Great point.
I generally hate DRM, unless as you say, the process really fits a service model.
Zune has since moved away from DRM when you buy music - they now generally give you unprotected MP3s. But if you get a subscription it really is a service - you can download all the music you want but it will expire if you don't keep up the subscription (although you do get to keep 10 songs a month in MP3).
I think that model of DRM is the only one that I've seen that actually seems fair and works.

So someone on their laptop with no internet connection couldn't synch with their phone?

Can't see that working so well :-)

hmm, good point about legally aquiring the software, i guess as a pc user i seem to forget that (getting anything i want really), and it funny you should mention using OS9, i know a few designers who have gone back to it after having trouble with OSX (these are non-techy types) theyre weere having issues with printer drivers and so on.

As a student i deinfitly dont have $750 to blow, so for that amount of money i wanted to get the most out of it, hence buying a faster pc in that price range. i have a damm fast P4 rather than an "emac"!!??? (damm if id ever buy one o those after using them) with the speed iv found mac much slower than ps in general, of course im looking forward to using a G5 (64mb baby).

I also find PC's easier to navigate with...(im not a big fan of mac key boards, or essp those damm mouses, i need my other mouse buttons!!) as well as OSX's GUI, i find it really annoying that to resize windows we are given just one corner, it just slows things down...of course if a could Afford it id definitly have a G4 power book!