Charles There 's the coolness factor having the album cover come up with the info in the iTunes visualizer. I've kept a copy of the album cover in the album folder of all my iTunes music; and I have a folder full of aliases to all these album covers that I bring up as a Graphic Converter slideshow and now an OSX screen saver. The slideshow/screen saver can often remind me of an album or song to suit my mood. I give Apple two years to have an iPod with a color screen and a preference to scan your album list via the artwork. Tony