[Joe Matt]

Wait wait.......

you think iTunes is a pain, while RealPlayer's bloated hard to use stuff is easy and a snap?

There are plug-ins to make it work on Win-Amp and possibly RealPlayer (not sure). If you are so anti-apple, why get this anyway? You're missing the point and seems like you just want a piece of why people like the iPod so much. The iPod isn't the greatest end all player on the market, it's integration into iTunes is what makes it so great.

To find the location of your music, either look in the iTunes folder (My Documents > My Music > iTunes) if you have enabled consolodating your library. If not, rick click and select "get info" and it'll show you there.

Simply right click and choose clear from library to delete it from the library, then it'll come up with an option to delete it from the hard drive.

It seems like RealPlayer has taught you to work too much with the software and not let it just work for you.