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To quote a coworker of mine, “Apple’s going to make unspeakable amounts of money on these.” I’m especially glad to see the Mac mini<\/a>, since it’s exactly<\/em> what I’ve been searching around for as the media hub of a new entertainment center I’m putting together now that I’m no longer in a one-bedroom apartment. Cheap ($499 starting, a little over $600 for the bluetooth & 80G version I want), small (6.5″ x 6.5″ x 2″), and quiet \u2014 it’ll be my combination CD jukebox, DVD player and MIDI munger for my keyboard.<\/p>\n As for the iPod Shuffle<\/a>, I could really see this becoming the satellite-radio killer<\/a>. If the iPod is your music collection in your pocket and the iPod mini is your jogging music \/ music wherever you want, the iPod Shuffle is going to be the daily download. Mix it with iMix<\/a>, Wiretap Pro<\/a> and\/or a Radio Shark<\/a> and you’ve got a personalized commercial-free radio with a “next song” feature. You miss out on realtime info like traffic reports (which really should go to your GPS\/nav system anyway) and breaking news, but how much news breaks between the time I leave for my commute and arrive at my destination? I’d also miss out on Howard Stern if I don’t go with satellite radio, but for me that’s a feature, not a bug.<\/p>\n As is traditional, Apple’s stock<\/a> is down almost %6 as of this writing. Me? I just put in a buy order…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" To quote a coworker of mine, “Apple’s going to make unspeakable amounts of money on these.” I’m especially glad to see the Mac mini<\/a>, since it’s exactly<\/em> what I’ve been searching around for as the media hub of a new entertainment center I’m putting together now that I’m no longer in a one-bedroom apartment. Cheap ($499 starting, a little over $600 for the bluetooth & 80G version I want), small (6.5″ x 6.5″ x 2″), and quiet \u2014 it’ll be my combination CD jukebox, DVD player and MIDI munger for my keyboard.<\/p>\n As for the iPod Shuffle<\/a>, I could really see this becoming the satellite-radio killer<\/a>. If the iPod is your music collection in your pocket and the iPod mini is your jogging music \/ music wherever you want, the iPod Shuffle is going to be the daily download. Mix it with iMix<\/a>, Wiretap Pro<\/a> and\/or a Radio Shark<\/a> and you’ve got a personalized commercial-free radio with a “next song” feature. You miss out on realtime info like traffic reports (which really should go to your GPS\/nav system anyway) and breaking news, but how much news breaks between the time I leave for my commute and arrive at my destination? I’d also miss out on Howard Stern if I don’t go with satellite radio, but for me that’s a feature, not a bug.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n