Buying my first i-pod

Hi
Which is the latest available i-pod and will there be a newer model released before Christmas?
I've always stored my itunes stuff on a laptop, and have never owned an i-pod before.
However, I now realise that owning one would be a far more convenient (portable) way of storing my music, and am looking for some advice on which model to buy.
I've had a look on the the net and quite fancy the, 64 GB, i-pod touch, but would appreciate people's thoughts before I purchase.

The 5th gen is the latest.
Apple has not announced any new ipod at all. no one know any more than that.

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For financial reasons, as well as me not wanting to take a 2500+ (roughly) laptop to school on a daily basis, worrying about it being stolen/dropped or something, I don't want to buy the MBP retina yet, it's new technology and a little overpriced because of that (I personally feel).
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Anyway, what would you recommend, especially considering the upgraded 15' starts at the base 15' Retina price, so I highly doubt getting that, cause if I was convinced on that, I'd probably go for retina.
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Don't worry about Mountain Lion with http://www.apple.com/osx/uptodate/ program you'll be set.
Now to all other questions...
This article 13-inch MacBook Air vs. 13-inch MacBook Pro: Which should you buy? | Apple - CNET News compares the MBP and MBA, I know you said you were considering two different MBPs but this might have relative information.
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So if portability is ultimately what you're after a MBA may be your best option. From the uses you described to me it doesn't look like you'll be doing a lot of things at once. Once you learn gestures and how easily it is to switch between spaces and full screen apps multiple windows on a single screen will start to be a thing of the past. Also the MBA uses SSDs which provide it a decent speed boost over traditional HDDs.
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maya salem wrote:
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