I am dying to get an ipod...are they really worth it?

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I am dying to get an ipod...are they really worth it?
I was thinking of getting the ipod video gb but I have heard good and bad things about it so I need to know if its a worthwhile thing to buy or if there are suggestions for better videoplaying mps out there....i just like that its compatible with itunes and about a million other products...what should i do?

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Ive got both an Ipod GB and a generic Mp player mb... I really dislike the ipod, and spend most of my time using my mp player. The positives of the ipod is that it can hold tons of information. The negatives, for me, arebr You cannot move the information off of your ipod. Information flows only in one direction from your computer to your ipod, no where else. My mp player is simply a flash drive so i can take my music, as well as necessary documents everywhere I go. br I need additional wiring in order to hook my ipod up to the computer. My mp player has a builtin USB that plugs and plays into any computer mac and pc it comes up as a new drive. br My ipod seems to only be able to be used with the computer that I have Itunes on. I mean, I have Itunes on my laptop also, however, I cannot connect my ipod to my laptop since it has already been connected to my desktop. The ipod seems to only recognize the one computer. br While the ipod can be recharged, and you save money on batteries its more convenient for me to travel and go running wiht the mp player and carry an extra AAA battery. I used to have problems trying to recharge my ipod while on an airplane. With the extra battery which lasts hours, i feel like I can pretty much go anywhere. br Regardless of how many playlists I set up... I still have to scroll through thousands of songs to find the one I want to listen to. While the ipod lets me carry all the songs that I have it takes me a long time to actually find them and play them. brbrWell, anyways, thats just me. I paid for the mp player which is smaller than a tube of lipstick. I paid for the ipod I never take anywhere.