iPod Mini: Failure.

Yes, to hose who know what they're doing, which may or may not be more than 50 percent of the MP3 player buying market, however, for those like Deker's sister-in-law, and the 2 people I know, it very much is an image item, and it's because of this that I think that the iPod, despite it's clear deficiencies compared to the standard iPod, will sell.

On the opther hand, who remembers the thread posted a loooong time ago, regarding the first computer virus, called "goodtimes" and how that realated to the lack of popularity for macintosh computers. The gist of the article was that for those that aren't computer savvy, they would often listen to people like us, who 'are' when purchasing things like iPods, that WE would not buy, and thus give them a bad review of a product, that may very well be fine for them, such as a Mini iPod, vs. a standard. For those, that do not have a large music collection, ubt want only to have a few songs at easy disposal, and have an image item such as an iPod, would be prone to buy an iPod mini, wheras those who are perhaps slightly less computer savvy than say, us, but do also have a lot of music, and know how to port that onto an iPod should thus by all means buy a standard iPod. All others though, should, when confronted with the idea, buy an iPod Mini.

PS. Does anyone remember the article that I'm talking about?