iPod update

[fuzzygruf]

I made an appointment at the Genius Bar at the Apple Store this afternoon. I took in my iPod. "Diana" held my iPod up to her ear and shook her head:

Diana: "It's playing Swan Lake."
Me: ?????
Diana: "The hard drive is doing it's final swan song."
Me: "Ah, gotcha." (Thinking, oh shit).

I just sat there as she typed away and made some cryptic call to someone else in the store. I had no idea what she was going to do. Someone brought out a box. I thought they were going to put my iPod "into the shop" for a bit. Nope. They just handed me a new replacement iPod.

Sweet.

Comments

[bigreddee.livejournal.com]

So why did you bring yours in? I've been thinking of bringing my 10GB iPod in because the battery is just not lasting longer than about 5 hours. I don't mind paying for them to fix it, but I'd rather upgrade if I can. Did they upgrade you?

[fuzzygruf.livejournal.com]

My hard drive crashed. It would give me the Apple logo, then the Folder with exclamation point thing. I tried to use the UPDATER feature to restore it, but got a message that the iPod was not recognized.

[bigreddee.livejournal.com]

Oh well. I guess I'll have to wait until mine does something wacky. Right now, I'm just not thrilled with the battery life. Glad to hear you got yours taken care of quickly though! :)

[mindplay.livejournal.com]

Hey D.

I am still using my 1st gen 5gig iPod. I replaced the battery myself. The old battery.. wouldn't hold a charge anymore, new battery.. 15hours of iPod goodness. I think it cost me only $35 too.

Happiness is a new iPod

[ronm.livejournal.com]

Did they give you a new color-screen one? If so, I am black-and-white with jealousy.

Re: Happiness is a new iPod

[fuzzygruf.livejournal.com]

Naw, they gave me a 40GB black & white display iPod, identical to the one I had. Guess I was lucky that they had one in stock!

[hotelbearsf.livejournal.com]

I guess it was playing the final movement of Schvan lake...the end. Good for you!

[dacubsf.livejournal.com]

Shweet indeed!! That's great that they gave you a replacement

[theoctothorpe.livejournal.com]

Apple's policy is to just give you a replacement, as it's cheaper to take your iPod, give you a new one, then fix the old one and sell it as refurbished. I had that happen with the original 5GB iPod.

Of course, I have since upgraded a few times. It's nice to get the developer discounts =)