A very cost effective way to get an extra hard drive is to shop at your local computer store (e.g. CompUSA), look for the ATA drive that's on sale this week, and then, if you have a laptop, also get the "enclosure" that makes it into an external USB 2.0 drive.

One bumpthe wrong way while the unit is running

Get ready for your life to change in the best way possible

If you need a device that does lots of things besides music, sure, the Archos or iRiver models are good, but if you want rock solid reliability, the best support out there and the best way to organize a large library, go Ipod only.

but i'll be polite and stick with "clumsy."You can manually build playlists, but there is no easy way to put similar types of music together (say all your percussion)