>I rip/buy all my music as un-DRM'd MP3s to a folder on my hard drive and >manage it from there through Windows Explorer and Media Monkey. I hope that >iTunes doesn't screw up the perfectly usable system I have in place, tho' >I've been told it won't. I remain skeptical.
I know it is so hard for abused denizens of the Windows gulag to believe it, but iTunes on your PC is going to run just fine. You can set iTunes preferernces to either have iTunes manage your music files or leave them where they are and contunue to use Media Monkey. I like Media Monkey and have been using it on my PC since before iTunes was available for Windows. I haven't bothered to switch those MP3s to iTunes because my CD collection quickly exceeded the 5GB capacity of my iPod (1st G, yes it still works and I use it a lot; it is quite beat up at this point). I bet that once you see how nicely iTunes works you will switch. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
