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And this is why I don't support Apple - they treat Canadians like USSR member states - shut up, accept what you're given and nevermind what anyone else has.

Sorry to hear about your bad luck, man. There are plenty of other great multimedia players out there if you're not totally drinking the Apple koolaid as far as the GUI goes. Ebay your player if you want to make back a bit of cash. :)
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:lol:

You don't support Apple because it pains you to admit that they offer a superior product.

:rolleyes:
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Which is why Apple has no on-site tech support for North Bay but we don't have a problem getting NBD (next business day) or better support for our Dell and IBM hardware. And the product is only superior if the rank and file can operate it correctly - or be trained on it easily.

Face it, outside of Toronto, Ottawa, perhaps Montreal and Vancouver - Apple is where, exactly? Anyone can order their stuff, but what do you do when OSX tanks? Or if you blow some Apple-specific piece of hardware that you're forbidden from replacing yourself? Is a 3-7 day turnaround with ship-to-depot service fair?

The "other guys" don't discriminate anywhere near that much, bud. And for Apple to be spouting their quasi-legal BS excuses doesn't make it any better. Instead of supporting their Canadian PAYING customers, they're abandoning them (likely doubly so now that the iPoop, uh I mean iPhone is now available in Canada). Why support a non-phone iPhone when you can make them just go and buy an iPhone for the same experience all over again?

That koolaid looks overdue, someone ought to throw it out.