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I am a Mac user and don't mind the new iPod is USB 2.0 only. The reason why is because I own a newer Mac. Apple wants to sell computers too. See lots of long time Mac users have extremely old equipment. But regardless how old, firewire has always been there. Now some will be able to bypass this by installing a PCI card with USB 2.0 but hopefully some will make the jump. As for Windows computers, most don't have firewire, especially the new ones. Therefore people have to buy Firewire cards. This is big upgrade for many people who don't use it and will seem like a lot to have to buy a card, an iPod and music. Now you'll say but they used to be able to do both. Sure and they also used to be bigger. Adding that compatibility adds more chips inside the iPod. We all like thinner iPods. The Apple we see today is far more smarter than before. They finally found a way to grow interest in Windows users. Coming out with new models of computers isn't enough. The iPod is a great bridge over to an Apple computer.
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