Apple iPod shuffle 1st Generation (512 MB) MP3 Player

Apple products are Apple products and they will always have compatibility issues with Windows. I had to make a few tweaks to my machine in order for it to recognize the connection of the Shuffle. This stands true for any Apple product. Know what you are dealing with when you buy their products and opt not to run them on an Apple machine.

Now for the Shuffle.

Being a previous owner of an iPod shuffle I have nothing but great things to say about it. Maybe the one single and only flaw would be that it is so small and light weight, that it caused me to lose it at the gym! I replaced it with a Nano and now have my regrets.

I assume people looking to potentially buy an iPod shuffle have also considered the so-called ''better'' products Apple offers in the MP3 player category.

Let me start off by saying the only reason you should consider another product is if you absolutely must have a color screen. I replaced my shuffle with a Nano because the price differential was not too much greater. Well the battery on my Nano lasts 1/4 the amount of time the one on my shuffle did. Secondly, the iPod nano as well as all the other iPod products show an extreme level of wear and scratching after minimal use, REGARDLESS OF HOW CAREFUL YOU ARE. I am as careful as can be, and yet my iPod nano looks like it got ran over my a squadron of dump trucks!

My iPod shuffle would actually produce better sound quality than the Nano, and the battery life was a significant improvement.

Might I add the Shuffle hardly weighs anything at all! Great for people who prefer their own soundtrack at the gym.

I've owned a wide variety of MP3 players and this was my best purchase.

All apple products come with a poor set of headphones so consider an upgrade. Blew out both the Nano and Shuffle headphones after a week.

If you pass on the Shuffle and buy another Apple iPod, make sure to get a case.

Recommended? Certainly!