Peter Burkimsher
Level 1
Joined: Jul, 2002
Posts: 53 matthew, you are totally WRONG! (but dont take it personally)
YES, Pam, you CAN connect to a mac (but only OS X) with the USB cable. i am sitting here right now in front of my iBook 300, with no firewire, and my 30GB iPod is happily sitting on my desktop. however, 2 things you should notice:
1. the ipod transfer for music is painfully slow (so leave it overnight)
2. USB doesnt charge your ipod battery (so charge it with the power adaptor)
I bought the cable riskily, with only the assurance of one other person on the internet who i spent days looking for, but it does work. you have my reassurance.
cya,
Peter
iBook 300 blue, iMac DV; Mac OS X (10.2.x); 80GB disk, iPod 5GB, iPod 30GB