[DoGoodDrugs]

last night i went skating and decided to take my ipod with me so i could listen to music... now some may think this is asking for a broken ipod, but am i? i just went riding on my long board so its not like i was gonna fall on it or drop it. but i also did some simple short board tricks ie: ollies (maybe 2ft. high) etc., and some ledge drops maybe 4 ft. high.

so my question is will this cause any problems with the harddrive inside the ipod. the reason i ask this is because many years ago when i was putting a computer in my jeep i heard that the needle/pins? could crash into the hd disks and scratch them if i were to drive on rough terrain. will i have the same problem with the ipod hd getting scratched if i jolt it around too much? and will apple replace it if this happens?

thanks for any input,
DGD

[ender2002]

The hard drive needles are used only when the hard drive is spinning, which is not constant. The ipod copies as many "future played songs" as possible onto a piece of non-moving hardware. The hard drive only spins for as long as it takes to copy the songs. If something does happen to the ipod, remember you have a one year warrantee for it (or maybe not) and you should probably buy applecare anyway if you are really that concerned.