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Mac Forum / General / Hardware / February 2006Question about IPod Nano 4Gig vs. IPod 30Gig?
Why are these two the same price for $249? That is a huge storage disparity between the two for the same price? The 30gig does movies/video also. Can anyone who has bought one or the other give me the advantages of each? Thanks. My bad. I meant 20gig for the same price. > My bad. I meant 20gig for the same price. The 2nd part of Garner's response remains correct. It's also said in some circles that the audio quality of the flash-based iPods is superior than that of the HD ones (due to a different decoder being used) but I don't know if that's still correct or how noticeable it ever was to the average user.  Signature"Congurutulation!!!" - The subject line on some spam I received last night. I have no idea what it means, but it's such a cool "word" (by which I mean pronouncable sequence of letters) regardless. > Why are these two the same price for $249? That is a huge storage > disparity between the two for the same price? The 30gig does > movies/video also. Can anyone who has bought one or the other give me > the advantages of each? A. The 30 GB iPod is $299, not $249. B. You're paying for the much, much smaller physical size of the Nano, and the engineering that makes that possible. That's it. It's the same reason a laptop is more expensive than an equally-powerful desktop computer. SignatureGarner R. Miller Clifton Park, NY =USA= http://www.garnermiller.com/ >> Why are these two the same price for $249? That is a huge storage >> disparity between the two for the same price? The 30gig does [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > same reason a laptop is more expensive than an equally-powerful desktop > computer. That's not the only reason. A flash memory is going to be more reliable and durable than a hard disk because there are no moving parts in the flash memory. Still, I got a 40 GB ipod. Whatever you do, it's a compromise. SignatureTom Reingold Noo Joizy, USA > Why are these two the same price for $249? That is a huge storage > disparity between the two for the same price? The 30gig does > movies/video also. Can anyone who has bought one or the other give me > the advantages of each? Thanks. As others have pointed out, the 30G model is $300. The 20G model (that you said you were referring to) is discontinued. The $250 price is because it's probably a closeout price. As for why the 30G can have 7.5 times the capacity for only $50 more, you're paying for the size and convenience. And flash memory costs more than hard drives. It's worth noting that the iPod mini (that the nano replaced) had a 6G hard drive for that same $250. But it also had a monochrome screen and a larger case. -- David |
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