Whoever said Radio Shack Revcievers are garbage is a moron and has obviously never used one before. The STA line that Radio Shack produced in the 70's is one of the best lines ever made for sound quality and quantity. Battery life of 9 hours. I am impressed. With the miserable 2 hour battery life on my Gateway Solo I can only jealous and hope not to get separated from the adaptor for very long.
Companies have a reputation that reflectsonto their products.
In any case, I have a G4 lap top that runs Virtual PC 2000 and Virtual Lonux. This way I get the the best of three worlds for LESS than 2000.00 dollars. Radio shack recievers are horrible. In Japan, Casio sells a version festooned with Hello Kitty stickers. My little sister loves Hello Kitty.