hello all! I just 'purchased' a Sony MZ-NH600D from ubid.com...$90 shipped to my house. what a steal. anyway, with the 1 GB MD, I'm planning on ripping my CD's at Hi-LP since carrying around a CD player and a huge CD case is too much trouble. the data storage capability is pretty nice too...slow, but nice. I don't plan on ripping MP3's onto MD, since that would involve compressing something that's already compressed... quick questions: -will any Sony inline remote work with my MZ-NH600D? -what options do I have for minidisc player storage? I don't really work out, so I don't need the armband-type holder. -is there any linux software that will allow me to transfer CD's onto Hi-MD? thanks very mucho. I hope to participate in this forum now, considering the fact that I've been lurking around for a while...