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What would the best iPod for me be?

Ok, so I apologize if this is a little off topic or something.

I am a 15 year old, 10th grade American.
I currently have a shuffle, which I hate.
I only have about 300 songs in my iTunes library, but I'm working pretty hard on building up my music collection.
I have 200$ that I can easily spend.

What iPod do you guys think would be best for me?
I like the new nano 4th generation--would that be good? and if so, 8GB or 16GB?

I would want this iPod to last me at least until college, but probably longer.

What are your opinions?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

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Posted on Nov 2, 2008 6:53 AM

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Nov 2, 2008 8:47 PM in response to entropydestroys

Hello and Welcome to Apple Discussions ...

Well, since you are fifteen and wish to use this iPod until you enter college, which iPod you purchase depends on your needs.

One, since an iPod can be enabled for hard disk use to save text to, you could save files for school on it as well as music. Since the iTunes songs can be as large small as 3MB and as large as 10MB, add on video files and that takes up storage fast. I'd go for the 16GB, especially since you mentioned you'd like to add to your iTunes Library.

If you take good care of an iPod, it will take good care of you. I have a 2nd generation iPod (6rs old) and still running the original battery)... The iPod Nano 16GB holds 4,000 songs/16 hours of video and FREE shipping on orders over $50.00... sounds like a winner to me but get all the advice you can.

Carolyn 🙂

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Nov 2, 2008 8:59 PM in response to entropydestroys

I think the iPod of choice right now is the 4th gen nano. It's small, yet big enough to play videos. It's very cool, with its thin design and "shake to shuffle" accelerometer. And the flash storage makes it less fragile than the bigger iPod classic, which is the only remaining iPod with a hard drive. Storage size is not that much, but since your music collection is not so big right now, it should work fine for you.

For under $200, you can even get an iPod touch (1st gen version), if you buy it from the Apple Store +special deals+ (refurbished items) page. You can also get old iPod nano there for $99, if you don't mind the short/fat design.

What would the best iPod for me be?

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