I have owned an iPod, I just don't understand the hype. Pluse, with the 200 bucks I saved by taking it back and getting a Zen, I'm able to purchase something more important.
To each his own though, I just did not have a very good experience with mine. I'm pretty sure it was defective as even USB 2.0 wasn't updating/uploading to it.
Before this gets TOO far off-topic, congrats on the job!