I had an MP3 player before the iPod as well. It was a 64MB Rio and it held ~10 songs. The thing was iTunes wasn't designed to be a music loader, it's a music m

I had an MP3 player before the iPod as well. It was a 64MB Rio and it held ~10 songs. The thing was iTunes wasn't designed to be a music loader, it's a music manager. This became evident when they introduced smart playlists. A few of my friends had Nomads, they were large, heavy and the UI was archaic in comparison.