i've told you many times, dhs. Buy a battery for it and install it. Or take it to many of the companies that will replace the battery for you. Restore it to operation instead of whining about it. It will still run, still play music, still do what it was designed to do. In what way is it obsolete for what it was designed to do???? So what if it doesn't load the latest operating system that is designed for devices that DO THINGS YOUR iPOD SIMPLY DOESN'T HAVE THE HARDWARE TO DO???? Your iPod can't use the newest OS. Get that through your thick skull. Use the brain for something other than a space filler inside that skull.
You are like the guy who demands that his VHS deck play DVDs and is pissed off when it can't and blames the manufacturer for not designing the VHS deck to play DVDs when DVDs had not yet been invented. Technology moves on at a rapid pace and older tech cannot keep up. Quit whining and buy a new battery and install it. You tell me you have the skills to do it.
The more you whine, the more I doubt you do.
Some good things about Apple.
> They single handedly pulled the digital music player business out of the nose dive that whole industry was heading in after naptser. They appeased RIAA and brought them back from the brink and made it very convenient to purchase music legally.
> They were responsible for expanding the use of parallel SCSI. Especially as a harddisk interface. This opened a >huge< market for data storage late 80s to late 90s.
> Apple quality is very good. Both hardware and software.
Some bad things about Microsoft.
> Their OS is pretty bad. Especially every other release — ME, Vista,... all pretty bad. It is as if every other release is a field beta test for the actual release.
> My old laptop stated getting frequent blue screen of deaths. I reinstalled Linux on it and haven't had a problem with it. It has been three years. Clearly, it wasn't the hardware. The only explanation is that the OS gets stale and must be reinstalled. I have seen this before.
Linux is a very good free alternative to Windows. It will open all of the MS Office documents. Plus it is not as vulnerable to viruses. Did I mention that it is free?
> Virus vulnerabilities are well known and Windows has a the bad reputation.
> IE (better known as Internet Exploder) is a real pain to use. See the above comment about viruses. Especially, the latest version. It struggles with many websites. Not certain why and this is something that I have noticed recently. I run Chrome or Firefox. IE is almost impossible to use sometimes.
> Why anyone would want Windows on a phone is beyond me. Then again, I haven't had a phone with Windows on it. Although I have seen it in operation. Maybe because I remember the early versions of Windows CE. Terrible.