hello

I need to buy 5.5 GEN ipod (the lastest with the nice chipset, right?)
also, with the biggest drive

do you know where?

thanks

I assume you mean the 160 GB iPod Classic.

no since 'classic' is gen 6th

The apple.com store has a refurbished 80GB for $350 and a refurbished 30GB for $250.
Outside that you most likely need to buy used (eBay, craigslist, etc.) as Apple rarely (if ever) lets refurbished iPods sell through third parties.

It would serve you well to be a little more specific about what you are calling the "nice" chipset when asking a question.

mm I need it brand new, factory sealed

the 'nice' chipset is the 5 gen chipset

Refurbished iPods are factory sealed, and carry the same apple warranty of 1 year. I bougt 4 nanos like that (and 2 new ones), and you can not tell them apart.

Besides, the 80GB price is 189, not 350.

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebO...;nclm=Certified

I think I'll end up with the same as you....need to put rockbox on it

yeah, exactly

I also need the decent chipset

what are we gonna do probedb?

What's indecent about the chipset in the classic?

this thread fails.

Odd, now I see $200 for a 30GB "U2" editions, and no 30's or 80's.

It seems that Apple took down their other refurbished models. They do this quite a bit as their refurbished inventory is always changing. Personal feelings aside, I feel that Rockbox for the iPod isn't really worth it. Rockbox still doesn't run as efficiently as Apple's firmware. I think someone did tests (not here) and found that their 20 hour rated 5G 60GB iPod played -V 4 encoded mp3's for about 12 hours before shutting down yet it was able to easily get about 22 hours using the iPod's firmware. So that right there is enough to stop me from using Rockbox given that I normally use my iPod for about 18 hours before I can recharge it. That and you lose video support with Rockbox (at least that is what I heard back when I used my 5G 60GB iPod, I now have a 16GB iPod touch).

it's not the Wolfson chipset of previous gens

PS: sorry, somehow I didn't receive email notifications

It may be a different chipset but that doesn't mean it's indecent. Check this thread. There are as many people who say the Classic sounds better than those who say it sounds worse.

That was probably me - as I am the only one I have ever found who has done detailed and documented runtime tests comparing Rockbox and the Original firmware under very controlled conditions. Those also appear to be the numbers (11.5 and 21.75) I posted in the IpodRuntime Rockbox wiki page testing the runtime effects the up-and-coming coprocessor enablement (and 64MB RAM enablement) would have.

That is also old news. Rockbox now easily archives 80% of Apple firmware runtime, gaining by leaps and bounds.

You also do not lose video support. Rockbox dual boots with the Apple firmware, you can easily boot into the original OS if you want H.264 playback, or you can use Rockbox's (developing) MPEG-1/2 player. Your choice.



EDIT: Pruned irrelevant parts of quote.