I’m not much of an Apple fanboy, but I am something of an iPod fanboy – I highly recommend them in general, based on my personal use. And Apple today dropped their pricing on the 1GB iPod Shuffle to only $49 – with free shipping! They’ll also be launching a 2GB iPod Shuffle for only $69 soon.
And if you’re interested in the MacBook Air – it is now shipping. But if that’s too rick for your blood (it is for mine!), they do have refurbished Macs.