Well I finally broke down and got an iPod

I got two iPods actually.  A 160GB Classic and an 8GB Nano.

Whoa, let’s back up first.  Why is this such a big deal to me?  How is this me “breaking down”?

Well, for many years (as far back as I can remember), I’ve pretty much hated Apple.  Why?  I don’t like their business practices.  People complain about Micro$oft’s proprietary and evil business practices.  They get mad when MS embeds their browser in their OS.  Hmmm.  But… when Apple does it… “It’s the best thing ever” and “It just works”.

So, here’s the thing.  I’ve tried Creative, SanDisk, iRiver, and Archos.  No one has anything even close to an iPod, in terms of form factor and usability.  Even the “competition” (the Zune) isn’t even close.

Unfortunately, the iPods are very compatible with Ubuntu.  Too bad Apple doesn’t really support Linux, even though it’s built on BSD Linux.  I guess older iPods worked with YamiPod, gtkPod, and other OSS Linux software.  But the newest iPods don’t work (yet?).

So.  To all my friends who have been listening to my rants and raves against Apple for so many years: Go ahead.  Leave your comments.  Get it out of your system.