DONT buy ZUNE. It sucks. If you're someone who's gonna buy ORIGINAL CDS all the time then go for it, but ZUNE only allows you to transfer songs using an authorized software/program ( or whatever ) and that prevents you from listening to your favorite songs that you might've downloaded off Arez, Limewire or anywhere else. The cost is the same and I don't see the reason why you'd wanna buy ZUNE instead of Ipod. I almost got fekd by buying it off staples as I had a gift card from there but upon asking the sales assistant, he said that I'd rather not buy it. I ended up buying a Digital cam as staples don't carry ipods. Hope it helps.