Thinking about getting an ipod

I knew I was probably going to be brought up here. And I am proud to say I don't own a single ipod or any accessory for such device. I do however own a portable mp3 player for fishing, biking, or other away from the car activities(256M and holds about 20 lossless songs ripped from MY cd's). It has never been hooked up to a radio. A yuppie device that is overkill and overpriced for what it is. Not that yuppies own them but they seem to be more of a status symbol. Sorry but who the hell needs to have 100's of hours of music with them at all times? Brake it, drop it, or damage it and all your music is gone. Not saying that it would be a total loss but alot of "time" will be lost replacing the songs.Certified Security Specialist

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auex, while i dont think that ipods are the greatest thing in the world, i dont even own one, i understand why they are so popular. They look nice, they work nice and they are reasonably priced. Some people like to have hundreds of hours of music with them at once, i know i do. Theres 160 hours of music on a computer system in my car. If ipods were gapless between track transitions i'd replace my car system with a head unit and an ipod, its a hell of a lot cheaper than all the gear ive got installed there at the moment. As for if its broken, i dont see that much "time" will be lost when all you have to do is get another ipod, plugging it in and telling it to sync. Sure you have to wait for the music to copy across but its not like you have to sit and watch it.

I have about 30+ gb of mp3, and my collection is constantly growing. It'd take about 47 CDs to get all of this on CDs, plus enormous amount of time to manage them. I think the convenience and flexibility you get with ipod is worth it. It is easier to find what I want since all of it is organized into folders sorted by artist/album/song. Why do I need so many songs in the car? Freedom. I'm free to listen to whatever I want, whenever I want (in my car). Or I could just set the head unit on "random" and never listen to the same songs twice for the next month :) What if ipod loses all my songs? I have the exact copy on my home pc hard drive, plus another exact copy on my backup hard drive, plus 1/3 of the collection on my portable hard drive...so it's not likely to happen. Anyway, I think it's worth it to me, especially when I'm going to drive for 40 hours moving from east cost to west.