600 Bucks: So Much Money, So Little Time

Tim Moynihan, Senior Editor: Forget "less is more." More is more, and I'd spend my $600 on a bunch of devices rather than one big-ticket item. First off, I'd pick up the 60-minute version of the Flip Video Ultra ($150), a dead-simple, tape-recorder-size camcorder that has a flip-out USB connector. It's built for YouTube clips. Next on my list would be the tiny but feature-packed 32GB flash-based Creative Zen music player ($300), the perfect upgrade for my current hard-drive-based Creative Zen Vision M player. And that leaves me with $150, which happens to be the price of Rock Band for the PlayStation 2, complete with faux Fenders and plastic drum kit. Y'know, just like real rockers use.

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