Apple envy

I read about an interesting demonstration of the capability of ipod touch.
Ipod touch might be really worth it in the future.


I already have my 80GB ipod classic, the first and only apple product I've ever owned. But I must say, there was always a place for an apple product somewhere in my heart, ever since my old high school gave out G4 ibooks to students (a small, rich, and elitist school can do wonders) for the duration of the school life.

Strange thing is that I don't like the apple corporation. I don't like Steve Jobs (though I don't particularly hate him either), I don't like the apple corporate tactics, and while I do appreciate the beauty of OS X and physical design of the apple products themselves I was never infatuated with the stereotypical apple target demographics or the apple 'style', if there is such a thing. What I can't forgive about apple is how they attempt to lock in their customers to their own proprietary softwares and hardwares, to the extent that anyone thinking of breaking from apple brand products must be prepared to dish out significant sums of money and time.

Yet despite my predisposition against apple practices, whenever I am considering getting a new portable media player or a computer (something I should be thinking about, seeing how laptop is almost at the end of its lifespan), I can't stop thinking about apple. I am beginning to think that I am not the only one in this predicament. Everyone seem to have something to say against apple, yet its products are always glooming around the horizon like ever present fatality.

Will my next main computer be macbook pro? Or will it be something from lenovo or dell? Ugh. I really want a macbook pro. My principles seem to be the only thing standing against going out and purchasing it right now.