I have tried the Ipod two time (thanks to FutureShop's 30 day full money back guaranty) I don't like it bcause there's no option in the Ipod for not reading id3 tags. I hate id3 tags. You cannot change the battery by yourself, this is bad for me. I also had a dell juke box, same as Ipod, u cannot change the battery. My Sony mini disk experiance revelated that you have to carry many disk to get all your librairy on the road.