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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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unfortunately i don't have the time right now to read through all the fifty-eight comments-and-counting, so what i am going to say may end up being redundant. but anyway. :p

i own an ipod mini and my only complaint is that 2GB should be enough, but so totally isn't. and also, since the blank slot didn't allow enough characters for me to complete the sentence, I wish they'd told me that they keep developing and updating the ipod hardwares until the one you had bought only three months previous ends up being COMPLETELY OBSOLETE before I bought this thing. but, really, i'm happy with my ipod. i just wish i had more storage space.

as for losing your whole library when you connect the ipod to another computer, that's bullshit. itunes will ask you if you WANT to replace your ipod library with the one on the computer you're using (which may end up being empty), but you can just say no and your ipod will be left alone. what you can't do is transfer the songs from the ipod into the computer, which, come to think of it, is a complaint as well.

and, last but not least, apple is the motherfuking QUEEN of smooth and beautiful design. ipods always give you design!gasms, in every little detail imaginable.

so, yeah. happy shopping!