How expensive is it to legally fill an iPod?

November 9, 2003 10:52 pm UTC
by Dennis Lloyd

I don’t know how many other people have done the math on this one, but I was thinking about iTunes and the new iPod when I realized that to fill a 40GB iPod (legally) from iTunes would be rather expensive. If you believe the 10,000 song capacity, it would run $9900 dollars, plus the cost of the iPod. Assuming that an average CD album is $12.50 and has 15 tracks, it would cost about $8,330 dollars to fill the iPod. All this makes me wonder when a more affordable alternative is going to turn up.

Dennis Lloyd

I'm a passionate, long-time lover of Apple products, and was a civil draftsman and graphic designer before creating the iLounge web site. My prior projects include work for The Los Angeles Times' LATimes.com, and the company Creative Domain, where I developed websites for clients including Columbia Pictures, Disney, Fox Studios, Universal Pictures and Warner Brothers. As the Publisher of iLounge, I direct the site's community forums, photo galleries, iPod User Group, and general business affairs, which have grown under my watch to over sixteen million page views every month. I'm happily married with one daughter, one dog (Rocket the Wonderdog), one cat (Ferris), many iPods, iPhones, iPads, and two turntables.

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