March 5th, 2005
New iPod Mini
My new iPod Mini arrived the other day… well, it was mine for about 5 hours. It was really bought for my wife, but I got to play with it until she got home from work. 
Her computer is an “old” dual AMD MP BoxxTech machine and was well before FireWire and USB 2.0 was common. I had picked up a USB 2.0 PCI card the other day and got it installed in her machine. After the quick install of the USB 2.0 card, I was ready to get using the iPod Mini.
I had played with the iPod Mini in the Apple stores before, but somehow it just felt smaller now. It took me a little bit to get used to the controls (ok — i didn’t read the manual first). Anyhow.. it wasn’t long before the wife got home and started loading it up with all her music for running/walking while training.
I’ll probably never see the iPod again — but that’s okay — my Mac Mini should be arriving in a week or two and I’ll get my new “toy”.
