Latest IPOD 80GB

1337z0r · 28 Nov 2006 at 17:54

Anyone got one of these, what are they like. I might be getting one for christmas. Seems good and more HDD space than my 40GB laptop :eek:

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Margaret · 28 Nov 2006 at 18:22

I got the 30gig version which is the same except 80gb has about 3 hours more battery on videos and about 6 for audio.

They are very very good, well I'm an iPod fan from having my Mini also, build quality is good and the sound is very good! and of course it looks the beez kneez

1337z0r · 28 Nov 2006 at 18:29

I have had the mini for two years and has served me well. For past few months though its started to skip, slow loading times on songs and battery life is around 1 - 2 hours. Ive left it on charge all weekend too lol. But 80gb ipod should be sweet.

nemtizz · 28 Nov 2006 at 19:45

Also the 80 is much wider than the 30.

Margaret · 28 Nov 2006 at 21:10

Adum said:
Also the 80 is much wider than the 30.

Oh didn't notice, never seen one up front didn't think it was that bigger!

1337z0r · 28 Nov 2006 at 21:19

Does the black one get loads of finger prints like the nano's did ? and scratched ect. Im thinking of going for the white one. But would prefer the black one.

Doohickey · 28 Nov 2006 at 21:43

Jihad said:
Oh didn't notice, never seen one up front didn't think it was that bigger!

Oh it's quite noticeable, I was in the Apple Store the other day and saw in on display in a dock, and thought hang on, that looks like my 4G ipod, but it's got the new bigger screen :confused:

and it turned out to be the new 80gig one. It's quite a bit chunkier than the regular one.

jhmaeng · 28 Nov 2006 at 23:57

1337z0r said:
Does the black one get loads of finger prints like the nano's did ? and scratched ect. Im thinking of going for the white one. But would prefer the black one.

The 5.5G (the 2006 models) seem to have a new front panel that incorporates some kind of scratch protection - firstly, it feels different, and secondly, even the shop display models in the Apple shop actually have very few scratches. (You should have seen the 5G (2005) display models in the Apple Store - it was definitely not a good marketing exercise the way they were scratched to hell)

They also seem to show fingerprints in a less explicit manner. All in all, the new front cover seems to be a vast improvement in my eyes.

steveo · 29 Nov 2006 at 00:00

jhmaeng said:
The 5.5G (the 2006 models) seem to have a new front panel that incorporates some kind of scratch protection - firstly, it feels different, and secondly, even the shop display models in the Apple shop actually have very few scratches. (You should have seen the 5G (2005) display models in the Apple Store - it was definitely not a good marketing exercise the way they were scratched to hell)

They also seem to show fingerprints in a less explicit manner. All in all, the new front cover seems to be a vast improvement in my eyes.

thats good to here as my parents are getting me on for xmas and thats the main worry for me

jhmaeng · 29 Nov 2006 at 00:03

Hmm... I just did a Google search to see whether I could find more supporting sources, and some people are saying the cover's exactly the same to the 2005 models. I could swear it felt very different in tactile terms though, and the shop display model really did have very little scratches. :confused:

Will have another look when I next stop by the Apple Store and check again.

Margaret · 29 Nov 2006 at 00:26

Cover's the same yup, the only difference between the 5.5 and 5g is the search function as far as I know, apparently it had better battery life and gapless playback but these were added into the 5g's firmware I heard.

Black one does get a lot of fingerprints indeed, well mainly at the back it's pretty annoying either way though.

Psycho Sonny · 29 Nov 2006 at 11:35

Adum said:
Also the 80 is much wider than the 30.

you call .12 of an inch much bigger , then my snake must be a python compared to your tadpole

jhmaeng · 29 Nov 2006 at 17:44

Psycho Sonny said:
you call .12 of an inch much bigger , then my snake must be a python compared to your tadpole

Of course, what you neglect to mention (or fail to realise) is that a difference of 0.12 inch in this case makes the 80GB more than 25% thicker than the 30GB. It's definitely a noticeable difference.

Mp4 · 29 Nov 2006 at 21:43

but its 50GIG Bigger also = bigger hdd , Cant really moan 20,000 songs tbh.

Vegetarian · 30 Nov 2006 at 01:13

The 80gig iPod is still thinner than a Creative Zen Vision M 30 gig!

FranchiseJuan · 5 Dec 2006 at 12:58

Vegetarian said:
The 80gig iPod is still thinner than a Creative Zen Vision M 30 gig!

But still can't play Divx or Xvid

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nemtizz · 5 Dec 2006 at 22:51

FranchiseJuan said:
But still can't play Divx or Xvid .

Simple to convert though.

Margaret · 5 Dec 2006 at 23:28

Adum said:
Simple to convert though.

Yep and Videora converts very fast! (and I've not even used my Conroe on it yet! only my 3000+ A64)

lay-z-boy · 6 Dec 2006 at 00:24

1337z0r said:
I have had the mini for two years and has served me well. For past few months though its started to skip, slow loading times on songs and battery life is around 1 - 2 hours. Ive left it on charge all weekend too lol. But 80gb ipod should be sweet.

My ipod 30gb has started to do the same, been looking at the 80gb as well.
On a side note, you mouse does not run at 1Ghz.....
its 1000hz or 1mhz

Nice to hear they have sorted out the naff screen, its got to the point where i can no longer watch videos and song titles are hard to see due to such bad scratching!

BoomAM · 6 Dec 2006 at 17:33

The diagrams Apple show you make the difference in thickness look huge, but tbh, the 80Gb, which IIRC is the same thickness as my 60Gb, isnt really that thick. Its still very thin, and still thinner than a lot of 'small' phones ive had, like W800s.
Still more than managable.