I am one of thosehaving major problems with iTunes 7. My import speed (AAC) used to be 9x. Now that I've upgraded to iTunes 7 it's down to just 1x. Here are some of the topics at Apple's discussion group associated with this problem: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3150896#3150896 http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3162742#3162742 http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3106537#3106537 And read David Pogue's September 18 column in the New York Times ("A Report on iTunes Bugs") here: http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/ Ed Hall tom dalbec wrote: > There seems to be an awful lot of bad thing written up about 7. I > would > suggest googling and read about it. Several places have suggested > holding > off getting it until there are updates. > > Michael Prete replied: Could you give specific references? I would find that more useful (and credible) than "awful lot of bad things" and "several places have suggested...".