I finally bought myself an MP3 player with a decent amount of memory(1 GB)...the old one only had 512 MB so if I wanted to add more songs I had to take other songs off..This one is a newer player, it's a Creative Zen V which also can use podcasts and store pictures..and it has an internal rechargable battery(no more buying batteries every week!)...I bought my roommate's Christmas present too...Today was the best day I've had in a long time..