2008 Holiday ANTI-Shopping Guide: 15 Products to AVOID

Iria

This anti-guide is targeted to a wide range of people. Some are parents who are out of touch with their teenagers (and twenty-somethings). Others are grandparents who think the latest trend-knockoff on QVC would make a perfect gift. Some are girlfriends who just don't know what their technology-enabled boyfriend would want.

Since the economy isn't doing so hot, then why spend money on crap that will find its way to a landfill? Here are some of the things that should be avoided at all costs this holiday season.
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Matth

In general, unless YOU know what you are doing, and what the recipient wants, the do not buy technology for someone else.

Maybe the only player they actually want is an Ipod touch, and if you can't buy them that, they may be happier with cash towards buying it themselves.

Alternatively, they could be Apple-haters, and the only brand to have would be Creative or Archos.

Alternatively, they could be the type who would only consider features, and would appreciate an off-brand player for what it has - like the typical S1-MP3/MP4 player's undocumented OGG support.

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Mary had a little lamb,
Her father shot it dead
Now Mary takes her lamb to school,
Between two crusts of bread

BlueMak

Or SONY, which IMO makes the best sound quality players.

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The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis
This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm Sic semper tyrannis.

Zelig

Not a great article, I don't really want other people buying my tech gear for me.

And itunes gift cards? Really? There's no way I'm installing itunes to download low-quality, DRM-filled songs that don't play on my mp3 player.

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BlueMak

The whole article was annoying regarding ipods. Perhaps he was born after 2002 or whatever. There are other mp3 players than ipods and using the word ipod to imply mp3 players is just annoying. It's as annoying as other words like podcasts for mp3s with recorded speech/interviews etc even when they are not ipod specific recordings.

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The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis
This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm Sic semper tyrannis.