chuque, thanks for responding. I probably wont be using it for music / video playback; in fact, I know I wont be. I have a 80G video iPod for that.
I doubt that I need anything related to GPS & mapping, so I wont be looking into that.
As far as eye candy is concerned, I did purchase something (
http://www.jgui.net/black/vistaspinterface/index.html) that was a waste of money. I don’t want to find myself purchasing a lot of useless stuff. After buying this program, I feel like I just gave money away.