Just a note about all the iPod talk... ive had my original 10 gb iPod since june 2002 it still holds almost 8 hours (depends if i search allot for songs, or FFW through long tracks often) i go running 3 times a week with it in my hand for a good 30 - 50 mins with out skipping a beat! my iPod Holds up to every claim apple has made. (ive had to take out the wheel a fewtimes to clean it, now it spins so freely that when im walking someimes it will turn up/down the volume!) and ive had to reset it a few times... about 10- 20 in all. but havent had to reset in a long time, once, i unpluged it when it was playing music on my cube, and i corrupted my ipod hd, so i reseted, menu enter play -ed it. and ran bunch of disk utilities and it was fine again... all in all it's the best personal music device out there. ( only wish it could record like a md can, like a fw input for recording.) or was compatible with usb1/2 for my windoze friends.... Francois