Goodbye Apple, I hardly knew ya!

After a year with my iPod Nano (1st gen) and dealing with Apple's software and firmware updates, I am finished with Apple. Done. Goodbye. Forever. I am about as likely to buy a Ford at this point as I am to buy another Apple product.
Yes, the UI is nice, but if the software doesn't work, a pretty JPG is just as functional.
Yes, everyone else has an iPod. For now. Until they all continue to use iTunes 7 and associated iPod updates (ie, 1.3).
The good news is that this month's issue of Wired magazine had some reviews on some nice new MP3 players. Ones that don't require iTunes 7. Check them out!
Anyway, it was nice dabbling in the Apple world, but the experiment has come to a sad end.
Good bye sweet sweet Apple.

You must have been unlucky. I think it is more your computer, not the ipod.
I have had no problems with the firmware or itunes. itunes 7 is brilliant program and works perfectly on my PC. I have seen nothing but improvements in the ipod firmware. If you have a crappy pc, you can hardly blame it on apple.

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Goodbye Apple, I hardly knew ya!

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