I am still lusting a Mac Mini, but the iPod Shuffle struck me as kinda lame and a bad deal when it was announced, and now, check this out:
Cheaper, about the same size, and more features… including a screen!
The Mac Mini is cool.. the iPod Shuffle is, well, diluting a really great brand (the iPod).
Shhh! The children will hear you, you blasphemer! (So says the mac fanatic as he dons the dark glasses and fake mustache and heads out to buy a sandisk mp3…)
One problem: the sandisk won’t work w/iTunes, will it? And that’s exactly why Apple knew it could sell the lack of features as, well, features. All that matters is that now, for $100, you can join the iTunes Music Store club.
I hate it when Apple plays hardball like this, but hey, if it grows the mac market and ensures I’ll have more mac os software and hardware options for years to come, I can’t knock it too much.
Yeah, that no screen thing is a buzzkill.
I’m beginning to wonder if I even need a portable mp3 player. It reminds me of the Walkman™ craze of 1982. Everybody needed a walkman but 2 years later they were just collecting dust.
But one thing’s for sure, I do need a g5. 🙂
I’m still an Apple loyalist…
Kate
PS – hey, you have captchas now! Aint blog spam a biotch?