another negative about ipod/itunes that the mac junkies and the media never bring up. you bought the music, its yours...and you can't use it. i never use itunes and rip/download everything into mp3. (i also got rid of my ipod after i downloaded songs from itunes and couldnt give them to my wife without burning onto a cd, re-ripping, blah blah blah) who wants to do that? i dont have time to do everything twice