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Dave McGuire wrote: Hi Dave, SO you admit the elitist attitude and price part? :) For as long as I've been on the internet, you think I would have learned by now to avoid posting flame-bait like that. There are tons of ipod/itunes and iphone issues abound (see ongoing Sherman Antitrust Act lawsuits, like slattery vs apple. This suit has been renamed, and I'm too lazy to find it). If you've ever own an ipod, you know exactly what the problem is. You must use itunes to manage your ipod, and it only manages your ipod. Want to just load mp3s onto your ipod without itunes? You can't do it (w/o running 3rd party unsupported software that risks damaging the stability of your ipod). Every other mp3 player sold(OK, I'm probably pushing my luck here) supports simply copying the .mp3s directly onto the player. Proprietary .AAC extensions, DRM issues, problems w/ corrupted ipods and getting music that you paid for off it. Moving/switching/upgrading ipods. Apple charging for removing drm, etc. I was mainly talking about the hardware<---->OS locks. According to the license agreement for OSX, you must install OSX on Apple Hardware. If your apple hardware breaks, you have to buy more, expensive, apple hardware to replace it. You are forced to buy their hardware to upgrade. Completely different situation with Windows, Linux, and so on. You can use any available (compatible) hardware, and if my dell breaks, I buy a new Dell, Gateway, Sony, etc etc etc. I don't know about video cards, etc, but the pure number of hardware options available for Windows/Linux users simply kills any mac offering. Isn't simply having much more choice about what hardware to use better than being given a smaller group to choose from? http://www.pcworld.com/article/181200/bad_apple_five_classic_apple_marketin… Has this stuff changed recently? Keith