iPod Mini or iPod full size?

[Strider]

Apparently a windows formatted iPod will work on both windows and macs, but a mac formatted ipod will work only on macs

 

[julesj66]

How long do you think it will take for the Mini to come out w/more capacity?! That's what I'd like to wait for! (but I have a feeling it will be a long wait!)

 

[citystar2k]

There's a link somewhere on these forums about possible new hard drives for ipods, i'm sure the capacity of the mini ipod could be increased. I'm still in two minds what to get, but right i'm leaning toward a mini ipod due to the size of it, plus i dont mind rotating songs on it every now and then, and 8 times out of 10 i'll have my powerbook on me so maybe the mini ipod. Should be out here properly in the UK around July but hopefully my wife's friend will be coming over from the US for a holiday here in the Uk so i can cheaper.

This is the link. Toshiba micro hdd

 

[pedXing]

No offense to anyone, but i think the mini colors look sort of "gay",litererally gay, as in brightly rainbowish colors...and that doesnt seem to appealing to me or most mac users. The silver is fine though, but if they have a mini in white or black, i would buy it right away.

 

[MoltenLava]

I guess I'm in the minority that prefer iPod mini over classic iPod.

Which one you want is based on what you need. I own around 300 CDs. My typical music selection is from a pool of maybe 30 CDs. I occasionally go back to the rack and pick out my old favorites from maybe a set of 100. The rest of them I rarely listen to them. Perhaps I should sell them on eBay.

My point is, 4GB storage looks small, but it will still hold more than 100 CDs in 128kbps AAC. I am ripping my CDs right now at 192kbps AAC while waiting for my iPod mini to arrive. I went through about 20 CDs, and they take up about 1GB. At this rate it will comfortably hold all my recent favorites, plus most of my old favorites as well. Eventually I will archive all my CDs and store them on my computer. But I never intend to carry ALL of them around in the iPod. That would be silly.

iPod mini is much more portable than the classic iPod. Yes, classic iPod is still very portable, but my pockets are already full with a cell phone, a wallet, and a PDA, leaving very little room for the iPod.