OS X Leopard running from iPod

Why would i do this? Because I can...
What was needed: Firewire cable for an iPod (used a 4th Gen. 20Gb iPod picked up for 10 bucks)
iBook G4 (picked up for cheap no screen had to put one in)
retail OS X

The real reason I did this was to test A2DP BlueTooth functionality of Leopard
(not inclded in Tiger) and was not sure if I really want Leopard yet

Conclusion: It may be the limitations of the iBook I am using but A2DP is not ready for
prime-time at least on on this Mac iTunes works great but any video file be it QuickTime, Divx, or even DVD has broken sound.

Leopard actualy runs very well even with the limited speed of the iPod's hard drive This is not a recommended solution to run for any extended time period due to the nature of the iPod, it may eventualy burn out the iPod (they are not made to constantly run the hard drive all of the time)

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Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• OS X
• Leopard
• iPod
• iBook
• A2DP
• stereo
• bluetooth
• Firewire

[corbinse]

To be honest I am not sure if it would run faster.. It very well might due to the Solid State Drive.. but will they run off firewire? will have to look in to that.

[Paddy260991]

I take it that the 16GB nano would run faster as it has a flash drive?