I saw that too and it's a great bargain! $800 less and BluRay included. I saw another model UNDER $1000 with BluRay also. Makes Apple's licensing argument look like BS!

They should have just offered this for sale outright. People who want magenta will buy it. Look at the fuschia Nano. Getting surprised when you thought you bought black or white, not good.

While tickets are not a requirement, it's a very smart decision to avoid exactly what happened! And yes, if a place advertises something and people show up, the amount of people in the crowd is their responsibility! No one would come if they weren't advertising.

That being said, I didn't stand in line for either game system at any store at any time, despite all the hype for both systems. I don't have that much time on my hands. I'll wait until they get a 2nd or 3rd shipments in and people aren't fighting over who gets to spend $600 first, LOL!

Looks like you might have been responding to my post. You made some rude comments there, but I'll respond.

Every time I went on the internet, there was a hyped up PS3 ad or promotion somewhere. Are you saying Sony knew nothing of these ads? And Sony had already admitted they were going to have production and shortage problems. I remember Cnet posting something about them admitting having far less available on launch date than they had originally planned. The PS3 release has been plagued by a LOT of problems! Supposedly it was delayed twice, I think. Sony should have known there would be a large crowd of people clammering to get their hands on a PS3. Best Buy knew and at least tried some type of crowd control!

I'm not saying the people weren't responsible for their own behavior. What I'm saying is Sony should have expected a large crowd and controlled it better. Now whether or not they can be billed for it is another story. Notice I never said I agreed they should be billed. All I was saying is I can see how Sony gets some blame.

Ordinarily I'd agree wtih those who say blame the idiotic people. BUT Sony created this mess themselves. By offering ridiculously low numbers of PS3s. And pushing all that hype for that very small amount. They should have known this would happen. It has been posted all over that there were very few PS3s available and that people were planning to fight for them! Sony really should have been prepared.

DRM subscription songs themselves cannot be converted. What you can do is find a program that records from your sound card. I only found one that didn't crash my computer, Easy Hi-Q Recorder.

I'm surprised they let people buy online! Well it's good you got one.

Anyone know when everyone's going to restock? By Christmas, or next year?

Actually I don't mind MSFT employees posting. It's fun to challenge them on their one-sided statements. It would also be nice if they took customer concerns back to the company.

No, the iPod also plays MP3, Apple Lossless, AIFF and WAV.

IMO he seems to like everything, Apple or otherwise. Or at least give everything a fair shot. I have never seen him outright slam anything.