A thought, on iPod-related things.
Feb. 1st, 2010 10:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
brooksmosesThere's a certain advantage to hardware that's all solid-state and sealed together and no user-servicable parts...
...I say, having pulled![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
suzimoses's iPod shuffle off of a sweater that I just took out of the clothes dryer, and discovered that it seems to be working fine despite going through the wash-and-dry-cycle.
On the other hand, there's also something to be said for hardware that's big enough that you can see it before you accidentally put it in the wash, too.
(Addendum: I mentioned this on our work IRC channel, and my sysadmin said that he's done this to his several times. It would not at all surprise me if laundry survivability was one of the goals when Apple designed it.)
...I say, having pulled
suzimoses's iPod shuffle off of a sweater that I just took out of the clothes dryer, and discovered that it seems to be working fine despite going through the wash-and-dry-cycle.On the other hand, there's also something to be said for hardware that's big enough that you can see it before you accidentally put it in the wash, too.
(Addendum: I mentioned this on our work IRC channel, and my sysadmin said that he's done this to his several times. It would not at all surprise me if laundry survivability was one of the goals when Apple designed it.)
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Date: 2010-02-02 07:57 am (UTC)At least I think that's what happened to my iPod.
I've bought the cheapest available mp3 player as a stopgap solution (hoping Murphy's Law would come into effect and turn up the iPod as soon as I brought the mp3 player home) but it's about as un-userfriendly as an mp3 player could possibly get and still occasionally be persuaded to play music.
So now I'm dithering over whether I want a nano or a touch. Maybe prices will drop more while I dither.