Bit the Bullet - Bought a U2 iPod

I just couldn't wait any longer. I picked up my credit card and bought a U2 iPod for $375 at the online Apple Store. :headphone I don't even have a Mac yet (maybe when the birthday checks come in next month I can snag an iBook.)

It's going to be tough waiting and knowing that I won't be able to use my iPod when it arrives, as I currently use Linux, where Nothing Works (TM).

T-Minus 5 days and counting.

thats not quite true there are a lot of linux tools for ipods.
not sure on th specifics but my friend has an ipod and uses it with his linux machine

why do you have mac specs listed already if you do not own one? *confused*

ApplejustWorks said:

why do you have mac specs listed already if you do not own one? *confused*

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I've been pretty much planning to buy an iBook since they first came out. I mean, when they FIRST CAME OUT (the coloured clamshell models.)

I got sidetracked by Linux for a long time and I've had nothing but problems using it for personal computers, so when the *new* iBooks were released, it made me think of how badly I wanted one, and now I had the incentive to actually get one because of all the unix-y goodness of OS X with fewer headaches. Plus they look fawking awesome.

The Mac specs are just wishful thinking. Sorry for the confusion.

*waits for the birthday checks to roll right in*

Gar said:

thats not quite true there are a lot of linux tools for ipods.
not sure on th specifics but my friend has an ipod and uses it with his linux machine

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Firefox breaks every time I do an "apt-get upgrade," I can't play video files on either VLC or MPlayer because I'm missing some obscure software package that nobody seems to have, I can't play mp3s because lame won't work and I have to reset some monitor settings every time I restart my laptop because it gets stuck in 640x480 resolution mode and I can't change it after logging in.

That sounds like "not working" to me.

Plus, my laptop has neither USB or Firewire - so I wouldn't be able to use it anyway even if the software would work.

I <3 U2

Update:

FedEx r dum

It's about 100 miles north of here in Phoenix - and the estimated time of arrival is Wednesday. I could drive over and pick it up myself if I was so inclined.

I'm definitely buying the iBook *in town* now that I know where the official Apple Store is.

iPod arrived today.

So far - I've only opened up the outer (brown) box, revealing the black, red, and white iPod Special Edition box. I'm not going to open it up any further until I get an iBook, which is more than 2-3 weeks away =(

i bet ur $50 itunes voucher that you open it.

xthisisRomancex said:

i bet ur $50 itunes voucher that you open it.

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I'm a weak, weak man.

But, no - you can't have the voucher

I'm going to get the Complete U2, but it'll take me another few weeks of digging coins out of the sofa to pay for it.