On 07/05/2012 04:02 PM, Mark Benson wrote:
The first
iPods only worked with MacOS. Sales didn't take off
until Windows support and the iTunes store.
... and USB docking support. Most Windows users resented having to
fit a special PCI card just for their MP3 player :)
Oh, that was when iPods became slow as pissing tar to sync, and became
difficult to also use as a removable hard drive. That was what killed
the iPod *for me*; I've had no interest in them since that "upgrade".
It's not like FireWire interfaces are (or ever were) tough to find or
expensive.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA