HP adds iPod shuffle to its lineup

"all current apple ipods do work with pc's though" Well, all iPod's work with Windows.... I'm working on a tutorial on how to get it to work with Linux over at my Apple site... it's a little more work than just plug-n-play thanks to Apple not writing us poor Linux users any software.

"all current apple ipods do work with pc's though" Yes we all know that, but the perception amongst many PC users (most of whom do not read tech news) is that Apple stuff does not work with PCs, it is a perception not a reality as indicated in my previous comment.

all current apple ipods do work with pc's though if I would buy a iPod, I would probably get a HP one myself as they are the same thing, but you can sometimes find them cheaper, and the warranty support is also better from what I read

To me there are two reasons: If you are a PC user then why would you buy anything from Apple as it is not compatible with PCs, but if it is from HP it will work with your PC. Now you and I know that this may at first appear to be stupid but from my experience with helping users with Macs and Windows, the level of ignorance is very high. Another reason is the after care service, which is 90 days with Apple and one year with HP. Another reason why they must be selling well at HP is that they are expanding the range to include the Shuffle if no one was buying from HP then they wouldn't sell them, I suspect they are selling well. As for reasons why HP sell them, I think they can bundle iTunes with their PCs which makes them more competitive with companies such as Sony which already bundle decent (better than WMP) cd/mp3 music organisational software.

Why would anyone buy the HP iPod?