I have had an I Pod for over three years now no problems.Use it for transfer of Data...and music Its a hard drive nothing more, and should be handled like one.People are giving them to kids who chuck them around.They wonder why they break. Like I said 3years no probs gets a bit hot thats it. 3 years ago the others had only megs not gigs. A good product hence the imitations. Macs....... Bring on the new processors should be out early next year. Macs are for the 2 d creatives check any ad agency out PC for the bean counters and string undies brigade.Boring