Yea I know I'll have to get it if I get the iPod. My point was that if I do decide to get the Archos box then the point between firewire/USB is null as I could careless between the 2.

Yes I do have WinXP but if it's that big of a deal like I've read I'll save myself the hassle and just either dual-boot my machine or bring my old 450 back into production.