I am one of the few people without an iPod. I am thinking about buying a
refurbished iPod nano from Apple, will it work with my 2001 iBook which
only has USB 1.1?

Also, I have an external DVD burner with FW and USB 2 and I connect it
to the iBook with FW so the USB port is empty. If the nano won't work
with 1.1, can I connect it with the DVD port? Is there any chance that
using the DVD's USB port will get me decent transfer speed? I'm hoping
that the data will move to the DVD by FW and then go to the nano at USB
2.0 speeds.

The latest iPods are advertized as having simple calendar and address
functionality. There is no mention of this on the apple webpage
advertizing the refurb nanos. Is this feature old enough to be on the
refurbed nanos?

One last question, is buying a refurbed nano wise, or are these things
unreliable? I have never bought any refurbed items before.

On Sep 16, 2006, eponymous cowherd wrote:
>
> I am one of the few people without an iPod. I am thinking about buying a
> refurbished iPod nano from Apple, will it work with my 2001 iBook which
> only has USB 1.1?
>
> Also, I have an external DVD burner with FW and USB 2 and I connect it
> to the iBook with FW so the USB port is empty. If the nano won't work
> with 1.1, can I connect it with the DVD port? Is there any chance that
> using the DVD's USB port will get me decent transfer speed? I'm hoping
> that the data will move to the DVD by FW and then go to the nano at USB
> 2.0 speeds.
>
> The latest iPods are advertized as having simple calendar and address
> functionality. There is no mention of this on the apple webpage
> advertizing the refurb nanos. Is this feature old enough to be on the
> refurbed nanos?
>
> One last question, is buying a refurbed nano wise, or are these things
> unreliable? I have never bought any refurbed items before.

"Refurb" can go back a long way, right now iPods are what's called 5th
generation (I think). For example, 4th gen nanos have phone books, but I
couldn't tell you about others. I would simply order by phone and make sure,
and also make sure you can return it if need to.

On Sep 16, 2006, eponymous cowherd wrote:
>
> I am one of the few people without an iPod. I am thinking about buying a
> refurbished iPod nano from Apple, will it work with my 2001 iBook which
> only has USB 1.1?
>
> Also, I have an external DVD burner with FW and USB 2 and I connect it
> to the iBook with FW so the USB port is empty. If the nano won't work
> with 1.1, can I connect it with the DVD port? Is there any chance that
> using the DVD's USB port will get me decent transfer speed? I'm hoping
> that the data will move to the DVD by FW and then go to the nano at USB
> 2.0 speeds.
>
> The latest iPods are advertized as having simple calendar and address
> functionality. There is no mention of this on the apple webpage
> advertizing the refurb nanos. Is this feature old enough to be on the
> refurbed nanos?
>
> One last question, is buying a refurbed nano wise, or are these things
> unreliable? I have never bought any refurbed items before.

"Refurb" can go back a long way, right now iPods are what's called 5th
generation (I think). For example, 4th gen nanos have phone books, but I
couldn't tell you about others. I would simply order by phone and make sure,
and also make sure you can return it if need to.

"eponymous cowherd" <no@spam4me.com> wrote in message
news:no-F21969.15441516092006@news.verizon.net...
>
> I am one of the few people without an iPod. I am thinking about buying
> a
> refurbished iPod nano from Apple, will it work with my 2001 iBook
> which
> only has USB 1.1?

Should work, but slower transferring songs.

> Also, I have an external DVD burner with FW and USB 2 and I connect it
> to the iBook with FW so the USB port is empty. If the nano won't work
> with 1.1, can I connect it with the DVD port? Is there any chance that
> using the DVD's USB port will get me decent transfer speed? I'm hoping
> that the data will move to the DVD by FW and then go to the nano at
> USB
> 2.0 speeds.

No, won't work.

> The latest iPods are advertized as having simple calendar and address
> functionality. There is no mention of this on the apple webpage
> advertizing the refurb nanos. Is this feature old enough to be on the
> refurbed nanos?

Not sure, but what is in the new ones is that it can Sync with your
Address Book and Calendar.

>
> One last question, is buying a refurbed nano wise, or are these things
> unreliable? I have never bought any refurbed items before.

"eponymous cowherd" <no@spam4me.com> wrote in message
news:no-F21969.15441516092006@news.verizon.net...
>
> I am one of the few people without an iPod. I am thinking about buying
> a
> refurbished iPod nano from Apple, will it work with my 2001 iBook
> which
> only has USB 1.1?

Should work, but slower transferring songs.

> Also, I have an external DVD burner with FW and USB 2 and I connect it
> to the iBook with FW so the USB port is empty. If the nano won't work
> with 1.1, can I connect it with the DVD port? Is there any chance that
> using the DVD's USB port will get me decent transfer speed? I'm hoping
> that the data will move to the DVD by FW and then go to the nano at
> USB
> 2.0 speeds.

No, won't work.

> The latest iPods are advertized as having simple calendar and address
> functionality. There is no mention of this on the apple webpage
> advertizing the refurb nanos. Is this feature old enough to be on the
> refurbed nanos?

Not sure, but what is in the new ones is that it can Sync with your
Address Book and Calendar.

>
> One last question, is buying a refurbed nano wise, or are these things
> unreliable? I have never bought any refurbed items before.