This quote is extremely relevant when criticizing apple products based solely on specifications: http://slashdot.org/story/01/10/23/1816257/apple-releases-ipod

This quote is extremely relevant when criticizing apple products based solely on specifications: http://slashdot.org/story/01/10/23/1816257/apple-releases-ipod http://slashdot.org/story/01/10/23/1816257/apple-releases-ip... Simply put, because it's designed by Apple. Evidently, that alone is enough to drive a much higher demand than similarly priced competing products.