I bit the bullett and ripped my entire CD collection of over 800 albums to MP3 and it's all on my laptop competing with Bryce OBPs for space :-)  10.366 songs 52.20 Gb 31.3 days played back to back.  But it's nice to have choice. I think of my laptop as a giant MP3 player - but not quite as portable.  The inbuilt speakers aren't too bad either but I can output to the stereo system. The music is a very eclectic mix.