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Ipod question for a new buyer!

Im going to be buying the 80kg Ipod, but i have a friend that says that Limewire or any other place that you can get music for free, the files are to big and that you will not be able to hold as much songs, and that you have to go to itunes and downloand the songs and pay for them the files are much smaller. Can anyone confirm of deny this?

Please serious info please...

Thanks
[398 byte] By [gouch3411] at [2007-11-11 14:37:38]
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# 1 Re: Ipod question for a new buyer!
Welcome. iPod: About compatible song formats (http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61476). You can use the iPod support site at Apple for information about iPods & iTunes.

You can use the 'select your product' drop down menu in the upper right:
http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/
honeybee1236 at 2007-11-15 17:25:49 >
# 2 Re: Ipod question for a new buyer!
Your friend is a monkey. The files are definitely not too big for your iPod, especially if your getting an 80GB model. Most limewire files are 128kbps anyway, smaller than the average bitrate (to me at least).

Sure you could sacrifice sound quality for song quantity, but unless you have 20,000 + songs, they is no need for that sacrifice. However your songs have been/will be aquired, your fine. You'll run out of space quicker if you files are really, really high quality (usually taken by a CD you custom ripped), but still, like me, I'm guessing you'd rather have 15,000 songs with amazing audio quality over 18,000 with noticably poorer quality.
Chricton at 2007-11-15 17:26:49 >
# 3 Re: Ipod question for a new buyer!
Surprisingly, this is a common misconception from the general public. Many people think that you have to get your music through iTunes in order to use a iPod. This is pure nonsense. As long as the songs on your computer (we won't discuss the source) are in either the mpeg-4 AAC (m4a), mp3, Apple lossless, wav, or AIFF formats, then the iPod will play them just fine. As honeybee already pointed out, you can view the full song compatibility list (and their subsequent bitrates) for iPods on Apple's website.
kornchild2002 at 2007-11-15 17:27:55 >
# 4 Re: Ipod question for a new buyer!
this must be a joke.
chuckley at 2007-11-15 17:28:50 >
# 5 Re: Ipod question for a new buyer!
I don't know if I'd wanna be lugging around an 80Kg iPod! ;)
Galley at 2007-11-15 17:29:48 >
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