Uh, no thanks.

For refrigeration, I'll stick with whatever works and isn't filthy.

For audio, I'll stick with my Sony ES component setup that I already have earned and built up over the years with my own hands and ingenuity. Not to be confused with regular Sony, Sony ES is equivalent to Denon or Harman/Kardon. Puts iPod's, and many other systems for that matter, so-called "excellent" sound quality to absolute shame. But, do I party with it? Well, I guess so if that includes reviewing Enya or Mozart at my personal leisure on uncompressed CDs and LPs. But, it's awful fun to play videogames and watch great movies in digital surround sound as well. (And, it's defense is, well, "Kimber" in a private apartment. As for walking out with it, you could do it, but it'd be awfully conspicuous to be carrying out a 50 LBS. receiver, among other things, and that's if you manage to undo all the connections in time without being caught and have a new hole to spit gum out of.)

Speaking of portable, I'd rather use my Sony NetMD player. If the player breaks, my collections are on seperate discs and not on a hard drive within the player. All I'd have to do is buy a new player and not fret over a lost collection and/or waiting weeks for Apple to fix/replace my iPod.

As for a clock radio, all I want is something that will wake me! My $10 Sony clock radio is more than sufficient.

As for phones, if you already have cellular, it's all you need. The only choice in this case would be CDMA (Verizon, Alltel, Sprint PCS) or GSM (Verizon, T-Mobile, Vodaphone [if you're not in North America]). The only landlines you'd need are for cable and broadband internet (and if you have broadband, as tempting as it may seem, DON'T get VoIP, such as Vonage; in addition to being a waste of money, you'll lose your phone service if you lose your broadband for whatever reason). As for my phone, if you're thinking that I've got a Sony Ericsson, good guess but, no: Motorola.

For computers, heck, I've built my own. I have an old Dell as a DOS machine, which is strictly for old DOS games. The WinXP, on the other hand, is a no-label Athlon XP that I built up myself. The laptop: an old Toshiba Pentium III, which gets the job done. - Reinhart

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