Why don't they sell something other than MP3? Give me a choice. If it were between 128kb MP3 or AAC I'd pick AAC any day. Much more advanced compression. MP3 is so last century! ;-P

Now if only game companies would catch on to drm-free products.

Well if I still used a windows-based machine, this would've been great news for my iRiver Clix.

I had Rhapsody long before REAL NETWORKS aka DILL NECKJERKS took over. It was a force ... once upon a time but all the bloat / drm / real software killed it for me. I just recently signed up for Napster and although I like it I still would like to see higher quality streaming and faster buffering. I am using the NAPSTER TO GO and we have 4 kids, all with MP3 players, and the activating and deactivating devices is going to kill it for me soon.

Rhapsody is awesome. I use it everyday. But the subscription is not for everyone.

I like it because I listen to a wide range of artists and styles. So when I get in the random mood to hear Harry Chapin instead of Opeth, I can go listen to Cats in the cradle without buying the song, or the album. Not to mention having music trivia over vent during WoW raids to break the tension is fun.

If you have very static tastes though, it's probably more cost effective to just buy albums or songs. Rhapsody is MUCH better than iTunes though, in my opinion. Just as fast, and easy to use.

I'll have to browse, and see if a few ultra-rare songs that i'm interested in can be found.

That makes sense. 'renting' includes DRM while 'buying' doesn't.