Had mine for 2 years. No probs (just replaced battery).

my 3g 10gig has been solid for about 3 years i think...

3rd iPod in a year? I think you need to consider how you're handling them. I've had my 1G 5gig since day 1 and it still works nearly flawlessly with only minor diminished battery c…

I'm with memento. Something about your personal habits with the iPods, or your computer, or even your aura, is messing up these little guys. Do not laugh about the aura thing; a …

Must be... It seems encouraging to get AppleCare, the way things are going...

that's probably a good idea. I don't normally recommend it, but it seems like it would be worthwhile for you.

My iPod has now broken for the fourth time this year. It's still in its original warrenty, but I have applecare for another year. I treat my iPod so carefully, it doesn't have so m…

the hard drive on my 4th generation went bad after 3 months and i took perfect care of it. I also know a bunch of other people who have had ipods go bad on them. It only took the g…

My 10GB iPod, bought in 2002, is still working flawlessly. I didn't receive any syncing issue, battery, and hardware problem. However, I bought three iPods in this year along. The …

I thought both my son's iPod had crapped out day before yesterday. It wouldn't turn on no matter what we did. I charged it for over 12 hours and still no response. I sat there w…

I think the problem was, the first one was good, but i dropped it (i didn't have a case, but got one for my second one), and it broke. I think the second one was just a dud, and my…

I'll never buy another iPod without AppleCare, after my 3G's hard drive crashed only a couple months after the warranty ran out.

Quote: Originally Posted by memento 3rd iPod in a year? I think you need to consider how you're handling them. I've had my 1G 5gig since day 1 and it still works nearly flawless…

i have just bought a nano and i have an emac which only has usb 1.1 now i understand that apple recommend using usb 2 however i cant afford a new computer!! i think i have read th…

Hey, You're question's not dumb; I have the same setup and it works perfectly. Have you done the following: 1. charged the nano for atleast 8h before trying to use it with iTune…

ok.....i tried everything you said. i went onto disk utility and it said something about the permission settings not being enabled?? it said i could read and write..oh god i'm real…

I had the same problem with using USB 1.1 with my iPods 1st it doesn't charge the ipod 2nd it doesn't detect my ipod that quick approx. 10 minutes to detect I have a ipod connecte…

Hi Confuddled girl, How goes it with your iPod? Mistur Kevin, Sadly the eMac that both Confuddled girl and I have, can't use (unless there's a hardware hack) internal USB cards …

Her iPod is beside the point! The real matter at had is that she stole my word confuddled!!!!

I'm using a Nano on my USB 1.1 equipped 17" iMac and it works fine. The only issue is that there are a few songs in my collection that will freeze up the computer when I try and lo…

I was just given a 5 or 6 year old imac, and it will not boot. The second I turn it on I just get a blank gray screen with a little flashing mac icon with a question mark in the m…

Quote: Originally Posted by JWEMT81 I was just given a 5 or 6 year old imac, and it will not boot. The second I turn it on I just get a blank gray screen with a little flashing…

Thanks so much. The only thing that I have is a burnt copy of mac os x that was burned from a pc. Could this work?

it could do.

though, to install mac os x, you should have two. unless its a dvd...