Question Is it better to buy the 30 gb or the 60 gb? I'm kinda on a price limit.
583033
The 30 GB iPod is physically slimmer--a nice feature. It has identical function as the 60 GB and it is cheaper. It comes down to deciding how much of your music you need with you at any time--30 GB is a lot (enough to listen 24 hours a day for about 3 weeks before repeating). If you prefer to have your entire collection with you always and can't live without that, then choose the 60. Otherwise the 30 GB makes more sense.
583034
I would save the $100 and buy the 30GB model. Spend the saved $$ on some decent headphones! I have about 2300 songs on my 30GB and have only used about 10GB so far. I also have several hundred photos loaded on it. The camera connector is awesome for traveling.
583035
I don't have that much music,(about 400 songs) but I mainly wanted the video so I could watch t.v. shows and movies as well as the music. Do you know how much memory a movie/tv show takes up?
583036
J.B.An hour-long TV show typically takes up 200 MB. I download shows (such as CSI and Monk) regularly from Apple's iTunes Music Store. I have the 30 GB player, but kind of regret not getting the 60 GB. I currently have about 22 hours of video content and about 580 songs on my iPod. Between the videos and music, I've used up about 10 GB (1/3) of space and I have yet to upload the bulk of my music collection.With all that being said, if you are budget conscious, you can still make do with a 30 GB model -- as long as you rotate your video content out of the player, which is easy enough with iTunes. Whichever model you decide, I hope you'll enjoy the iPod. I certainly wished I'd had purchased mine sooner! J.B.An hour-long TV show typically takes up 200 MB. I download shows (such as CSI and Monk) regularly from Apple's iTunes Music Store. I have the 30 GB player, but kind of regret not getting the 60 GB. I currently have about 22 hours of video content and about 580 songs on my iPod. Between the videos and music, I've used up about 10 GB (1/3) of space and I have yet to upload the bulk of my music collection.With all that being said, if you are budget conscious, you can still make do with a 30 GB model -- as long as you rotate your video content out of the... » Read More J.B.An hour-long TV show typically takes up 200 MB. I download shows (such as CSI and Monk) regularly from Apple's iTunes Music Store. I have the 30 GB player, but kind of regret not getting the 60 GB. I currently have about 22 hours of video content and about 580 songs on my iPod. Between the videos and music, I've used up about 10 GB (1/3) of space and I have yet to upload the bulk of my music collection.With all that being said, if you are budget conscious, you can still make do with a 30 GB model -- as long as you rotate your video content out of the player, which is easy enough with iTunes. Whichever model you decide, I hope you'll enjoy the iPod. I certainly wished I'd had purchased mine sooner! « Show Less
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I agree with you on that one. You can store a lot of music on this. I have two videos and about 1500+ songs on my ipod and have about 6.50 gb used up. 60gb would be nice but not really necessarily important unless you want tons of music and videos. If you want a couple video files and your music library it also depends on how much music you have.I have still plenty of room to put stuff on there and I have about 200 cds left. I would say if you truly need 60 gb spend the 70-80 bucks extra for 60gb but really you should only need 30.
2019820
If your friend just needs it for music, then go with the 30 gig. I bought the 80 gig version, but it's complete overkill for me. I don't watch video on it, or even store photos. I keep about 4,500 songs on there, and it maybe takes up 15gigs or so. You can never have enough space, which is a fact for electronics, so I bought the 80 gig version for myself. If your friend is really into video or photos, then definitely get the 80gig version.
703949
I was actually considering spending the extra $130 for another 2gb... Too bad it won't work. Thanks for the help!
213445
I bought the 32gb over the 64gb for only one reason a $100.00 savings. I carry 3days worth of music and around 8 hours of video. not to mention all the apps. for me the 32gb was the right decision. Brian
1634952
Thank you for the info, I'll take a look. By the way would you recommend a 1tb 5400rpm or a 750gb 7200rpm? Is the speed trade-off worth the space trade off? thank you
1782146
Crucial.com has 1GB for about 30 bucks. If you're willing to do a self install its a good deal.
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"One of the posters claimed that this would cost 500+ dollars. I would think that the hard drive version could actually be cheaper."I think you should learn how to read. He means that if you want a 80GB+ device in the same size you will have to use flash and flash is expensive.
1743970
Given how the sellers on Amazon are trying to rip off everyone by charging so much more for this product I'd say just buy the 256gb model elsewhere. (Microcenter, Microsoft, Best Buy)
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Hi Terpsichore, to be honest i dont know, but my guess is that the 4GB one has been discontinued, and when that happens the price goes up. Just buy the one that's best for you and your pocket. DONT BUY THE 4GB Please. :) Hope it helps.
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Sorry Rissa, not really sure on that. I just know 64GB is huge, probly bigger storage than any of us ever need, ha. I HaVe just sold this though & will be removing it. Thanks for contact tho, cheers:)
412547
Balancing price and performance I went with 32GB 600X cards from Lexar (both a CF and SD). They have sufficient speed and I have the option of using one for backup or video on one with stills on the other, etc. Going to more GB gets very expensive and there is plenty of capacity with the 32GB. Transfer speed of the 600X is also more than adequate unless you plan to run off tons of pictures contiuously and overrun the buffer.
2019812
No diff. between the two. I have 80gB just cuz I have milions of cds and dvds. It just depends on you. 30GB is a lot though, but I chose 80Gb just in case.
1685075
If you want to use 2.0 then I would buy one that is 2.0 and save a few dollars. This is faster and I would use 3.0 and get the better speeds, myself.
1654895
No, I was advised to purchase a 32GB card and it is more than adequate. I would avoid the purchase from Knockout Deals tho, they're not a cooperative dealer as I've noted in my review.
832943
good evening, I will actually install a 32 gb and not think of any problem, now I have a 16 gb and goes just as well.
332120
I would stay with the 20. I have the 20 and my friend has the 47. I feel like the 20 is more compact and doesn't take up much space.
1105738
If you plan on puting on a lot of content, then yes 64 is worth it. BUT 32gb holds a ton of memory as well. I have over 3,000 songs, a lot of photos and large games and still with a few gigabytes to spare.