Re: [NTLK] OT iPod mutates - and a question

From: Martin Joseph (martyNT_at_barknaturalpet.com)
Date: Wed Apr 30 2003 - 11:26:56 PDT


On Wednesday, April 30, 2003, at 09:39 AM, Chris Ruprecht wrote:

> 7500 songs will NOT fit onto a 30 GB drive. I have a 30 GB FW external
> drive
> on my PowerBook and I currently have 2591 songs on there, using 19.04
> GB.
> Taking into account that a 30 GB (1 GB = 1000^3 Bytes) formats to only
> 27.8
> (or so) real GB, I can only get 3784 tracks on the unit.
Try AAC instead of MP3...
>
> Of course, if I go and re-rip all my CDs in crappy 128kbit/sec
> quality, I
> might get the advertised number of tracks. But then, my listeing
> experience
> will be so bad, that I simply will not listen to anything on there.
See above.
>
> Question: I can get an 80 GB 2.5" drive. Can I just 'upgrade' an iPod
> with one
> of those or is there a problem?
No it doesn't use 2.5" drives. It uses a 1.8" toshiba drive.

Marty

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