Nano with Vista The tech details do not indicate Ipod is compatible with windows Vista. Is it? Being a long time Windows user I'm a little skeptical of buying an Apple product and expecting it to work with Windows without a few gotchas. Are there any? Nano with Vista The tech details do not indicate Ipod is compatible with windows Vista. Is it? Being a long time Windows user I'm a little skeptical of buying an Apple product and expecting... » Read More Nano with Vista The tech details do not indicate Ipod is compatible with windows Vista. Is it? Being a long time Windows user I'm a little skeptical of buying an Apple product and expecting it to work with Windows without a few gotchas. Are there any? « Show Less
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Not sure if this helps but I got my 6-year-old 1st generation(!) ipod to work with Vista with no problems. If I can get that old dinosaur to be Vista compatible I'm sure the nano should work just fine. You might have to fool around with the itunes security properties, but other than that, I don't see a reason why it shouldn't work.
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I've got Vista on my laptop, and my 4 gb nano works just as well as it does on my desktop's Windows XP. You shouldn't have any problems.
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I have my son's 4GB Nano working with Vista with no problems. You do need to have the latest generation of iTunes, which includes the latest quicktime, but that's about it. Good luck.
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I have looked everywhere as I got my 14 year old the Nano 16 gb- best I can figure out there are allot of subtypes of the IH9BR - it was very confusing- and it is next to impossible to figure out if this one will fully support NANO 16gb. IHOME and Apple have them on their site with some info- I may just wait a few months to get her a dock (Birthday) as I think think they are still trying to get rid of some older models not compatible with the NANO 4th generaiton and it is buyer beware....If anyone else finds out about this I would be interested,
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Holly, as far as I can tell there are no personal media players except the upcoming Zune from Microsoft that claim Vista support of compatibility out of the box. Hardware design cycles from other companies were probably too late to pick up on any Vista idiosyncratic device support. It will take another generation of devices (in other words a year more or so to shake the major Vista bugs out of peripherals...
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The iPod Nano 7th Gen uses Bluetooth 4.0, and Apple chose to implement it without the Classic (backward compatibility) protocol, it is an option and they chose not to. This is not the speakers' fault, it's Apple's.
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I'm in the market for a good portable unit for my fourth generation iPod Touch. I found these reviews/comparisons very helpful, except that I still haven't seen an answer to the compatibility question.J. Hansen
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Hmm, well the product I got works with Vista and 7 I believe. It is only the older versions that don't work. I have a Windows 7 and it works perfectly. It should say on the box, "works with vista and 7" or something along those lines.
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Yes it does work with your windows Vista. I might add that if you upgrade to Windows 7, you'll be very happy. It's user friendly
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Tough one. If the nano works, the dock works. I'd suggest the issue is not with the dock, but with your ipods. Do you have anyone nearby that has one you could try? That would prove it one way or the other.
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I dont see why it wouldnt work on Vista. For one thing, it is probably just seen as a "USB Mass Storage Device" like every other mp3 player out there. Also, most XP apps work on Vista in "compatibility mode".I will risk it for the price. :)
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I don't know. I have Win Vista. It works well there. - But Smith Micro, the manufacturer can answer that question. (Of course, they'll try to sell you the latest version, but the info should be there.) - Usually, the Windows stuff is scalable.
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Thanks, that helped a lot. I just looked up the ipod nano vidio and realized that it does everything the classic does, it's just smaller. It even costs less. I also wasn't able to find any complaints on it, which is much more than can be said for the classic. Thanks again, I'm going to get that instead now and probably save myself a lot of disappointment.
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Thank you, I called and spoke with someone at Rhapsody as well. I asked about the available service for the use of ipods. It was said to me that the older version ipods are not serviceable by Rhapsody. It was said to me only the newer ipods were accepted for service. I know this doesn't have to do with the Phillips but I figured any available information is helpful when in search of a gadget such as the mp3 player for the particular use on Rhapsody. Thank you for the info on the Phillips mp3. I am sure it will be very helpful to many people.
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I had to order it special with windows 7. seems like everything comes with windows 8 now, but there are plenty of units with 7. I wanted 7 because of poor reports about 8 and was told it would be compatiable with all my apps that use Vista. Not True, 7 still took some getting used to.
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I don't know what they're getting at with that description. The product requires Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8. I'm not certain if it's compatible with Windows 8.1 yet or not. This is NOT MAC/Apple compatible. That version is clearly labeled as such.
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I have a sansa and I also have window's vista. No problems with downloading or loading the music on my player.
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Hi kimmie, yes it works with the Windows Vista, 7,8, and 8.1 OS. It is also compatible with Mac. Thanks_Mitch
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I've been using it with Windows 7 since purchase. I also use it with VISTA on anoher machine and have not run into any problems.Note: It's set up for quick integration with pro-Tools but works with other DAW's as long as you can MAP the various sliders and knobs.I use Cakewalk SONAR and mapping took only a few minutes so I can access the play, stop and record functions right from the keyboard.I also hooked up my standard sustain pedal. The action of the keyboard is pretty good.