I never shuffle. Full albums all the way for me. Occasionally if I'm in the mood for a range of stuff from a certain band I'll shuffle their back-catalogue tho
iPod shuffle doesn't ONLY shuffle, you can drag shit in and stuff. I know skaters that have them so they can listen to tunes + skate without worrying about crushing an MP3 player/CD Player. They're durable.
I do have over 1200 songs on my PC, but I rarely listen to albums from beginning to end on the computer, that duty is usually delegated to my stereo and portable CD player...so shuffle wins out in my case.