Thanks for these comments - I'm very encouraged by what I'm hearing. I forgot to mention I'm on a Windows PC, not a Mac, so I don't know if that will make a difference. (One comment above suggests they both work fine.)

I also just noticed this morning that there is a further upgrade that just came out - iTunes 7.0.2. This is mainly for the new iPod shuffle, but apparently corrects some of the other iTunes7 issues that some people have been having.

I'm waiting about a week or so to see online reactions to this new upgrade, and then will probably try the upgrade myself.

Zhenya