My video ipod is broken. Won't get out of diagnositcs mode. Am so frustrated. Though it is about two years old, which means it was about that time for it to break and me to have to get a new one. Perhaps I get the new MacBookPro and ipod all at once? decisions, decisions.

I'm one of those people who has changed her loyalty from a PC to a Mac. It all happened the more I started playing with video editing and couldn't stand how much my PC would crash. I haven't switched over at home yet, but I got one at work and slowly other people are asking for them too. Especially folks who do creative stuff. We're loving them. So that made this story by Business Week (thanks again Jeff!), The Mac in the Gray Flannel Suit, even more prudent. Basically, BW has found that more and more people are asking for and using macs in the office place and it all started with the ipod: "Mac fanboys have been singing Apple's praises for years, of course. But now the call is coming from mainstream users, people who may have started off with an iPod, then bought a Mac at home and no longer want a "Windows-by-day, Mac-by-night" existence. At Sunnyvale (Calif.)-based Juniper, CEO Scott Kriens is one of the people with a new MacBook laptop. 'Everybody told me I should get one," he says. "It's not anything to do with negative perceptions about Microsoft. It's just that Macs are cool.'"

This really doesn't add much to any discussion, but for what it's worth I just love the Apple ads with the Mac and PC guy. I like the web ads they do to compliment the TV ones as well. I just think it's great marketing.