July 27, 2008

Ipod 10 GB 3rd Gen is Dead at 5.

My old systems analysis teacher once said that, whenever you make a tech purchase, it should last at least 3 years. On Saturday, July 27th, my iPod failed to respond to resuscitation. It was 5. It is survived by innumerable relatives, as shown on the Apple Support Page

I’m disappointed that I have to go cough up money for a new music device. But in all fairness, 5 years is a pretty good run for a device that was subjected to an awful lot of abuse. It persevered through:

1. humid summers, freezing winters on the East Coast; one firey summer in Phoenix
2. being jostled around in various knapsacks
3. being dropped occasionally
4. getting docked and undocked repeatedly
5. class action lawsuit about this model’s battery life
6. two computers, three operating system releases, about 5 releases of iTunes
7. hurtful jokes from a coworker about its size, age, color, and interface