Ars Technica Vivisects A Video iPod

phaedo00 writes "The guys over at Ars Technica have put together another one of their infamous reviews. This time they tackle the video iPod and give it a proper review, complete with vivisection and a discussion of the guts." From the article: "It wouldn't be an Ars iPod review without a dissection (or in this case, a vivisection since the patient survived) and discussion. Talking about what changes were made on the exterior of the device is fine and well, but the real interesting stuff--to me anyways--is found within. As the old adage says, 'it's what's on the inside that counts.' With that, I'm dismantling this iPod in the name of science. All went well: I was able to put to back together and it's working fine." An interesting counter-point to previous coverage.

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Pre-Emptive post

[Chris Tucker]

DRM, lack of WMA compatiblity, ITMS files can't play on other players, "this here no name plastic player from China is cheaper and plays Ogg and... yadda yadda yadda".

OK, sit down, shut up and pay attention.

The overwhelming majority of people who buy iPods and KEEP buying iPods don't care a fat rat's ass about ANY OF THAT. Not one little bit do they care.

They want something that simply works. They don't care about ITMS DRM. They DO care about the fact that they can get music they want right now for a modest sum. They know they'll get a quality file.

They buy iPods because the interface is simple and it works well.

They buy iPods because they are small, sturdy and hold an amazing amount of music.

The overwhelming majority of the buying public is who Apple is targetting the iPod line to.

Not you smelly Linux hippies with your handmade machines and having to config it. And then you have to write some shell scripts. Update your RPMs. You have to partition your drives. And patch your kernel. Compile your binaries. Check your version dependencies. Probably do that once or twice.

Just to install an MP3 player.(and after all that, you STILL don't have more friends!)

You are not the consumer Apple cares about.

You have never been the consumer Apple cares about.

You will never be the consumer Apple cares about.

Get over yourself and welcome your new, Jonathan Ive designed overlords!