[finnman69]

Watch the video link. IPod batteries only last 18 months.

[KneelBeforeZod]

Well I remember that the ipod USED TO come with a battery that you couldn't replace and there WERE problems.

but since the link is about a year and a half old, its old news.

[Casloy]

My battery lasted 2 years and when I crapped out I replaced it myself for 29 dollars. This is much ado about nothing. If it bothers you, but the IPOD from Best Buy and buy an extended warranty.

[Swordmaker]

Check out this Quicktime movie satire on Apple iPods...

Really funny

[Swordmaker]

Are you ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN you planted apple trees???

[Rubber_Duckie_27]

I have an iPod that will be 2 years old in a few months. The battery is still going strong. I wish my (Windows/PC) laptop batteries at work lasted so long! At home I use an Apple iBook laptop and the battery is quite tough.

Incidentally, I have seen the iPod batteries changed and it's about as complicated as changing the battery on a cell phone!

[MadIvan]

My first Walkman for cassettes was a Sony. My CD player is presently a Sony. I see no need to change when it comes to MP3s.

Regards, Ivan

[chilepepper]

IMHO Apple is, in the business sense, only slightly more ethical than Microsoft.

KUDOS to Apple for recognizing how solid FreeBSD is and using as the basis for OsX.
KUDOS to Apple for recognizing how powerful IBM CPU chips are and using them for the basis of their hardware.
KUDOS to Apple for putting really small disk drives in MP3 players.

Razzberries to Apple for having a closed system mentality and being the champion to DRM.

i personally would *NEVER* buy *ANY* hardware made by Apple or Microsoft because i do not trust the motives of either bill gates or steve jobs...