Not necessarily, depends how much it was and what you want to use it for. If it was a really cheapo one then you don't have to take as much care with it, you might take it places you wouldn't take an ipod, like camping, walking, climbing, biking etc. Mines only 256mb and it does me fine. I can't be bothered with making playlists and messing around with itunes etc. I just like to plug it in, chuck on a few good tracks and I'm gone.