XPost: comp.sys.cbm   
   From: brain@jbrain.com   
      
   Mark Smith wrote:   
   > Not planning on selling C64's ?  I should hope not!  That would be an   
   > amazingly stupid thing for them to do and they'd go bust in no time   
   > flat!  These days there is good money to be made on personal   
   > entertainment like the ipods and other toys .. the trick is getting   
   > that extra edge, iPod went for cool and funky and now runs on the lust   
   > value of the brand name even though there are technically better   
   > machines out there.   
      
   I agree with your position.   
      
   However, at the rick of getting off-topic, I just completed a search for   
     a personal media device, and I chose the iPod.  While there may be   
   some other variants with more technology and/or features, there are more   
   peripherals/accessories for the iPod, the user interface cannot be   
   matched (I tried a ton of them), and the size is definitely a selling   
   point.  I can see why tons of people buy it because their friends have   
   one, and that may drive the accessories, but I am not a sheep, I bought   
   it because it works well, has nice features, and the user interface is   
   the best of the ones I tried.   
      
   Jim   
      
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