quick question about conversion!!!

[whateva]

Hi

I have a 2nd gen mac ipod and i want to convert it to work on windows.
My computer doesn't have a firewire but can i connect the mac ipod to my windows pc using the pc usb cable and run the updater?? or do i need to buy a firewire port.

Does anybody have any more advice on the converting mac ipod into win ipod???

cheers

[McTex]

I use an iPod with windows 2000 (have no choice, the only PC I have). You don't have to have firewire to use an iPod with windows pc..... I use USB on mine.

You do need to have the USB cable for your iPod (which until the 4th gen was not a standard accessory included)...... and you need to be running windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 installed or Windows XP.

As per Apple..... iPod for Windows requires a PC with built-in FireWire or USB 2.0 port or a Windows-certified FireWire or USB 2.0 card and Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4) or Windows XP Home or Professional.

[SouthsideIrish]

Now, how would you use a 2nd Gen iPod, that never had usb support on a computer without usb? You can't even connect the usb cable to the 2nd Gen iPod, since the 2nd Gen has a standard firewire connector on the top of it.

You will need to get a firewire card, but they are cheap, and won't cost much more than than USB cable.

Bill

[whateva]

cheers mate thats what i wanted to know. Whether a second gen ipod had usb support.