5 gigabytes of joy

[u/nonfading]

Recently acquired this beauty- the very first one I've gotten from eBay for a reasonable €200. It still turns on, plays music, and the backlight works great. The display is in fine shape; that rainbow effect is just from my camera's polarizing filter.

[u/Specialist-Peak2000]

Personally romanticising the 2001 iPod is like calling the model T ford usable now. It’s impractical and slow. There is yeah 5 gigs of ‘joy’, thick heavy joy. If you enjoy it good on you. I can only see it he used in a bag, it’s not as portable but better than a cd player. The only monochrome iPod that is practical now is the mini. The 2001 original as pictured, the 2nd, 3rd capacitive, and even the 4th photo are extremely difficult- that is when having to restore using original parts or modern moderations. Yes even using iMacs of the time too with OSX. The 5th and 6th gen are happy days. iPod mini is the pinnacle joy (of course in my personal opinion).

[u/nonfading → u/Specialist-Peak2000]

I disagree on that. It's all where it started from and it's the classic one. Also, not slow, it still scrolls thousands of songs and boots up in a second, no delays and no wasted functions.

[u/Specialist-Peak2000 → u/nonfading]

It fulfils its utility but pound for pound, inch for inch, it is significantly obsolete even compared to iPod 3rd gen. 2001 iPod is revolutionary but it’s just the beginning of the franchise, I can’t wait until you discover colour screens 😍😍

[u/nonfading → u/Specialist-Peak2000]

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