For me, the 4 Gb capacity of the ipod mini is not an issue, while its overall size, lack of weight, and sturdiness are a huge plus. In addition I have a 12" G4 PB with 80 Gb to serve as the master song library. My entire cd collection probably amounts to 10 GB when archived at 160 kbps in itunes, so most of the disk space on a larger ipod would have lain fallow in my case.