I would say BUY ONE ASAP! IT is positively the coolest Mp3 option out there, the only drawback WAS the price...now its half off (or more) so no reason not to buy. What happens a year from now (out of warranty) is probably not too relavent cause most computer stuff get obsoleted too. To it's credit theree are a lot of users and the original guys are very much into continuing so I think there will be support for a long while...or at least until someone comes out with a cooler idea