I remember reading about some controversy regarding the new version 7 of iTunes. The issue discussed was over the fact that someone though iTunes 7 allowed Apple to have access to a users computer. I am not aware of any controversy. There were some bugs in the 7.0 release on the Windows version. AFAIK, they have been corrected in the 7.0.1 patch (which has been available for a while). I don't see any reason not to upgrade. Craig