1G vs. 5G iPod on Flickr

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.

See: http://www.mactimeline.com/#3 and http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/consumer_electronics/index.html

Yeah, i have a 15gb 3rd gen.

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?

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!!

i replaced my 1G with a shuffle and a 60GB black. good times.

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.

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?

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).

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.