[jeffdrafttech]

There are new iPods coming out on Wednesday and I have realized that I have an iPod addiction.

They are always so much better than the one before. Fuck. I just gathered all of mine. I have fucking six of them from the past four years, and I've had one stolen and one broken. That means eight. I've bought eight fucking iPods and I'm considering one of the souped-up cam-equipped touches with 32gig.
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Here's my collection. Post yours if you want to help make me not feel so ridiculous for buying one every six months on average.

1st generation shuffle 1gig (first one, was a gift from my GF). Broke off the connector and trashed. I think she paid $100. I loved this thing. Always had it with me and played the shit out of it. I spent about $500 in the itunes store in the first six months with this thing because most of my CDs were stolen in an apt burglary about a year earlier.

Shuffle 512mb. Bought to replace the earlier one so my GF wouldn't know I broke it. about $70

IPod photo 20gig refurb. I wanted one with a screen for podcasts. (Stolen in another apt burglary). This one had the best click wheel because the center button was raised and easier to navigate without looking at it. $200

iPod video refurb 30gig (bought to replace the stolen ipod photo) $200

second generation ipod nano 2gig refurb. More pocketable and quickly became my most-used device ever. The size of the shuffle but with a screen to make podcasts possible. $100ish

fifth generation nano 16gig (new). Loved the idea of more space, fell in love with it at Best Buy. I almost never use this because I bought the touch soon after. $200.

16gig 1st gen touch (new). Amazon clearanced them for $200 last xmas because the 2nd gen was out. This is the one I carry around every day. I love the games and the organizer. $200

second generaton shuffle 2gb clip model refurb. I use the shit out of this one when cycling. The clip is better than the lanyard on the first shuffle. It's the best way to listen to shuffled music, controls clipped to shirt sleeve, weighs nothing. I couldn't resist it at the asking price and love it. $40

$1170 over four years for eight ipods (same price as 13"macbook pro). Add the $1600 for my macbook pro plus upgrades and extreme-router, and $500ish I've spent in the itunes store, Apple has about $3300 of my dollars. Damn.

If I buy the new one it will likely set me back $300. Must... resist

Edited to add: I also have a sansa clip that I never use and bought on Woot because it was only $20. I bought a CD MP3 player about ten years ago. Audible gave me a shittly useless 64mb Rio MP3 player about nine years ago that I never really ever used. that's three more, for a total of 11