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iPod picked as "top five worst" holiday gif

updated 02:00 pm EST, Wed December 5, 2001

 
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While faring quite well in other polls and tech-gift guides, a recent poll conducted by TechTarget finds Apple's iPod among the top five worst holiday gifts. TechTarget polled "1,000 computing professionals" to produce the results, which also found Nintendo's GameCube, and the Blackberry wireless handheld to be among the worst holiday gifts. The top five holiday gifts, according to TechTarget, include an HDTV, DVD-RW drive, and digital video camera.


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    Huh?

    Gamecube awful???

  1. noverflow

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    huh?

    ipod awful???

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    M$ GEEKS

    No doubt 99.9% of the voters were windows geek boys. Evidence being that the Gamecube was in the top 5 unwanted gifts, while the X (10 tonne brick) Box was not.

    And while I would not buy an iPod currently, if I got one for xmas I would have a baby, perhaps it comes down to jealousy because the geeks cant use it.

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    who cares

    This is a WhoCares company anyway, check their website. Complete bollocks, just like their list, which is about as diverse in its "IT Professionals" as it is in its charter.

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    Sure...

    HDTV? Yeah, that'd make a great gift, if you're a bloody millionaire! I'm pretty sure more people will be getting gamecubes and iPods this christmas than freakin HDTVs.

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    Holiday gif?

    iPod picked as "top five worst" holiday gif

    gifs are bad... use PNGs instead :)

    and, how can the iPod be picked as the "top five worst"? Maybe one of the five, but surely not all five, right?

  1. maswell

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    uh, yeah

    $h!t, If anyone doesn't want their "crappy" iPod for Christmas, please email me...

    Meanwhile, I'll be in line buying the 5 HDTVs for my family!!! Ho ho ho.

    PS-- These people at TechTarget are clearly on smack. ON SMACK!!!!

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    This is a load of c***

    When I first saw the iPod I thought...."who cares". I finally gave in, Apple has a way of doing that to me. I sold my Archos MP3 player and got an iPod. It is the best MP3 player I used, hands down. I don't know how I did without it.

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    Oh Well

    I went to their webpage to see this for myself... but I couldn't navigate it for the life of me, so I guess I can't complain about something I can't find. It makes me wonder if anyone who can actually find this list will take it into consideration. Since the Gamecube is selling better than the XBox currently, I guess we'll un-merry christmases all around!

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    re:This is a load of c***

    When I first saw the iPod I thought...."who cares". I finally gave in, Apple has a way of doing that to me. I sold my Archos MP3 player and got an iPod. It is the best MP3 player I used, hands down. I don't know how I did without it.

    LOL -- I know exactly what you mean. When the original iBook came out, it wasn't something that I knew I wanted. At least, I thought it was nice, but it wasn't a breakthrough like the iMac was, so I didn't care.

    Until I actually bought one, that is.

    Apple has some really good stuff at times... it just takes some time for it to sink in. I think it's because before their release, the rumors hype it up so much, that anything they actually release looks bad in comparison. And then, a while later, it hits you -- this is really good.

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