On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:12:42 -0700, Justin wrote
(in article <slrnf837ba.nv.nospam@debian.dns2go.com>):

> George Graves wrote on [Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:32:28 -0700]:
>> On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:42:46 -0700, Justin wrote
>> (in article <slrnf82r1m.nv.nospam@debian.dns2go.com>):
>>
>>> George Graves wrote on [Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:27:04 -0700]:
>>>> Yeah, that is really difficult. Plug the iPod into the computer (it
>>>> automatically launches iTunes, that's a daunting task) when iTunes
>>>> launches
>>>> pull down the file menu and select "Sync iPod". Boy that's sure hard and
>>>> non-intuitive, yessir. I don't see how anybody ever figures it out!
>>>
>>> Yup, and to achieve that alleged simplicity it runs two processes
>>> continually that take up way more ram than necessary.
>>>
>>>>> Nope, because of the brand recognition, they recognised
>>>>> the brand when they decided they needed a media player
>>>>> and a superficial look showed that its a viable product.
>>>>
>>>> It's more than just superficially viable. Every test of players that's
>>>> ever
>>>> come down the pike has placed the iPod above all others. Many have cited
>>>> the
>>>> GUI as one reason.
>>>
>>> Yep, the exellently intuitive gui that doesn't even tell you how to turn
>>> the thing off. Or how to recover from the frequent crashes it has.
>>
>> What frequent crashes?
>
> I know the nano I have crashes on two of three days at least once. Yes,
> it's updated, it's one of the current gen.
>
> No, I didn't buy it, it was a prize. It works OK for podcasts.

I have never heard of a iPod "crashing", that's a new one on me - especially
one with flash memory rather than a HDD (which I could, perhaps, see). I have
an older 10 Gig model with a HDD in it, and its never crashed. Would you mind
terribly telling us how these crashes manifest themselves? IOW, what does the
iPod do when it crashes? Thanks.