Will an iPod Touch slow down a computer?
Question:
I have a friend whose daughter purchased a 32GB iPod touch and it has slowed down their computer tremendously. My son would like to get the 16 GB iPod touch and I can’t seem to get a consistent answer from the Apple people about how it would affect our computer. My daughter has a 4GB nano and my son has a 16GB nano also. They share an iTunes account. Do you know anything that can help me? Is it needing a ton of hard drive space to just save all the downloads from i-tunes? Or is the issue something else?
Answer:
Unless something really weird is going on (like drive space running out), I doubt the slowdown on your friend’s computer is due to the iPod Touch. iTunes really doesn’t leave much of a footprint on systems, and I haven’t seen it cause severe performance hits.
Is it needing a ton of hard drive space to just save all the downloads from i-tunes?
Sure. But total up the amounts:
A new iPod Touch – 32GB
Your daughter – 4GB
Your son – 16GB
TOTAL – 52GB
And that total assumes you’re filling up every device to the max capacity, which probably won’t happen. If you have 52 GB or more free on your PC, you’ll be fine.
If you have enough drive space, I’d say to get the iPod Touch.
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