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5Gb iPod for $199 at Apple Store

Posted by me101 on 21 November 2002 - 23:20 · 19 comments & 1876 views

Thanks go to timdorr in our Neowin - Macintosh Forum for spotting this nice deal...

From news on DealNews and MacMinute, it appears that Apple is offering factory-refurbished 5GB iPods for US$199, from the "Special Deals" section of the online Apple Store.

The page notes that the iPod is the model with the "original touch wheel" and it's the original 5Gb iPOD for Mac, and comes with Headphones (new earbud-style), Apple iPod Power Adapter, Apple FireWire Cable (2m), and CD with iTunes (not sure if it's the current release but you can always download it!) and comes with a One Year Limited Warranty.

So if you want to get on the bandwagon and grab an original Mac iPod for a rock bottom price, go to the Apple store where you will find ordering details... I presume that if they are getting rid of the 5Gb iPod (reduce inventory, that sort of thing), they are planning on "upgrading" the iPod, as one poster on our forums points out...

Silvorgold

A colour screen iPod would be really neat...

News source: Apple Store - iPod (5GB) with original touch wheel

Although the FTP server was intended for use by Microsoft's product support organization, marketing staff appeared to be using the server, unaware that it was accessible from the Internet, said Russ Cooper, "surgeon general" at security services provider TruSecure.

"They probably thought they were sharing the files just with other Microsoft people and that it was a protected server," Cooper said.

A Microsoft spokeswoman said the company has disabled downloads from the PSS Support server "to improve the privacy protections on the site." The server's outgoing file directory will be brought back online after a review of its security architecture demonstrates that customers' information is protected, she said.

Among the many people who stumbled upon the open FTP server was Andreas Marx, a virus researcher with GEGA IT-Solutions.
In a phone interview, Marx said he first noticed the security problem Nov. 15 after connecting to the FTP server to download a security patch for Microsoft Office. Marx said numerous directories in a section of the site marked "outgoing" were accessible and contained files with "really interesting names."

Marx said he reported the problem to Microsoft, and the company appeared to take the FTP server offline Monday. When the server was restored later in the day, it had been "completely cleaned" of confidential files, Marx said.

But shortly thereafter, he said, Microsoft employees apparently began uploading new confidential files to the public section of the FTP server.

"It looked like Microsoft had a policy about what files could be uploaded, but that some employees weren't following it," said Marx.

After a short stint offline Tuesday morning, the FTP server's incoming directory appeared to be back online later in the day with proper access permissions. The outgoing directory, which contained patches and other support information, was still inaccessible, however.

The incident follows the posting last month of dozens of Microsoft internal documents, including e-mails and reports labeled "Microsoft Internal Distribution," on a website operated by a security researcher in Turkey.

In an e-mail interview, Tamer Sahin said he was able to access Microsoft's internal network at the beginning of this year using "known vulnerabilities" in Microsoft's software. In a message at his site, Sahin said he hacked Microsoft and posted documents he retrieved during his trespass because of his "fanaticism to Unix."

At the time, a Microsoft spokesman said the information Sahin obtained was outdated, but declined to comment further, citing the company's policy of not discussing intrusion claims.

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#1 Posted by nic on 21 Nov 2002 - 23:47: 5 GB for 200 bucks? Isn't a RioRiot $200 for 20 GB? Everything coming from Apple is overpriced. And you can't replace the battery. I've never seen a battery that would take an infinate number of recharges. I think you are nuts if you buy this! (I do like the interface and the model though ohh... ipod...pretty)

(1 reply) #2 Posted by aaron901 on 22 Nov 2002 - 00:18: how does the rioriot u said look?

#3 Posted by Dessimat0r on 22 Nov 2002 - 00:38: If you need that many tunes on an iPod, you must really hate each tune...

#4 Posted by Silvorgold on 22 Nov 2002 - 01:06: hmmm unlike the rioriot, the ipod has a firewire port....so no waiting all nite for your songs to get onto the mp3 player...the more expensive mp3 players have firewire ports...while the cheaper ones like the rio riot only have a usb port...

#5 Posted by Kanecorp on 22 Nov 2002 - 01:18: the ipod is nicer looking too..can't forget about good looks...

#6 Posted by Trust on 22 Nov 2002 - 02:26: yes overpriced...

#7 Posted by idvah on 22 Nov 2002 - 03:35: a cheaper alternative is the creative nomad zen, its 20gbs for 300.00

(1 reply) #8 Posted by drewster2100 on 22 Nov 2002 - 03:57: how is 300$ cheaper than 200$?!

#9 Posted by AndyD on 22 Nov 2002 - 04:53: i think he means doller per gb. thats 200 for 5 and its refurbished. you can get a new zen for 300 and get 20gb. apple really needs to reduce their prices (so i can get one ) if not, hopefully bantams player will not be too expensive. Their new player will be the size of an ipod, with fm, and 5gb. If its less than 300, im sold

#10 Posted by timdorr on 22 Nov 2002 - 06:30: um, well, i guess every person that owns one and every review in the world is wrong, because just about everyone agrees that the iPod is the best mp3 player, PERIOD

#11 Posted by macster on 22 Nov 2002 - 08:18: I still think it is the best mp3 player in the world.

(3 replies) #12 Posted by Wickedkitten on 22 Nov 2002 - 10:38: sometimes there is a news story that changes my mind about whether or not people on neowin know how to read properly. Now for all you idiots that are still waiting on your hooked on phonics package let me clarify a few things right from the jump. Rioriot = ugly as sin block of plastic, stores 400 albums worth of music, includes firewire port ipod = sweet piece of kit, stores 5 gb worth of music [b]or[/b] works as a [b]boot enabled[/b]firewire hard drive, firewire as standard, hd can be upgraded by user (although apple wont tell you that) nomad zen = looks suspiciously along the same lines as an ipod, stores 10gb of data and music, includes firewire. now for those of you that are still stuck on stupid let me explain what all of that means: 1. the rioriot is a mp3 player 2. you can install jag onto the ipod and run it off of that as an external backup, you can copy files to the ipod and use it as a big ass cd/rw, you can use the ipod as a standard mp3 player, you can upgrade the firmware on the 5gb ipod and use the pda functions on it then get a fujitsu 60gb slimline laptop harddrive and slap that in for another 250, thus bringing the entire price up to 450 3. you can use the nomad zen as a mp3 player or giant 10gb cd/rw now do you actually see why the ipod for 199 would be the better option? some of you lot are thick, you should read the story and then read about ipods if you have no fscking clue before you post bullshit.

#13 Posted by biodome on 23 Nov 2002 - 11:50: Wicked - u sure about the 60GB fujitsu? that would be damn sweet... But i know the Toshiba HDs Apple are using are extremly thin (and expensive - that's why the pods costs so much btw), it's not the same size as laptop HDs, but even smaller - U say fujitsu got something in the same size with greater capacity?

#14 Posted by Kharhaz on 23 Nov 2002 - 17:19: Actually WickedKitten, the Nomad Zen is 20gb. I go for functionality. Looks come second, I personaly don't care what the IPOD looks like, it's $200 for the 5gb version. Not good at all.

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