I'm trying to figure out what you people are doing to your iPods to break them... I have a 1G Mini 4Gig, and my wife has a 3G 20 Gig, and they both work like champs. Only thing I've had to do is replace the batteries on each, but that inevitable, even rechargeables go bad after a couple years. And I'm typing this on a REFURB 20" iMac G5 that I've had for about a year now. Honestly, are you guys throwing your iPods at each other during your buttsecks sessions? You must be doing something wrong, because everyone I know that owns an iPod loves it, has never had a problem, and would never even consider getting anything else. An item is only gonna treat you as well as you treat it.