iAddiction

My iPod broke the other day and I am entering withdrawal. I did not realize that I depended on it so much, but I feel lost with out it. It was 2gen 20gig click wheel and it has served me well for the last 4 years. Compared to the NANO, it is like a brick. It freezes all of the time, it lists all of my albums twice and likes to skip the first song of every record I play, but hey it is an Apple product. It does not have work perfectly as long as it is looks cool.

The other night it stopped playing and displayed all sorts of bad icons that the Apple site says you should never see unless there is a nuclear war. What bothers me is that it is going to probably cost me more to have it fixed than if I just by a new one. This has always been the case with consumer electronics. Apple told me that if it had any "visible dents" on it that they would not even look at it. Well, mine is dented like a '73 Dodge Dart so I had to send it to a place I found on the web called "The iPodMechanic."

I have had enough experience trying to get things fixed that the news is almost always bad. Have you ever gotten away from the auto shop for under $500?

The verdict is a bad hard drive. It will cost me $129.97 for a new one. Now I have to decide if $250 is better for only 4GB, but get the Nano or get the 30GB for $300.

I am going to take the weekend and decide what to do. Would I be shallow if I compared this situation to "Sophie's Choice?"

Ya, I thought so.