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, Tue, 14 Dec 2004 06:16:33
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At a reasonable compression rate, I've got 345 CD's in 18.5gb on my 40gb iPod, and I'm glad I've got enough space for another 350 CD's or more.
So, if you conservatively figure around 350 Cd's in 20gb, I guess the question is: how many CD's do you want on your iPod?
You can store more music on your hard drive than you keep on your iPod at any given time, because the iPod software, iTunes, allows you to pick and choose which directories will be loaded onto the iPod. Although there are several different ways to configure things, the most convenient, in my opinion, is to set the iPod to mirror a particular directory structure on your PC -- whenever you connect the iPod to the PC, it compares its contents to the contents of that directory structure, and alters its contents to match the directory structure. So, if you've ripped any new CD's into that directory structure since the last time you connected your iPod, it'll automatically notice that you've done so, and copy those to the iPod. Although its is POSSIBLE to have more music on the iPod than there is on your hard drive, it's a tremendous pain in the neck, because you lose the wonderful "synchronization" feature of the iPod. You'd be using a mode where the iPod is basically another dumb hard drive, and you copy things to it manually.
Hard drives are REALLY cheap, and I think it's kind of silly to make your iPod choice based on your currently available hard drive space. I also think it's crazy to put your music on the same physical drive as anything else on your computer. If you keep your music on a separate physical hard drive, you simplify so many things -- the last thing you want to do is to have to rip your CD's to your computer a second time, and if you keep your music on the same hard drive as your operating system, it's SO much more likely that you'll wipe it out (possibly by accident) next time you upgrade your operating system, or as a result of any number of day-to-day Windows catastrophes.
If I were you, I'd get a 40gb iPod, and a new 40gb hard drive to match. The drive'll cost you less than fifty bucks if you shop around. Add the new hard drive to your computer, and use it only to store music, and then just set up iTunes to mirror your iPod to that drive. That way, when you (inevitably) get a new computer, or want to wipe our your hard drive and start over because of a typical Windows disaster, you can just pull your "music drive" and put it in your new machine, and you're set. Drives are SO cheap that you could buy TWO 40gb hard drives, and use one of them to BACK UP your music collection. (Did I mention that there's nothing sadder than having to rip all your CD's a second time? I think I did, but it's worth mentioning more than once.)
It's REALLY nice to have enough iPod space that you can just keep your entire CD collection on it.
posted by 66.77.13...
, Tue, 14 Dec 2004 06:16:33
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