updates on there so I wouldn't need to carry CDs around with me when I make my computer house calls. I've got a ton of music, too and I'd like the luxury of taking a lot of it with me just because I never know what I'll want to listen to in the car or whatever. But the mini is so freaking cool that I'm considering getting one of those instead of a full-size one. Apple does this better than any other company I know: Just when I'm about ready to buy one thing, Apple comes out with something that makes me think twice.
Originally posted by mlnjr
Apple does this better than any other company I know: Just when I'm about ready to buy one thing, Apple comes out with something that makes me think twice.
That and coming out with something you think you'd never use, and then making you realize you want one so badly your eyes hurt.
Originally posted by filmmaker2002
That and coming out with something you think you'd never use, and then making you realize you want one so badly your eyes hurt.
Good ol' Apple. Gotta love em.
It's great. You still get to listen to all the music in your library over time and your daily music listening is always fresh. Furthermore, If you delete the special iPm playlist. You can carry hours of fresh music with you everyday from all of your favorite genres and albums and still have 2.5 GB of extra storage.
Originally posted by CosmoNut
AND because I want to have a music library available to me. No, I won't be able to listen to my whole music collection before recharging, but most of the time when I'm out and about I don't know what I want to listen to beforehand. Most of the time I say to myself, "I think I want to listen to *this* now." If I was constantly having to think about all that stuff ahead of time, it'd get irritating.
exactly the point, if you got more than 4 gigs of music the 15g and up ipod still beats the mini. The point of the ipod is to have ALL your music with you.
Also, does anyone else think the new click wheel is the "mouse" patent design we saw on some rumor sites a few months back? There was a supposed patent from Apple with a clickable rotary scroll wheel or something to that effect. Just seems a little similar...that's all. Goodnight folks.
"Apple's latest iPod is the iPod mini, the smaller version of its successful MP3 player, but is it worth your hard earned cash? A Wired magazine editor to weigh in, coming up next..." Spinning iPod mini graphic, fade to commercial.
HOTWIRED
"The biggest thing since the iPod, why all the hype?
Wired's Robert Caps-"It will do, ok."
They brought up the capacity/price difference.
Overall positive, a nice not really doom and gloom look at it for once. Seemed fair and balanced to me.