For my party a few weeks ago E got me a special cable so I could plug my PowerBook directly into my ancient stereo. This way we could use the larger speakers rather than the PowerBook's dinky speakers. It worked just fine, and sounded as good as those speakers can.
Well, I just tried plugging my iPod into the stereo with the same cable, and lo and behold, it worked! Yay! I'm sure this is probably obvious to folks (that they would work), but for me it's a big thing. I've been using my PowerBook as a home stereo for, well, since I got it in September.
It also means that I don't have to worry about spending $$ on a speaker system for the iPod. Something like what Bose has. Oh, I'm sure it would sound better on a new Bose system. But I'm really not that much of a sound snob. And I'm sure I could find a better use for $300.
