Apple iPod classic 160 GB Silver (6th Generation) OLD MODEL
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Customer Review: High Capacity...but Slow
Summary: 4 Stars
I purchased the 160GB iPod Classic to replace a 5th generation 60GB iPod with Video.
I wanted the large capacity.
It works as described; however, the 160GB drive used is very, very slow. If all you're doing is listening to music or watching videos, it's OK. However, playing games, like Mini-Golf, is painful. I owned Mini-Golf on my previous iPod and really liked it. On this iPod, the game is constantly pausing, waiting for information from the hard drive.
I also can't help but wonder if Apple reduced whatever RAM is inside the 160GB iPod. That would explain the constant pausing while info from the hard drive is downloaded.
Summary: Music & video are fine...everything else is slow and slower.
By the way, I knew about Coverflow before purchasing this iPod. I hate it. I wish there were a way to disable it while the iPod is using the main menu. I've disabled it in every place I can.
Customer Review: Great, but not the best:)
Summary: 5 Stars
When it comes to functionality, ease of use and design, few manufacturers come close to Apple. This is an awesome mp3 player, and I would have kept it if I hadn't gotten an iPhone:) I thought I would need 160 GB for all my music and some backup of important files, but I manage quite well with the 16 GB iPhone instead. But I don't own as much music as some enthusiasts out there, so if you're one of them this product is for you. It's ideal for having all your music connected to your stereo. With the dock you're also able to control volume and skip tracks, but unfortunately not navigate the menus. Be sure to get the dock for line out, which gives better sound than the headphone jack.
Also, iTunes is such an amazing program with easy syncing, so buying something other than Apple was not an option. Conclusively I salute Apple for their minimized packaging. I know it's really about keeping costs to a minimum, but other manufacturers still insist on big packaging.
Customer Review: I LOVE My iPod!
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a huge music fan and I now don't know what I would do without my iPod. I purchased this one to replace my old 20 GB because it soon became too small to hold all of my music. I was disappointed at first with the lack of "cool" accessories that were available for the Classic, that has since improved. With this iPod I am able to add videos and pictures too. I currently have over 6,000 songs, 4 movies and 200 pictures on my iPod and it's not close to being half full! I have noticed that with adding the album pictures, it seems a little sluggish on the display for a few seconds (doesn't affect the music playing). Overall, I LOVE my iPod and now I do have a FM Transmitter XtremeMac IPV-APV-00 AirPlay Boost FM Transmitter for iPod Video (White) to use with it but I wish there was a better option for a transmitter.Customer Review: Best Available, but Average Overall
Summary: 4 Stars
There have been a million reviews so I'll keep this short.
It does everything the old version does, but it locks up every once in a while and will occasionally corrupt songs if iTunes has locked up during a synch.
The most annoying thing would definitely have to be that trying to load this thing up with all your songs will take about 20 hours at minimum. I have over 200gb of songs and trying to load the 148gb that's available has taken me three days and 7 hours now and I'm only up to about 60 some odd Gig. Not sure if it's because it's searching for album art or using that new Genius feature, but it's SLOW.
Other than that it does everything the old one did, and looks sharper. Of course we all know Apple would rather have it look cool and be gimmicky than cheap and functional. then again that's why people buy products like Iphones.
Customer Review: not as good as people say, but I like it
Summary: 3 Stars
I was very angry to see that after a week I purchased this, the price dropped like $60, well, it happens, on the other hand I'm happy that I bought it before they stopped making them in apple, and make the 120gb instead(what the hell?, I hate these guys, don't understand why they do that, 160 was fine).
I tried transferring my music with itunes, but it was a mess, no cover art, it doesn't recognize folder.jpg as the cover, so in my opinion, it's a crappy program, it takes soooo much ram and for nothing, crashes all the time, well, I could go on forever telling you how much I hate this software.
Instead I used Winamp, and it worked perfectly, now I've got 130 gb of completely organized music, all with cover art, it took a bit longer than itunes, but it's definitely worth it
Long live winamp, f**k itunes and mac.