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While the Mac Mini actually looks cool, and has a pretty good price-point, I don't understand the iPod Shuffle. I just bought a 512 MB SanDisk mp3 player (it also does WMA, but I couldn't care less) that had a nice visual interface, and let you rearrange songs into folders and navigate based on that (it also came with a voice recorder and an FM tuner), and was about the size of a pack of gum. Why would someone want the Shuffle in comparison? No interface, navigation is ham-fisted (it's important if you're listening to something like an audio-book), and should the battery die you're SOL. Granted, being able to just plug it into a USB port and having it recarge itself while in a USB port is cool, but I think they're really just minor features compared to what was left out. What's the point of an Apple product unless it has a really great user interface?
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