I don't feel at all bad about the non-owned music that may or may not reside on certain machines within my sphere of influence. I just take a quick look at the wall of several thousand CD's at $15-$18 a pop and I feel much, much better. That being said, my own rips are by far the best quality ones I have and I've bought bands I never would have even heard of w/o downloading.

My advice, don't downgrade your drive, you'll fill it soon enough. You'll have your empeg long after many portable players have come and gone. Unless of course you really, really need the cash.

-Zeke