Apple iPod Portable FireWire MP3 Player - 5GB (Apple-M8513LLA)

• Reviewed by: ProApple04

  Strengths: Small,Long Batt. Life,Next To impossable to fill,and made with Apple's top noch quality.

  Weaknesses: Please..Its an iPod there arent any

  Overall: Great Prouduct..Firewire enables quick updates and its easily converted to PC's.Works Great with iTunes now downloadable for Win. Or Mac. And unlike a CD player (allthough not sugested)Dropping it wont kill it(unfourcnaly ive droppped mine many times).Made by Apple so you can expect long life and a great quality proudct.

• Reviewed by: bwwright1

  Strengths: Excellent sound quality, long battery life, won't skip when running, light weight, small size, great play list organization, quick syncing, plays load!

  Weaknesses: none

  Overall: This is the perfect music player for exercising, or playing music in the car or on the stereo at home. The quick sync feature is nice, because you never have to wait for the thing. It recharges fast (1 hour of charging == 8 hours of playing). Organizing your music with iTunes and playing back on the iPod is so much better than burning CD's.

• Reviewed by: scottyk

  Strengths: Small size, light weight, adequate capacity, great user interface, fast song transfers.

  Weaknesses: Sometimes takes 3-4 seconds for selected song to start playing. Maybe if the hard drive could be set to not spin down when connected to the Mac or external power adapter, this would not happen.

  Overall: With it's simple user interface, the iPod is easy to use and sounds great. I would buy another one. I'm looking forward to new functionality being added in the future.

• Reviewed by: JeffRoi

  Strengths: WORKS AS BOOTABLE HARD DRIVE, 6gb capacity, easy to use, sounds great

  Weaknesses: Mac-only at present.

  Overall: I am putting a friend's ipod throught the paces. I'm REALLY IMPRESSED. I will now buy one. I wasn't planning on it. Until I tried it. Firewire is reasonably fast (as fast as an IDE drive) and it is easy to use and play MP3s, which sound great. Earbud headphones that come with it sound OK, much better with Sony MDR V6 (more bass). The real kicker, however, is that it works as a BOOTABLE HARD DRIVE. Yeah, I dumped a system folder on it and some utilities software and was able to use it just like any firewire hard drive. I maintain Macintoshes on 2 campuses in NYC, Fordham at Lincoln Center and in the Bronx, and this will make my life a LOT easier. At 6 GB I can put a lot more music than I would want to carry on MP3CDs, I don't damage my CDs, and still fix macs from it. Wow. No other MP3 player does this, and no other digital wallet works as an MP3 player to my knowledge.

• Reviewed by: rhayman

  Strengths: high capacity; easy to use; super fast download

  Weaknesses: no carrying case nor belt clip, a bit heavy

  Overall: Fast delivery from CDW. Just plug it in and it works with iTunes and OS 9.2. Surprisingly good sound. No distortion at higher volume levels. I thought long and hard about buying a $400 MP3 player. It's worth every penny.