I think the slimmer bezel on the edges of the vid ipod aids in its perception of being so giant.

I started a petition for Apple to restore full Firewire support in the next iPod video revision. People may think that this won't work BUT, there was a petition for Digital Booklet…

I wish there was Firewire but Apple ain't going to offer Firewire on iPods anymore. The masses have spoken and most of them are PC-using weenies.

Good luck with that.

I don't think that it's "PC-using weenies" that are the problem. (And I don't admit not having firewire is a problem, either.) I think this design decision came from how much the…

Please apple DO NOT add firewire back onto any ipods, please smack anybody who doesn't have usb2 upside the head.. thank you.

just curious has anyone actually tried to use the old firewire cables on the new iPods to see if they work? probably wont but worth a shot.

They don't work.

k. just wanted to make sure this was not a case of once again many of the whiners jumping the gun without testing things throughly. like the 3G iPod not including a USB2 cable and …

In my experience USB sucks so much it is sad. I have USB 2. Plugging in USB devices can cause kernel panic, something that never happens with FW. USB doesn't have the electrical po…

Quote: Originally Posted by Weyland-Yutani In my experience USB sucks so much it is sad. I have USB 2. Plugging in USB devices can cause kernel panic, something that never happe…

id prefer firewire as well, but cant please everyone and in the case apple was trying to please the masses. and my brother has an older iPod and a g5 that gets kernel panics quite …

Uhh... Didn't Apple develop FireWire? I can't see this as a decision that was made lightly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewire "FireWire was developed primarily by Apple Computer in the 1990s, after work defining a slower version of the interface by the IEEE 1394 work…

Frankly, USB 2 is good enough for iPods. Both FireWire and USB 2's throughput exceed that of the iPod hard disks or flash media by a large margin, making it pretty much irrelevant …

Quote: Originally Posted by tooki Frankly, USB 2 is good enough for iPods. Both FireWire and USB 2's throughput exceed that of the iPod hard disks or flash media by a large marg…

Quote: Originally Posted by mduell Yea, beacuase Apple has never had a problem with 3 of their own Firewire devices not working together. And USB devices can cause a kernel…

Quote: Originally Posted by mduell Both FW and USB2 have bandwidth in excess of what the iPods little disk can push, but the chipset that the iPods use is about 40% faster for U…

Quote: Originally Posted by Weyland-Yutani And USB devices can cause a kernel panic just by being plugged in. So Apple's USB implementation and/or drivers are broken. My po…

NO! Apple needs to add back on a actual Firewire port like in the old models! Thus making it super easy to plus ANY firewire cable into your iPod! Quick, sign more online petiti…

Oh please. I agree with those posters that say USB 2 is good enough for the iPod. It is. I'm sick of the lame "I KNOW that USB 2.0 is slower than Firewire..." arguments. We can't …

Quote: Originally Posted by Icruise Are you speaking from experience, or just repeating what you've read? Because USB2 seems to be clearly slower in syncing my new iPod than fir…

USB2 is faster than firewire on paper, but not real world. USB2 techincally runs at 480 and Firewire at 400. difference is Firewire has a sustained rate of 400. USB2 has a burst sp…

Quote: Originally Posted by inkhead Please apple DO NOT add firewire back onto any ipods, please smack anybody who doesn't have usb2 upside the head.. thank you. Why? Firew…

Quote: Originally Posted by snaggs Why? Firewire 400 is about 4 times faster than USB 2.0 in practice. Get a Firewire CF card reader or harddisk and you'll see what I mean. Ple…