Because it was smaller, lighter, more powerful, more elegant and worked better with my Mac than a Zen.
I have not found it to be "unrobust" or "rubbish". I am not sure what you mean by "cack", but I didn't find it expensive either.
Say I was buying an iPod Nano (8GB) or a iPod (80GB) today, what Zen would you recommend instead? (There are so many different Zen's I've no idea where to start...)
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