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	[quote name="Entropy Stew"][quote name="Choson"]Now is probably not a great time to buy the stock though, considering they've decided to enter two markets that already pretty much exist -- small desktop PCs (Shuttle)[/quote] I have a Shuttle already, and just bought a mini. I don't think form factor is a major decision point for the whole Mac vs. PC deal. [quote]and necklace MP3 players with 512MB+ capacity. So basically they're banking on the Apple brand and its strength in design, which isn't going to win that many new converts, I'm guessing.[/quote] Yes, nobody ever bought an Apple product because of its design and brand strength. [quote]On a related note, I picked up the iPod 3rd generation, based on a similar decision process to the one you described, after initially picking up an iRiver MP3 CD player -- the size and supposed quality of the Apple brand won me over (it's the only thing I own of theirs). I ended up having to RMA the first one because the touch-sensitive wheel and buttons worked about 25% of the time, leaving me with a really cool looking flashy box the other 75% of the time. The replacement still has issues with the back button not always working, and the battery meter is pleasingly idiosyncratic (sometimes right, sometimes completely wrong). So yeah, Apple: Design is Job #1.[/quote] Guess you had a bad run, because I've heard next to no complaints about build quality. I personally have had to return about 85% of the video cards I've purchased (my GF6800 is the only original purchase to stay working over last 5 years) because I am just fucking cursed. -/ES/-[/quote]