Nanochick wrote:
] Damnit. Thats disappointing. See, there was a company that
] makes some of the hardware for the ipods that came out with a
] 2gb drive for $70. So the rumor mill people picked up on that
] and decided that apple would use that and charge less for the
] ipod. Too bad...I was going to get one if they were only
] $100...Apple needs to consider the grad student market
] damnit:) We spend hours in the lab, and it would be useful to
] have a good mp3 player to listen to while working....but none
] of us can afford apples prices.

actually, the rumors about a $100-150 iPod have been circulating for a couple of months (yes, i do read the mac rumor sites regularly. yes, i am a nerd). They were based on nothing but, well, rumors and speculation and a healthy dose of wishing. The miniature $70, 2gb disk was only announced a few days ago, and that price is already based on lots of 100,000 units.

i was hella excited when i heard about a $100 ipod, but when i looked into the relevant costs, it seemed pretty impossible.

it does seem like perhaps a 2gb for $150 might have been a better way to go... i don't know though. is that enough music?

anyway, maybe it's a bit like that brand new $10,000 ferarri i keep dreaming about ;)

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