Custom iPod Upgrade, Anyone?

One of these days, I was thinking about my MP3 player and the usefulness of the 120 GB iPod. Just for the record, my player has 2 GB of internal memory and an additional 2 GB microSD memory card, and with an autonomy of about 20 hours, I can only play a bit more than half of my playlist until I have to recharge it. Sounds reasonable to me, and so I get to notice how the iPod Classic is providing too much storage space - 30,000 songs or 150 hours of video? Come on!!!

I know, some of you may say people need to grab their entire music collection to have it on the road, family videos, and so on, but guess what - there are external drives for that, and they are more reliable and less likely to be lost or stolen! Anyway, if you want to pump up your iPod Classic to 240 GB of storage, here's how to do it(and WASTE A LOT OF MONEY in the process!)...

Go to RapidRepair and ask those guys to install a 1.8-Inch PATA hard drive from Toshiba into your iPod Classic, that's all! If you don't have an iPod Classic yet and you'd like a cost-effective solution, you can also grab some refurbished 30 GB iPod off Buy.com (currently priced at $145), and then get the 120 GB upgrade from RapidRepair, for "only" $180. Hmmm... that's still insanely expensive!

Final thoughts - this is A CRISIS! Even if honey would be falling off the sky, $145 for a damn refurbished 30 GB iPod Classic seems way too much for me, especially when there are plenty of excellent alternatives, brand new, for that price!(Cowon D2, anyone?)