Please Apple, tell us why...

Originally posted by Kham
Why sell a product for PC when it doesn't work on PC. iPod was made for MAC first and its easy to see. Mine is not recognized by my computer. I just have problems with it. So please, Apple tell us why you sell a product made by Apple for MAC to PC users?

I think it's just you since it works for 99% of PC users except those who still use Windows 98 and below

Originally posted by Kham
Why sell a product for PC when it doesn't work on PC.

How can you make such a stupid comment when there are PC users ALL OVER this forum praising the iPod and it's functions. Mine worked right out of the box. Maybe your computer has been messed up by poor operation.

Sorry m.r.m, yes i can understand his obvious frustration, and no i dont understand the point of his post.

I mean i get an iPod it doesnt work, i come to thses forums and i describe the problem in depth hoping someone may have remedied a similar issue before, i then phone apple support.

I do not come to these forums and make a useless thread where by not only are you tying every PC Apple owner to the same brush, but your also criticising a product people are generally happy with, and too boot the post he made its absolutely impossible to expect someone to help you on the information your liberally provided.

Just a suggestion, again no flame intended.

But try a format like this:

Thread title: Help problem x

Body:
Hi all, nice forum you have here. I bought an ipod and it doesnt seem to be working, my pc doesnt recognise it. I have the following components and firwire card.

Appreciate the help, thanks.

Now someone will be a lot more willing to help his fellow podder when you reword it to something like that. Its not that were a bad bunch, but we just dont appreciate fundamentally useless threads.

Anyway, if you post the info we need ill help you the same as the next guy, but if you dont give us a chance then :confused:

@ ozzyo99, you?re right, but not everybody is internet forum experienced to know the proper "etiquette". the point i?m trying to make is, we don?t make anything better by flaming the user.

@ kham,

1. uninstall everyting that has to do with mmjb.

2. either get the usb 2.0 cable and use it or a firewire card with a via chipset. there?s a lot of useful info in our faqs. i suspect your problems are from using the cheap firewire card. ipods tend to be very picky about the compatibility with firewire cards. ones with via chipsets seem to work best (adaptec, orange micro, belkin...).

kham read our forum policy. we have rules against profanity on these boards. in the light of myself defending you, your behaviour is very poor. if you don?t comply with our forum guidelines (http://ipodlounge.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7588) in future, you?ll be banned. this is a g-rated forum. your posts should take that under consideration!

you said that your ipod only worked half the time before. often the ipod has problems with firewire cards (without a via chipset). these problems often manifest in inconsistent recognition and/or corrupt transfer of files f.e.

im not able to use itunes, im not able to transfer song to a directory, mmjb was more user friendly

Kham, why can you not use itunes. it is available for pc now aswell as mac, see http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ .
Good luck mate!

mine works great on windows xp, i bought the pod, ran the updater software, and loade dmy music. simple as that.

Originally posted by tyldis
Quick reply:
There seem to be some issue with iPods losing connectivity after a while. I even made a clean Windows install AND traced down a Mac user to test it before shipping it back to Apple.

Another iddue is that the port on the Soundblasters is NOT FireWire. It is something Creative calls SB1394 and is not a fullblown FireWire port... Some get it to work with the iPod other don't.

1. SB1394 IS Firewire, it is just another less-common term for it.

2. VIA chipsets and the Audigy Firewire ports have problems working together, but there is a fix out there.

3. I have my iPod hooked up to the front connector on my Audigy 2 Platinum, works great, it is firewire.

4. I don't know this for sure, but I think the SB in "SB1394" stands for Sound Blaster, in which case it would be Sound Blaster 1394, and as we all know, IEEE1394 is Firewire.