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Posted by Carl Alviani | 2 Jan 2009
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Fairly straightforward explanation of how to get a 5-year-old iPod back into viable operating condition: the Retro Thing blog describes swapping out the battery and operating system, and upgrading the 15GB hard drive to 32GB of flash memory -- all for about US$75.
A couple of interesting observations here.
First, with the new global austerity trend and recessionista meme, could fixing your old electronics rather than replacing them finally start coming back into fashion?
And second, a 5-year-old MP3 player now qualifies as "vintage electronics."
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yes, it's time we fixed stuff instead of trashing it. i swapped out the battery of a dying ipod mini for about $10 and it works good as new (better actually since the new battery last longer).
This is great! This is absolutely necessary in our disposable world. If we did this on a regular basis then we could concentrate on building a relationship with the things we buy. Swap the guts and keep the shell. The design doesn't have to die.