[nicoatridge]

Yes, I gave the Mrs an iPod for Xmas and was horrified to discover I had to move from my lovely stable Panther to a more recent OS. Shame on me or not reading the small print. Shame on Apple for using the iPod as a ploy to get people to upgrade needlessly. Panther does everything I want it to do, including sync with my old iPod, but now I've got to through the hassle of shelling out for software I don't otherwise want and poring over my computer doing backups and installs, and I probably have to go to buggy, bloated Leopard rather than sleek, stable Tiger because I won't be able to source a copy of Tiger in Switzerland, where I ive. Then again I can sync the iPod to XP... never thought I'd be saying good old Windows! Or maybe it's time to ditch both Windows and Mac, get off the marketing machine's bandwagon and install Linux - there's even a Linux for iPods now.