First, thank you so much for your quick reply, your expertise, and your help--you are awesome. I keep seeing your name everywhere on this forum, and I think it is awesome you are helping everyone out. Second, I don't care what brand it is, I guess a color that is somewhat basic. Third, I wanted to ask you something. Is the Netmd the only way to download mp3s to the MD player quickly? I keep reading posts that say that it is, and if so, I probably want it. However, it is not of the utmost importance if quality, recording, durability, and the running thing is sacrificed because the if I can still put mp3s to the md, it won't really matter if it is just in realtime. I keep reading the sony MZN 707 is the way to go with running, but also, it seems that it is somewhat counter intuitive. Please give me your input. Thanks alot Kurisu