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I just bought an 80GB iPod - no CD even though it comes in CD sized packaging. It *does* come with a printed manual, though!

I guess Apple save about $5m a year by not including a CD, assuming they pay 0.25c for a pressed and printed disc.

Rob


I've kinda missed the whole point here: what does one need the CD for, anyway?

You just plug the thing in, it connects as a standard mass-storage device, you drag/drop some mp3s onto it, and unplug it again.

Nice standard interface, so custom/proprietary software is not needed.

Where to get mp3s? Lots of sites download them, lots of OSs have rip/encode software. Most people already have a huge mp3 collection before they even buy a player.

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