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[geekchick]

I have to admit that I've already thought about ordering a Mac mini. Given how freakin' slow store.apple.com is right now, I'm guessing I'm hardly alone.


Um. Footnote on the iPod shuffle page: "2. Do not eat iPod shuffle" Do they envision a big problem with that? *blink*

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[zuggy9.livejournal.com]

I'm hoping to purchase an iMac (http://www.apple.com/imac/) later this year and say good bye to Windows... at least at home.

When I can afford it, I'll get build a Linux server, but I dream of a day being free of M$!

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

Baaaaaaaaaaby Mac! ;-)

[geekchick]

Bwahahahahahahaha!!!

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Come over to the bright side of the Force... you know that you want to... ;) Besides, it's cute.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Isn't iPod shuffle just a glorified USB memory stick? I can imagine some toddler putting one of those in their mouth... enough that Apple's lawyers would tell them to put in the disclaimer.

[geekchick]

Toddlers are going to be reading the Apple site? =) Really, I think it's more likely they're trying to be cute.

Okay, as a Mac fan, riddle me this: if *any other company* had put out a $100 MP3 player which touted as its main features the inability to see what's playing (there's no display) and continuous shuffle, people would be speculating what sort of drugs the designers were on. When Apple does it, it's "genius". Why is that? It's that y'all've been drinking the Kool-Aid for too long, isn't it? =)

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Is $100 expensive for an MP3 player? No one around here has bought one... James has made noises about saving for one, I guess.

Checking the website... it looks like one can either download playlists from iTunes, or shuffle. Pretty minimal. Still, that's only a 50% premium on an ordinary 1GB memory stick.

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

...people would be speculating what sort of drugs the designers were on. When Apple does it, it's "genius". Why is that?

I've wondered that for a long time. I can only think of three things: Marketing, Marketing, Marketing. However, I'm also very tempted by the Mac Mini. May have to put one on my wish list.