[Igottago]

In my formative music listening years around mid-elemantary school through to junior high, my walkman never left my side. I was late to the party with CD's..by junior high they were everywhere but I still used the walkman more often than not. Even in high school, I remember making mix tapes to listen to in the car etc, although by that time I also had a discman.

I would never trade the convenience of an Ipod for those old technolgies though. Carrying my entire collection around in a small, easy to use, great sounding, long lasting device...pretty much trumps nostalgia any day.

I agree regarding mix tapes (or CD's, or playlists)...it seems that most ipod users let the device shuffle the songs. That's great sometimes, but I actually still really enjoy carefully making really good playlists on my ipod. Its a lot quicker than its ever been, and I'm not limited to the time constraints of tape or cd.