<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by skofarrell:
All that to use the music that you already own? What a deal! 
Have you converted everything form mp3 to atrac? Or do you keep both?</font>
For what you own on CD, you don't convert to mp3 then to ATRAC. Straight to ATRAC from CD.
If all you do is download mp3s from the net, then an Ipod is for you. If you're looking to make your extensive (and legal) music collection mobile, then a minidisc player is best.
Software inadequacies are surmountable. The fact that most people on the planet use Windows is proof of this.