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| From | "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net> |
| Subject | Re: iPod question |
| Date | Thu, 11 May 2006 12:30:08 -0400 |
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From: "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com>
> I'm just not seeing the benefits of a system that's limited at its
> source whether it contains 100 songs or 10,000. The inability for
> people to move their files to another digital source from iPod
> without having to invest in software and countless hours of
> aggrevation seems counter-productive and well, inconvenient.
But...why would I need to do that?
> And what if the memory gets wiped by mistake? Or you lose the iPod
> itself? Bye. Bye files.
If you lose the iPod itself, it's like losing a CD Walkman or a bunch
of mp3 discs. You're hosed.
But if the memory gets wiped? Big deal. You go to the Apple website,
you download the iPod Updater file, you use it to reinstall the
software. Then you go to your iTunes on your desktop -- where all the
files live all the time -- and you reload.
And what if your hard drive fails? Well, if you don't have a secure
and up-to-date back-up, you're hosed, but anyone who doesn't have a
secure and up-to-date back-up of their hard drive in this day and age
is already playing with fire. But even then, you simply go back to
your CDs and re-rip.
Unless you're one of these morons who sells their CDs after they rip
them, in which case you've got nobody to blame but yourself,
*especially* if you didn't take the precaution of backing up your hard
drive.
S
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