- you can share music. One song can go on multiple iPods, you can't do that with a CD. That's good... I didn't know that was legal. Though I suspect most people with CD's will make copies at least for close friends and family. - I meant, within the family if you have more than one iPod, not illegally giving it away. iTunes lets you use multiple iPods (I don't remember how many) to share music legally. My daughter and I both have iPods and share music, it's kind of like sharing your Amazon books.
You can actually have it on an unlimited amout of ipods. We have a total of 7 ipods/iphones here and the music will go on each and every one of them. You can also have the music on up to 5 authorized computers.
Also remember that any CD's you already own can be "ripped" to the computer and added to your iPod. It's much more convienent to carry around 1 little ipod that 30-50 CD's. There are also adapters that will allow you to play your music/audiobooks through the speakers of your car.
Plus, I don't have to worry about my children scratcing the CDs anymore.