Rick-
Dude, this little thing is awesome. I am totally blown away. I have 277 songs on it now, and am at 19% capacity. I loaded the MP3's from the Mac to the iPod in two groups. The first was 100 songs, and the second was 177. It took 17 seconds to load the 100 songs, and 24 seconds to transfer the remaining 177. This thing is small enough to fit inside a pack of cigarettes, too. The sound quality is amazing, too! Very rich, deep bass and full range mids and highs. I don't have a clue how they fit a double bass drum in these little ear pod things, but that's what it sounds like. My understanding is that Apple is considering a software package for the Windows crowd so that they could use the iPod too, but it doesn't look good anytime before next spring. In the meantime, upgrade your system to FireWire. It transfers between 100 and 600 MB's per second. Mine seems to be around 400 MBps.
BTW, this little 5 gig doohicky can also store data files, and doubles as a portable hard drive you can fit in your shirt pocket.
I had Morpheus, but 2 weeks of anti-biotics, and that special lotion, and I'm all better.
Actually, I use Lime Wire.
Take care,
-Chris