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Orion27 · Jul 26, 2003, 02:53 PM

I have a growing interest in the iPod. I find more capabilities as I research it. Can someone take the time and list uses and capabilities very quickly here?. i.e bootable disk, available features, future expected capabilities ect.

thanks

Skywalkers new Hand · Jul 26, 2003, 03:37 PM

It can't be used as a boot disk anymore.

You want the features best to look here:

http://www.apple.com/ipod/

jatala · Jul 26, 2003, 04:37 PM

the future of the ipod (as the topic title said) is indeed migrating into a handheld device. input and output of information will be features of the little devil. also bluetooth and internet connection.

the ipod is a blank page, waiting for a genius' touch...

waffffffle · Jul 26, 2003, 05:07 PM

I am really hoping for recording soon, in AIFF. An iPod and a batter-powereed condenser mic it will make the best concert bootlegging system ever. And even for taping of concerts that is legitimate (the band allows it) it will be much less of a headache than carrying my iBook and a hell of a lot cheaper than a DAT recorder.

Skywalkers new Hand · Jul 26, 2003, 05:10 PM

Originally posted by jatala:
also bluetooth and internet connection.

Why in the name of sweet baby Jesus would it need either of those?

Orion27 · Jul 26, 2003, 06:09 PM

i've read several places, including MacWorld 911 March 2003, the iPod can indeed be used as an boot drive. You can not load 10.2 in the conventional manner, but Clone Copy will put a bootable system on the disk. If I couldn't use it as a boot disk, it's not worth it to me. Why would Apple choose not to make the iPod bootable? Is it a technical reason? It sure would enhance the value of the iPod if it were
bootable.

Severed Hand of Skywalker · Jul 26, 2003, 11:21 PM

Originally posted by Orion27:
i've read several places, including MacWorld 911 March 2003, the iPod can indeed be used as an boot drive. You can not load 10.2 in the conventional manner, but Clone Copy will put a bootable system on the disk. If I couldn't use it as a boot disk, it's not worth it to me. Why would Apple choose not to make the iPod bootable? Is it a technical reason? It sure would enhance the value of the iPod if it were
bootable.

The new iPods cannot. Apple said from day one that it CAN boot but it is not supported.

I assume it can overheat.

Orion27 · Jul 27, 2003, 12:32 PM

Let me get this clear. Apple says the iPod can boot but it is not supported, ergo the the iPod can't boot. Say what? Let me clarify. The new iPod can boot but it is not supported by Apple,
even so it can be used as a boot drive>

slider · Jul 27, 2003, 01:06 PM

The iPod is an MP3 player, that's it. Apple is not going to turn it into anything else. It may offer a game or two and contact list, but those are simply implemented. The future of iPod is smaller, cheaper and longer battery life, always, smaller cheaper, longer battery life. It will never be a PDA, if you need one, buy one. A pda is aready trying to be everything and if that is what you want get that. The trade off with PDA's is yes it's a camera, voice recorder, MP3 player, and contact manager, but it doesn't do any one thing well, with the exception of being a pda. The iPod does one thing well, it's a Music Player, and that is Apple's focus, everything else is a bonus, not something delibrately designed into the device. So if a new interface makes it a better better music device for more users, and if that does infact make the iPod non-bootable (don't know if it does of does not) then so be it. Of the 1million iPods sold, how many do you think were sold b/c it could be used as a bootable drive, my guess is that number is insignificant. If Apple wanted a PDA, it would make one that did it well, not some hack, thats not Apple's style.

Orion27 · Jul 27, 2003, 02:11 PM

I see what you mean 'slider'. it would be pointless to have the iPod double as a bootable storage device. I'm not thinking very clearly. How un-Apple of me.

vmpaul · Jul 27, 2003, 02:37 PM

I think it could morph into a device that plays more media, i.e., video.

The storage is there but not the screen size and color yet.

slider · Jul 27, 2003, 06:38 PM

Originally posted by Orion27:
I see what you mean 'slider'. it would be pointless to have the iPod double as a bootable storage device. I'm not thinking very clearly. How un-Apple of me.

Your apparent sarcastic remark is in response to somethings I never said. I did not say anyone was "un-Apple" nor did I say an iPod functioning as an external boot disk was "pointless". Most people, however, are not only unaware of this little feature, but wouldn't know how or why to do it; that was the extent of my point. Apple's iPod market is not for those of us who might use it in such a manner, it's a hack, Apple is just producing and marketing a music player, their goal is not to produce an external hard drive for you and me.

Orion27 · Jul 27, 2003, 07:31 PM

"Apple is just producing and marketing a music player, their goal is not to produce an external hard drive for you and me."

I get it now, isync, calendar, address book and a notes reader all supported by Apple. It must mean further storage is unsupported. Bummer, I forgot iPod was just meant to be an
MP3 player.