How can I connect via FW

I TRIED USING a FIREWIRE CABLE on the ViPOD!
It doesn't allow it to connect AT ALL. A message appears on the screen of the ViPod to disconnect as Firewire is not supported.

There is NO argument FOR USB 2.0..It just *****..and going backwards..now that I deal in HUGE GBs of data at a time for backup...and NOW MOVIES (500 GB a pop!)..you gotta be kidding me!!!! It was imperative that ViPod BE FIREWIRE.. If I did a sync of all my music everytime I connected..I gotta wait 45 min at least for 20 GB to sync..Firewire..eh..a few minutes maybe 4 or 5. Not very good if you want to quickly backup something before heading out to the office..possibly a video editing project (18 GB) or graphic work (12 GB). 45 min to an hour???..give me a break.

The FIREWIRE issue is of VERY significant importance. It is the downgrade of quality of life and time. I suppose which Windows users are accustomed and accepted cumbersome way of living. Which is synonmous with current standard and trends "across the board" of the country today. Disposable and Cheap, now broken or outdated! Now you are forced to buy a new one. SUCKERS! Hey..I wasn't the one to buy the SUV...more suckers..because you can't see more than 15 min in front of you. These people buy the ego hyped huge SUV sale..couldn't see the gas gouge coming.. When BUSH won on 2000 I turned to a friend/patron..who cheered for him..my exact words to him was "Do you realize how f#$cked we are?"..he didn't get it. He didn't do his homework or knew anything about 40 year background history of this family leading in the CIA or oil business or nothing. But I have digressed.

In response..to "mac users converting to PCs and wondering why they used macs in the first place". Is really an ignorant PC point of view..which really only reflects their confused understanding of the Mac lifestyle and cultured history....or understand how or why someone would use a quality product for years and then SUDDENLY would want to deal with an operating system with so many rules and hardware issues for installing software and hardware. It is a major downgrade and quality of life issue. I can't see mac users downgrading.... knowing what I know and have experienced...hence my post.

I have used both platforms..and the time I have wasted (of the 2/3 of my conscious awaking state of life) trying to install hardware and software on the PC.. and get it to work...is not worth the cheap price of a PC.

Again, I've said it before..and I'll say it again..you will never hear anyone say "Oh, I miss my Windows". But you do hear a lot of people, who were forced in the office, to switch to PC say.."I love my Mac..I miss it!"

I TRIED USING a FIREWIRE CABLE on the ViPOD!
It doesn't allow it to connect AT ALL.
We all know that. Nowhere on the box or in the documentation does it say FW is supported. Serial/SCSI ports are also not supported but it does not tell you this.

There is NO argument FOR USB 2.0
Actually, there is plenty of argument for it.

I gotta wait 45 min at least for 20 GB to sync
If you are having to wait that long, something is not working correctly.

If I did a sync of all my music everytime I connected.
Any reason you need to replace everything (30 or 60GB) on your ipod when you sync?

now that I deal in HUGE GBs of data at a time for backup...and NOW MOVIES (500 GB a pop!).
So what does this have to do with the iPod? They are only 60GB max.

I wish I would have found this topic before today. I just bought a new iPod. I took the Firewire cable from my old iPod (deceased), and when I hooked it up to my new iPod, it said that it didn't support Firewire. I'm very mad that Apple took Firewire out, because my PowerBook only has USB 1.1, which means it'll take hours upon hours to put all of my music onto my iPod.

Now that I've already opened it, is there any way I can possibly return the iPod? I'm pretty sure there's no way I can put USB 2.0 on my PowerBook, and honestly, USB 1.1 just isn't going to cut it.

You may have to pay a restocking fee but you should be able to return it.
Just make your point (be assertive) to whoever you speak with when you return it.

good day.

i have been planning to buy an ipod for quite some time, and have done quite a bit of reading on the subject. i have an emac 1ghz, that has firewire and usb 1.1 only.

while i am pretty disappointed with the situation around the new ipods inability to work with firewire, i am having a hard time understanding the anger here (although this, without a doubt, is the most entertaining thread i have ever read).

i have to agree with chris ca here. what we have is a lot of people buying without reading. im not sure how anyone can purchase a product for this amount of cash and not make sure in advance that it is going to be compatable with your system. i know, i know, mac has been pushing firewire and it seems they just abandoned it altogether, but when i bought my mac 2 years ago, i bought it know that in, well, 2 years, things were going to change. the second you take a computer or peripheral device out of the box, there is technology in the works to make that stuff obsolete.

now that apple has made the usb 2.0 plunge, the initial shock caught a lot of people off gaurd (me included). but you know what? in 5 years, firewire is gonna be ancient history, and all this is gonna be one of many painful steps involved in the evolution of home personal computing.

i love apple products, and i am an avid mac user, and have been for years. my current machine is a great machine. but every year, new stuff will come out, and eventually its gonna be a paper weight. i cant afford to buy a new mac. im not a wealthy man. so i bought a shuffle. i have that shuffle loaded up just like that (on usb 1.1), and my music sounds great, my mac is great, and im happy. yeah, i have to move music around and i cant have all of my music available all the time. sometimes, you cant have everything you want all the time, and you have to make choices. when i buy my next mac, itll be the cats meow, and then, something new will happen, and we will all have to adjust.

i feel the pain, but you cant expect everything to stand still and not evolve.

cr

EMac 1 GHz G4, G4 1.25 GHz Mac OS X (10.3.9)