IF I AM THIS IS ALREADY BEEN SAID DON'T BEAT FOR without wipping your ipod you can basicly go to your friends house and take all his music and vids, save alot money this way, if you have any question about how to do something with the software please ask beacuse i'm an artist at it the guide is here http://lifehacker.com/software/ipod...d-from-any-computer-without-itunes-237986.php
lol it's funny u should post this, I found that site about a week ago and tried out all of the software they mention... There are some obvious minor glitches, but overall it is a great idea... I uninstalled itunes IMMEDIATELY after testing it out the glitches I noticed mainly came up when I was trying to put songs on to the ipod using the program mentioned (forgot the name)... Anyway if any part of the ID3 tag is wrong (ie. too long, or incorrect characters) the program crashes and you have to reload the whole program again... Its a nuisance when u're copying alot of files at a time, but doesn't happen very often... Anyway if you really hate Itunes (like me) then this method is HIGHLY recommended... if you don't have problems with itunes, then I say stick with it...