The iPod Turns Five: Mature, Or Youthful Toy?

Five years ago the Mac community was shocked when Apple introduced the iPod.

The iPod was an expensive, brick-like toy; a CD player without CDs, a me-too anomaly with a future.

Who wanted to walk around with a set of pearl white ear plugs telling the world you lived in a music shell?

Apparently, nearly everyone. iPod ear plugs, five years later, are ubiquitious.

What was the digital music world like before the iPod? In a word, “Napster.”

Back in the day, people.... (excerpted).

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