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Sounds like he has a glittering career at McDonalds ahead of him. Foolish youth.

And this guy probably lives in his parent's basement.

Loser.

Your check is in the mail Max, good work.

So THAT's why he's a virgin... because all his FRIENDS are having sex and he's having NONE of those shenanigans!

It's one thing to swim against the stream because you have gotten to a point whereyou question why everyone else is so fanatical about something.

It's another thing to do it JUST because the masses are doing something, and not questioning the substance.

Perhaps this is what he needs to do to learn that there's a reason why people love their iPods and iTunes.

I hate it that all friends have Ferraris. I'm going to buy a ford so I can really be unique and stand out.

Sounds like a piece from The Onion if you ask me. "Max Roosevelt decided he'd rather beat his head in with his non-functioning, spontaneously combusting Dell laptop than get work done. . ."

Good take. It further reminds me of the expression, "Youth is wasted on the young."

To say "there must be something better...or just as good" is pretty lame.

This poor 18 year old has grown up in a world where the dominant OS is a disaster, but everyone uses it. This skews his mind to think that the iPod must too be a disaster because it is dominant.

I feel partly to blame because as an IT professional, I helped Microsoft dominate the market by recommending Windows to people back when there was no better choice (sorry, Mac OS 9 > is horrible) and I didn't do a great job unseeting MS when a better alternative (OS X) was avaialble.

Anyone who defines themselves by their mp3 player and chooses a lesser option just to be different needs to take a look at themsevles. Irrsepective of how good or bad the iPod is or how good or bad the SanDisk models are, you should choose the one that's best for you, not the one that isn't what other people have.

He doesn't want to be like everyone else! Don't you get it? He wants a Dell so that he can NOT be part of the crowd! Duh!

Why have I seen little written about the new iPod Shuffle? I think the design is revolutionary and brilliant.

Teflon,

iPod shuffle is not shipping, yet.
You'll see more written about the new iPod shuffle when it is available for purchase and reviews.

Teflon,

Could it be because the new Shuffle not available for purchase yet?

what a noob!

Big Al,

Has that ever stopped Microsoft weenies reviewing Vista?

Speaking of rebelling, this article say Macs are harder to use than PCs. Is this a M$ sponsored site or what?

Windows easier than OS X!

Sounds like someone has never used OSX.

C'mon MDN, why are you wasting space on this crap. Kids do this a lot. Hell probably most of us over 18 either did think like this on occasion wheterh we acted on it or not. Kids will be kids and sometimes things are not thought through. Its called growing up.
When are those damn core 2 duo laptops gonna come out.

MW: soon....now THAT was scary.

Soooo, he would rather wank than have the real thing?

MDNWord- movement

Yep, up and down on the spot.

Ugh. You can't claim that everyone who isn't you is an "also-ran" and also keep claiming that you're the rebel and the outsider.

One way or the other, MDN. The oxymorons are giving me whiplash.

Hmmmmm,
I checked out the article. There was no author posted. It sounds like the New York Times is to ashamed of its article to list who wrote it.

I do think that they totally missed the " buys a Dell to rebel against Apple" thing. Must be that they were too focused on the entertainment to worry about there being any news there.
Just another day in "news" town.

Norm

I helped Microsoft dominate the market by recommending Windows to people back when there was no better choice
Sorry, but every version of Mac OS has been better than Windows.
As for Max, he's a rebel without a clue.

Caring about what something isn't, rather than what it is, guarantees Max will be stuck in mediocrity for life.

Just another Member of Microsoft's Cult of Blind Ignorance™.

What a good little Microsoft Windows Butt Monkey Lemming Fan Dork™.

A rebel or outsider doesn´t follow the crowd.
The crowd is buying iPods.

MDN: "...he's only 18 after all, sounds quite confused, and he'll eventually grow up"

Well you just pissed off all the 18 year olds, MDN.
Showing your age. You are out of it - something a 40+ person would say to his teenage son.

So what.

jay,

I've always liked that 'saying' from G.B.Shaw, and the older I get (58 now), the better it get's.

To get this straight, one single student decides not to buy an iPod, and this is good for an article in The New York Times?
In related news, a man from Queens took a subscription of the Washington Post, because he does not want to read the same newspaper as the rest of the neighbourhood. He figured there must be a better or equally good newspaper.
Who gives a flying f*ck??

I was just speaking to a friend last night that recently got the 60gb iPod, his very first. His exact words were "If I weren't already married, I'd marry my iPod!" This from a person that previously held similar beliefs to Max.

And it's not that rare. Two young people in my family said the exact same thing about the iPod being "too popular" and ended up getting some also-ran players to be, different. They're content with them, but I've never heard them act excited enough to say they'd marry the things...

MicroLemming™

"whole cult mentality towards Apple"?? What about the "blinkered philistine pig-ignorance" towards Microsoft. (credit to Monty Python for phrasing)

Oooooo, I'm going to "rebel" by making the same choices as my parents!

Livin' life on the edge, this guy...

lol! What a hypocrite this kid is. He buys a Dell so he can stand out and be different?!? Way to "stick it to the man" Max!

What a tool. Unfortunately, there are plenty of adults that are exactly like Max. The more positive things they hear about Apple, the more they dislike it. It's like a smoker who only increases their habit when exposed to more smoking kills awareness advertising.

MDN's take hit the nail on the head.

question du jour: who made this rule that one MUST HAVE a portable music device?

I came to America because here, you have a choice.

just my 2p.

I was thinking "Cutting off your nose to spite your face" way before reaching MDNs take. It's exactly what he's done.

Oh, and are they all incompatible with Macs, or can you just drag MP3 files onto them ?

This isn't a news story...

It's an Apple hit piece by Mr. Rothman disguised to look like a story about Max Roosevelt.

Here's a news flash for you Mr. Rothman: Many people have chosen the Apple iPod because Apple provides the best customer experience in terms of thier choice of portable listening devices and the software used to manage thier music libraries.

Many consumers have made a *conscious decision* to buy an iPod, and for once, have chosen the best product on the market. I'm sorry if you don't like the choice we've made, but stop griping about it.

And, you can quote me on that.


MW: 'death'. As in, 'Death to all non-Apple mp3 players'... lol

Anything that a lot of people do or like or say will create detractors, based simply on the fact that the majority of people are doing it. Normal human nature. Not everyone has to use an iPod.

Hopefully, Apple will always produce and iPod+iTunes+iTS experience that will make it the obvious choice for 75% of people. The other 25% can keep Apple from having a monopoly.

I really don't buy this.

Why is it, that when Apple (at last) get a glimmer of success, do the media suddenly report PR spin like this.

" I just don’t like the whole cult mentality towards Apple. I don’t like how everyone gravitates toward it immediately"

Look around you Max; everyone is using Windows - why don't you rebel against that? Oh yeah, you don't because your an MS stooge, placed there by Microsoft's PR company.

Why would the New York Times interview a nobody 18-year old in his dorm room?

He's got a Dell, enough said.

"Apple is the rebel"

In every case EXCEPT the portable media player market, that is.

The "cult" of Mac is a myth perpatrated by another cult, a real cult hell bent on world domination for no better purpose than to be in control of everything. Us long time Mac users simply do not want to use anything made by MS if we can at all help it - And of course we really like the Macintosh.

And regarding the comment about "everyone" "gravitating" toward Apple... Well I guess if you're 18 it might seem that way, but the truth is that Apple has worked long and hard to get to a place where everyone, not just Mac fanatics, is interested in getting Apple products, and not just iPods.

If you don't want to use an iPod, then cool - don't. Thank the Good Lord you have a choice, (all subjective feelings about your choices aside). And Max, thing about this: Having real choices in the computing/peripheral market place has been a fairly recent development. Up to now the world has been dictated to, but thankfully that's chaning.

Just some fodder for thought.

Another article paid for by Ballmer?

He's 18. He hasn't been around long enough to realize that the rebel has finally come out on top, and he just thinks its "bad" because it's "popular"

A terrible association, and invalid argument. Perhaps he should have actually done some research before hopping on the Mafiasoft bandwagon.

Boy, talk about a rebel without a cause.

In another news, Luke Skywalker decided to join Darth Vader because the Rebels are finally winning. He is determined to be on the losing side, who cares about good and bad?

Chris wrote: "Another article paid for by Ballmer?"

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I'm kinda doubting it. Ballmer's a sales dude. He's all about the bottom line. I don't think he'd pay for it.

Gates, on the other hand: he's the "philanthropist." He's far more likely to have sponsored this piece.

A rebel without a clue.

By this logic, we can assume this guy uses Macs so that his PC is different from all those dull, Windows-based boxes out there.

However, he's probably not smart enough to realize the irony.

He wants to be a rebel and yet buys a Dell? Grow up, man!