Comments on: Requiem for an iPod http://www.mexicomedstudent.com/2006/07/534 Every journey has a pitstop. Welcome to mine. Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:12:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: enrico http://www.mexicomedstudent.com/2006/07/534/comment-page-1#comment-1839 enrico Fri, 21 Jul 2006 13:28:46 +0000 http://www.mexicomedstudent.com/2006/07/534#comment-1839 With each new generation of iPod (mine is 4th, manufactured 2 years ago), Apple has included less and less in the box in terms of accessories. Also, one of the biggest complaints about both the Nano and video iPod when they were released was how easily they were scratched. It's a general trend of trying to produce and sell on the cheap in which Apple certainly isn't alone. I feel I'm perfectly able to repair my iPod myself because all I have to do is switch out the hard disk. Prices of new iPod hard drives online, however, showed that the cheapest hovers around $165 for a replacement 20G, well over $200 if I want a "current" sized HD. At the $200 mark, I'm already 2/3 to getting a new video iPod will all the new features, display, etc., but first I have to scrounge up that amount. Thanks for the comment! With each new generation of iPod (mine is 4th, manufactured 2 years ago), Apple has included less and less in the box in terms of accessories. Also, one of the biggest complaints about both the Nano and video iPod when they were released was how easily they were scratched. It’s a general trend of trying to produce and sell on the cheap in which Apple certainly isn’t alone.

I feel I’m perfectly able to repair my iPod myself because all I have to do is switch out the hard disk. Prices of new iPod hard drives online, however, showed that the cheapest hovers around $165 for a replacement 20G, well over $200 if I want a “current” sized HD. At the $200 mark, I’m already 2/3 to getting a new video iPod will all the new features, display, etc., but first I have to scrounge up that amount.

Thanks for the comment!

]]> By: Mark Landes, D.C. http://www.mexicomedstudent.com/2006/07/534/comment-page-1#comment-1831 Mark Landes, D.C. Fri, 21 Jul 2006 04:14:28 +0000 http://www.mexicomedstudent.com/2006/07/534#comment-1831 Paper last weekend (Sacramento Bee) had article about folks who repair i-pods. They get hundreds of inquiries monthly and the public is realizing they are not very sturdy. Paper last weekend (Sacramento Bee) had article about folks who repair i-pods. They get hundreds of inquiries monthly and the public is realizing they are not very sturdy.

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