iPod isn't worthy enough for me to crap on. There have been a lot of problems with it, 3 people here at work have them. They have all been in the apple repair shop more than being used. And yes, apple has even replaced them each. Just poorly made... that and supporting a company like apple is just a bad idea in general. As for the battery issue, while spending so much time on the phone with apple techs, the people I work with that have these have confirmed that the battery issue is an issure and is not fake, it's not a hoax, it IS a real problem.
Get the Dell.