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iPod Mini Autopsy

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the eat-that-warranty-man dept.

tritone writes "Some fearless soul has disassembled his iPod mini and provided pictures and commentary about the process. This really does seem to be an autopsy since he managed to kill it in the process. That's $249 well spent in the pursuit of knowledge. See the full report at www.ipodlounge.com."

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  1. Waste of money indeed! by 1337+Apple+Zealot · · Score: -1, Troll

    For just $50 more (thats like just #30, not much) you get 10 times the space, and is more reliable! I hope that Ipod mini is a flop!

    But, just like how Apple sells 0.1 upgrades of OSX for the price of a 1.0 upgrade, Apple seems to be going back to the old days of pay more get less!

    --
    Screenshot of My G5 desktop!
  2. Re:Google Cache - Kinda + Article Text by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Didn't you bother to see someone had already posted the text? What a loser. Loooo Suuuur

  3. Re:Ummm.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    And you were relying on /. drones to actually have correct grammar, spelling, and content? Riiiiight.

  4. Re:Sean peters is a foe of the Neo Trolling Group! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    stop being sexy, damnit, i need to get to work

  5. Re:quit it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It seems as if the Apple obsession has gotten out of hand. Someone must have had too much "late night sneaky uncle" at scout camp. Apple is so freaking' gay...

  6. Re:Replace that microdrive? by Mr.+Darl+McBride · · Score: -1, Troll
    Yes. I have already taken the microdrive out of mine -- I use it in my PocketPC running Linux, so I can listen to Apple's audio formats as well as Ogg and MPC. I'll add that if you want to do similar, you would do well to get the new iPaq models which have a better output circuit than even the full-price iPod.

    To do this, I first copied the Apple native partition at the start of the drive, and still had about 480 megs (real megs, not marketing-megs) left for music on the 512 meg card. The fun bit was I was able to turn around and sell the iPod mini for more than I paid for that and the CF card together. I explained that what I had done would offer substantially longer play times (I let it play for 14 hours before going to bed, and it finally gave up sometime overnight) and no skipping, and ended up with two friends arguing over who would pay more.

    Also, I have made al of this up. Don't ask stupid questions until at least a few people have had time to really try this out. Some post on a blog isn't enough to go on if you're worried at all about whether this will work.

  7. why is it that apple users by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    are 10 times more likely than heterosexuals to have aids?

  8. Re:Eep! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    you are an idiot!

  9. Is there a quota for iPod stories? by DaveCBio · · Score: 0, Troll

    Seriously, what's next?

    Man makes pasta while wearing iPod!!

    I know a lot of people love their iPods, but MP3 players have been around for years and just because it's "hip" to own an iPod doesn't mean it's anything special. I've had an MP3 phone for 3 years now and I do't go around trying to convince people that I'm cool because of it.