I am both awed and disappointed in this years Macworld. Coolest thing - the Mac mini. I must confess at first however that I don’t use a Mac. Practically the only experience I’ve had with them involved my mom’s boss and her computer troubles, but that doesn’t mean that I can’t peacefully observe the goings on from a distance that doesn’t cost quite as a Mac would. It’s barely larger than a few CD cases stacked on top of one another, weighs less than my laptop, and costs $500! True, I couldn’t by any means afford that at the moment, but as fairly up to date computers go, that’s awesome. You have to take into account that it doesn’t have a monitor, keyboard or mouse, but who cares! Obviously, it doesn’t have your latest $600 graphics card, and I would imagine any upgrades other than memory would be next to impossible, you have to admit it looks pretty darn cool (go to apple.com and I’m sure you see lots of pretty pictures).

Yet another iPod has hit the streets, though I don’t imagine this one will kick off as well as every single other iPod that Apple has ever made. The new iPod Shuffle does just that - it shuffles all of your songs on a iPod “smaller than a pack of gum”. Just as with the iPod mini though, there comes a capacity downside… They come only in 512 MB and 1 GB models at $99 and $149 respectively. What I don’t like about this is the following: 1, it barely looks like an iPod! Who doesn’t love the iPod’s unique design and scroll wheel. An iPod isn’t complete without the satisfying click of scrolling through songs. But random song shuffling and no scrolling means no click. Secondly and most importantly, both hold less than 250 songs! Is it just me, or was something that made the iPod so successful was that it held your entire music collection? The $99 version will run out songs before it runs out of battery! At least the mini holds a respectable number of songs.

Also, I’m all excited right now because there are rumors that Miyazaki’s recent movie Howl’s Moving Castle will be released this June in the US! No idea if they’re true, but then there is still the question of if it will be shown anywhere near Charlottesville.

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BOO BOO BOO iPOD SHUFFLE!

Sorry for the caps, I’m angry.

i want to kill the little new ipoddy thing. and the mac mini, which is the silliest thing they have ever made- more cables than a monitor, almost, and since everyone is going wireless…

see, no caps!

not even shift…

What… what is this I’m feeling… I… I… have absolutely no opinion!

i hate my sister’s ipod (maroon 5? that hellacious counting crows song? ugh……) so therefore i hate all ipods. and macminis i guess. i think we should go back to LPs!

smacks lee in head

maroon five. i feel sorry for your sister’s iPod

the shrek2 soundtrack should die.

but iPods… just because they’re cursed with bad music doesnt mean you have to hate them all!

i do love LPs though. my parents had the strangest taste in music, though.

too many ‘though’s. its too early for this.

damnit, its 10:30.

wait… if you dont have an opinion, how can you have an opinion?!?!?!