Ah yes, the iPod. Anybody want to buy one? It's about the mose useless overpriced toy I've ever purchased. Yes, people can be fadish about these things. Hopefully, most of us learn from our mistakes though.
Hook it up to a Soundock and it makes a nice little stereo for a college student or apartment dweller. I don't use my iPod much either.
The same functionality is great in a home stereo/theater system though, when you can use your TV screen to scroll through your entire music collection to select an artist, album or track; or switch to TV running through your sound system. I use this all the time. Didn't play my CDs much before.
I was the same way and had two other mp3 players before I bought mine (Archos, Creative Labs) ... then I got one of these.
Bar none the ipod is the BEST mp3 player I have ever worked with. And yes I use it a lot. Yard work, workouts, line-in to the car stereo ... it's awesome.