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Heifetz

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Just got my new 15gig ipod today. Opened the packaged and admired the rediculously sexy ipod. Played around with it a little bit as I was setting everything up. Found the cable and plugged everything in. And then I realized that it only came with a firewire cable! My computer doesn't have firewire. I looked around, thinking that its impossible that it only comes with firewire. But didn't find anything. Then I looked on the manual and it said that the usb cable was optional!!! Look on their website, and found out that the usb cable is $19!!! DAMN. How can apple ship the ipod to pc users and not ship a usb cable with it!!! I realize firewire is probably the superior interface, but there are probably 10x more pc users that have usb, and not firewire! Damnit, now I'm stuck with a really expensive paper weight until I get a firewire interface card!
 
Originally posted by: Heifetz
Just got my new 15gig ipod today. Opened the packaged and admired the rediculously sexy ipod. Played around with it a little bit as I was setting everything up. Found the cable and plugged everything in. And then I realized that it only came with a firewire cable! My computer doesn't have firewire. I looked around, thinking that its impossible that it only comes with firewire. But didn't find anything. Then I looked on the manual and it said that the usb cable was optional!!! Look on their website, and found out that the usb cable is $19!!! DAMN. How can apple ship the ipod to pc users and not ship a usb cable with it!!! I realize firewire is probably the superior interface, but there are probably 10x more pc users that have usb, and not firewire! Damnit, now I'm stuck with a really expensive paper weight until I get a firewire interface card!
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wait you're complaining about a $19 USB cable but are willing to spend more for a firewire card?
 
Damn them for using a faster interface! You sure you don't want a serial cable? them you could hook it up to your 486.
 
You can't just plug in a normal usb cable into the IPod. It takes a special cable, and you can only get it from Apple. I realize I should've read the fine print more closely, but couldn't APPLE at least included a usb cable for the pc IPODS, because I'm sure they know that 90% of the pc users have usb, and a much smaller percentage have firewire! Besides, if I bring the ipod to someone else's computer, I would be out of luck if that person didn't have firewire, if I didn't get the usb cable for the Ipod.


I'm definitely going to be a fw card instead of the cable. Where can I get it for $10?


Heifetz
 
Firewire is evidently faster even compared to USB 2.0 so there is probably no sensible purpose to provide USB connectivity as a standard. Do the practical thing, upgrade.
 
just go look at newegg they have them for less then 20$. and if you had a SB Audigy you woudl allready have a FW port
 
if u had a firewaire card and they only provided a usb cable you would probably be complainign about how they only give u a cheap usb cable when firewire is superior...
 
I didn't check before I bought mine either. Luckily I found my pc does have a firewire port. I easily could have been in your situation.
 
Originally posted by: rbloedow
Firewire cards are cheap 🙂
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yea they are < $10 if you find it from HD... probably the same price if you go and pick one up at best buy too.
 
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