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I am considering procuring a 20GB iPod in the immediate future, however, as someone who doesn't have a particular fast connection at home, and doesn't have an Apple interface at all, I am rather skittish about the entire business, and so I turn to you lot. Tell me everything you think I should know.*

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*I have also been told that once you set up one computer as your base, you can't use other computers to upload your music without losing all the contents of your iPod. I have also been told there is a way around this. Educate me kids, because my base will not be a consistent thing, like, ever.

ETA: Thank you, all of you, for your assistance!

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[babyofthegroup.livejournal.com]

I adore my 2nd-generation iPod (way back when there were separate versions for Windows and Mac, and my Windows version came packaged with RealJukebox... ::shudder:: ) and it has served me well. The new iPods aren't formatted for a particular platform, so that's one worry down.

Like musesfool said, you just have to set your iPod up to not sync automatically; then you should be able to easily move songs onto it from whatever computer you're using.

There is also software to take your music from your iPod and put it on your computer; contrary to what amberlynne says, I don't think it takes that long, especially if you're doing it over USB 2.0 or FireWire.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Yeah, when the first iPods came out, waaaaaay back in the day I'd planned to get one, but that whole separate versions/interafcing issues thing put me off. And then two years ago, I said, "Okay, this year," and that was the year of the battery issue.