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Originally Posted by speakingtohe
I understand your point. I get annoyed at the different ports on my various computers/devices that I will never use...
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I have a Firewire port on my desktop and notebook, but I never use them. I chose that desktop mainboard and that notebook because of other features, and the FW just came with it. I would still have bought them, had there been no FW while still costing the same.
However, someone else might want to connect a Firewire hard disk, camcorder, or external audio card to that port. I also have two DVI ports on my graphics card, but only one monitor; someone else might use the same card with two monitors.
The difference between these and the iPod dock port is that they are generic, and the iPod dock port is not. You can connect all sorts of stuff to the Firewire port, or connect many different brands and types of monitors (16:9, 16:10, 4:3, in many different resolutions) to the DVI port, but to the iPod dock port you can *only* connect an Apple iPod, and *only* very specific models at that.
My receiver also comes with an iPod dock. I actually had an iPod. And no, it would not fit that particular dock, as it was intended for *newer* iPods.
After switching to FLAC, I ditched the iPod, and refuse to buy anything created by Apple ever again. (For several reasons, not only because of that iPod dock.)