iPod Nano

[JoeHill]

Chris Aitken wrote: 

> Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> > So yes, UHCI is USB1.  So max 12Mbit speed, which means a bit less than
> > 1MB per second transfer speed to an ipod.  That makes loading even an
> > old 512MB ipod take quite a while.  A USB2 PCI card is a cheap way to
> > solve that.
> >     
> Okay, I bought the iPod nano (4 GB) today. I didn't bother 
> buying/installing the USB 2.0 card because three salesmen told me I only 
> need the 2.0 if I want to load the iPod in 20 minutes instead of 45 
> minutes. I don't really care - I'm fine loading it in 45 minutes. Unless 
> they have it wrong. Also, i see on the iPod package it lists "USB 2.0" 
> under under "Requirements". So, do I /need/ USB 2.0 or not? Remember I'm 
> in Timmins not Toronto. :)

I have been using an old 512MB Shuffle, and when I originally had it plugged
in to my P3 (USB 1), it took about 20 minutes just to fill _that_ up. 4
GB...that works out to...uh...almost 3 hours?

On my newish machine with USB 2, it only takes a couple of minutes. The
difference is _huge_.
 
> I plugged it in and it charged up in 1 1/2 hours (not the 3 hours it 
> warned). I'm going to go through all the emails in this thread again to 
> what my next step should be.

-- 
JoeHill
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