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Michael Kalus said 4:30PM on 12-03-2005
MMhhh, maybe I should update my first Generaton 10GB iPod soon.......
It IS a bit scratched, though not even close to as badly as the ones I saw at BestBuy on display.
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Jon Iverson said 4:41PM on 12-03-2005
It may thick, but it's also tough. In the 4 years I've used my 1G (everyday! still!) I've dropped it more times than I can count, it never did a bit of harm. My friends with 3G and 4G models? Well, they haven't been so lucky.
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Oliver said 4:55PM on 12-03-2005
Indeed, I still have my 1st gen iPod and I'm still using it almost daily. I'll never sell it and i'll never throw it away!
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Brad said 5:19PM on 12-03-2005
Remember, first generation iPods only came in 5GB models. They had the mechanical scroll wheel. the 10 GB and 20 GB iPods didn't come until the second generation and they had the touch-sensative scroll wheel. Just to everyone remembers. It's just a pet peeve of mine.
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Eric Jeffers said 5:29PM on 12-03-2005
But notice the similarity between the two. They both have flat tops that was done away with in the 3rd and 4th gen iPods.
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Alexandre Roche said 6:13PM on 12-03-2005
Yeah I have exactly the same setup. Just got a new 30GB to replace my 5GB. I must say, the best part about the original is the scroll wheel. To me, it doesn't look ancient... it's more classic.
What amazes me is the comparison of 4G to 5G. One generation difference, and yet the 5G makes the 4G look positively ancient.
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Scott Stowell said 7:53PM on 12-03-2005
Actually, the 10GB started as more of a generation 1.5. My trusty iPod is a 10GB, but it still has the mechanical scroll wheel (which I still prefer to any of the newer versions).
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Michael Kalus said 8:47PM on 12-03-2005
I also think that the first 10GB iPods where actually still Ver. 1.0 as I do have a mechanical scroll wheel which gives nice feedback, the newer ones don't always seem to work :(
Or what exactly was the difference between the original 5GB and the revised 10GB?
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DaveSR said 9:37PM on 12-03-2005
I thought I might have been the first to say that I still have my 1st gen 5GB, but congrats to everyone who also has one.
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gozer said 9:50PM on 12-03-2005
i replaced my 1G with a shuffle and a 60GB black.
good times.
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Reid Ellis said 12:44AM on 12-04-2005
I, too, have a first gen, 10 GB iPod, with mechanical scroll wheel. I just got a new 5th gen iPod, and I really miss that mechanical scroll wheel. Almost every time I click the middle button, it interprets it as a quick scroll follwed by a click.
Infuriating!!
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Wry Cooter said 10:57PM on 12-03-2005
I think it is like this
1g - five gig, then a few months later ten gig, mechanical wheel
2g - smudgy touch wheel 10 and 20 gig maybe (capacity becomes confusing rather quickly)
3g - more sensitive touch wheel with button row, and dock
4g - click wheel (and minis)
photo shuffle nano and then
5g - iPod with Video
was there a 15 gigabyte iPod?
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Joel said 11:19PM on 12-03-2005
Yeah, i have a 15gb 3rd gen.
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Natrino said 3:28AM on 12-04-2005
See:
http://www.mactimeline.com/#3
and
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/consumer_electronics/index.html
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Joshua Ochs said 4:59PM on 12-04-2005
Whenever I get around to purchasing a 5G iPod (along with my Intel Powerbook), I'll put it next to my 20GB 2nd gen iPod. That model was the thickest, heaviest model ever made. Solid as a brick, but nearly as heavy as one.
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