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C.A.T.S. CEO · Aug 11, 2006, 09:46 PM

I've always wanted ask this
do you own a Mac but not a iPod?

Gossamer · Aug 11, 2006, 09:48 PM

I own several Macs, and I have a 512MB shuffle that I got as a gift, but I never used it so I gave it to my girlfriend.

Chuckit · Aug 11, 2006, 09:52 PM

I used to own an iPod, but it disappeared one day.

imitchellg5 · Aug 11, 2006, 09:52 PM

I used to until last year when I got my mini from a friend for $99 unopened.

C.A.T.S. CEO · Aug 11, 2006, 09:55 PM

Originally Posted by imitchellg5

I used to until last year when I got my mini from a friend for $99 unopened.

I mean all iPods
If it has "mini", "nano", "shuffle", or "photo" its ok

Gossamer · Aug 11, 2006, 09:56 PM

What if you don't own an iPod and your Mac is for play?

Chuckit · Aug 11, 2006, 09:57 PM

I think we know that. He was saying that before he got his iPod mini, he had a Mac but not an iPod.

Kerrigan · Aug 11, 2006, 09:58 PM

I stole mine from Chuckit, does that count?

C.A.T.S. CEO · Aug 11, 2006, 09:59 PM

Originally Posted by Chuckit

I think we know that. He was saying that before he got his iPod mini, he had a Mac but not an iPod.

oh

Ulrich Kinbote · Aug 11, 2006, 10:01 PM

Originally Posted by C.A.T.S. CEO

I've always wanted ask this

Why?

C.A.T.S. CEO · Aug 11, 2006, 10:10 PM

Originally Posted by Ulrich Kinbote

Why?

because its a stereotype (not that its a bad one

) that all Mac users (exept ones that use a Mac for work) have iPods and I wanted to know who lives up to the stereotype.

Ulrich Kinbote · Aug 11, 2006, 10:19 PM

Originally Posted by C.A.T.S. CEO

because its a stereotype (not that its a bad one

) that all Mac users (exept ones that use a Mac for work) have iPods and I wanted to know who lives up to the stereotype.

I got a 2ndG iPod years ago and, when I got it home, realised it wasn't going to sync with my Toshiba. However, I loved the design economy of the iPod so much I went out and got an iBook to go with the iPod. That's kind of like getting a car to go with your stereo. But I have never looked back. Now I have an iPod video and a PowerBook SD. I still have to use PCs now and then. They literally repulse me.

But I see what's going on here. You're trying to divide Mac users into professionals for whom the Mac is a workhorse -- and who are above owning an iPod -- and lowly recreational users.

Okay. I'm the latter.

ghporter · Aug 11, 2006, 10:53 PM

Once more, a poll without the correct option for me. "Usta." We used to own a Mac (iBook, G4 800MHz) but no iPod. Then, about a year ago, we got one for us and one for our son-iPods that is. Both 4th Gen "Photo iPods," his is a 20GB and ours is a 60GB model.

brassplayersrock² · Aug 11, 2006, 11:07 PM

where's the option for someone like me that has 5 ipods and a couple of macs?

Alex

slpdLoad · Aug 11, 2006, 11:17 PM

I bought my PowerBook a few years ago when there was a promo to get an iPod and a printer with it. I've also added a nano since then.

juanvaldes · Aug 12, 2006, 01:40 AM

I have never paid for a iPod but I was given a hand me down. Almost never use it.

shecky · Aug 12, 2006, 02:08 AM

own a mac but i just sold my ipod in anticpation of whatever the new nano is. i never really used it much anyway.

generationfourt · Aug 12, 2006, 05:47 AM

I had my g4 long before owning an ipod. I got the 3g ipod from my brother who didn't know you could buy a replacement battery. He sold it to me for $30 dollars and it's still alive and kicking with a battery.

It was funny because he bought his ipod photo and was going on and on about how his is so badass because it has color. A month later the video came out. I laughed in his face and all of a sudden he "doesn't need video, im all about the music"

f'kn xp'ers I tell ya!

kick52 · Aug 12, 2006, 06:30 AM

i have many macs (5), but i have a 3rd party mp3 player and not an iPod because I dont have much music, i dont listen to music that much, and i dont have many (cheap) ways of getting music.

andreas_g4 · Aug 12, 2006, 08:07 AM

"No, I own a Mac but not an iPod and own a 3rd party MP3 player"

This is plainly not possible.

EDIT: Damn, it is!

chris v · Aug 12, 2006, 09:42 AM

I own 10 working Macs & have bought 3 iPods for myself, and 5 for family members. Does that count?

lavar78 · Aug 12, 2006, 09:50 AM

Were you drunk when you made this poll? Based on the question you asked ("Do you own a Mac but not a [sic] iPod?"), these should be the responses:

No, I own both and they kick ass!
Yes, but I own a 3rd-party MP3 player
Yes

SirCastor · Aug 12, 2006, 11:03 AM

I o(p)wned an iPod, but it broke (Hard Drive failed) and I haven't replaced it yet. Sigh.

nonhuman · Aug 12, 2006, 12:16 PM

I own a Mac but not an iPod, but it's not because my Mac is only for work and I don't own any other mp3 player.

Dr.Michael · Aug 12, 2006, 12:52 PM

I bought the very first iPod right after it was released (it was no stereotype at that time, believe me). I used the iPod a lot to carry data between my office Powerbook and my home Powerbook and to listen to music and audiobooks on my walk into the office.

I sold the iPod some months ago and replaced it with a shuffle (because now I have a thinkpad without firewire at the office). But I rarely use my shuffle. The iPod hype is over (like the walkman hype ended a few years after the walkman came out) and I am back to my usual music hearing habits. I have a great yamaha stereo and a cd sounds much better on this machine than an mp3 on the iPod.

Sourbook · Aug 12, 2006, 03:08 PM

I own a Mac, but I don't own any MP3 player. I have no need for a portable player so I use my old G3 Powerbook as a wireless iTunes jukebox at home.

Kerrigan · Aug 12, 2006, 03:27 PM

Are there any non-iPod mp3 players that work with OSX?

lavar78 · Aug 12, 2006, 03:33 PM

Yep.

imitchellg5 · Aug 12, 2006, 03:42 PM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

Are there any non-iPod mp3 players that work with OSX?

Plenty. There are a few that work even with OS 8.

turtle777 · Aug 12, 2006, 04:17 PM

I concur.

-t

C.A.T.S. CEO · Aug 12, 2006, 05:06 PM

Originally Posted by lavar78

Were you drunk when you made this poll? Based on the question you asked ("Do you own a Mac but not a [sic] iPod?"), these should be the responses:

No, I own both and they kick ass!
Yes, but I own a 3rd-party MP3 player
Yes

I had been using a marker

JoshKurtz · Aug 12, 2006, 09:58 PM

I own a few macs and the corpse of an iPod. I never thought I'd be able to get by without it but, amazingly, I have for almost a year now.

Doofy · Aug 12, 2006, 10:24 PM

I'll take the option:

"Yes, I own Macs. I don't own an iPod because I have something called a 'stereo' both at home and installed in an item called an 'automobile'."

Ulrich Kinbote · Aug 12, 2006, 11:21 PM

Originally Posted by chris v

I own 10 working Macs & have bought 3 iPods for myself, and 5 for family members. Does that count?

Holy crap! Why 10?

lavar78 · Aug 13, 2006, 01:11 AM

Originally Posted by Ulrich Kinbote

Holy crap! Why 10?

Because there isn't room for 11?