[Adam Krebs]

Chalk me up to one of those who used to hate Real software. Real Player and Real Arcade were simply awful and had no useful purpose outside of testing the user's patience. That said, I've been using Rhapsody pretty steadily for the last year or two, and while it's got its share of annoyances its clear they have done a lot right with it. Almost everything is drag-and-drop, and streaming for the most part tends to just work. Of the big three subscription services (Napster and Zune being the other two), it's the one best suited to music lovers, having an actually useful genre dichotomy and some pretty cool channel options.

[Adam Krebs]

Chalk me up to one of those who used to hate Real software. Real Player and Real Arcade were simply awful and had no useful purpose outside of testing the user's patience. That said, I've been using Rhapsody pretty steadily for the last year or two, and while it's got its share of annoyances its clear they have done a lot right with it. Almost everything is drag-and-drop, and streaming for the most part tends to just work. Of the big three subscription services (Napster and Zune being the other two), it's the one best suited to music lovers, having an actually useful genre dichotomy and some pretty cool channel options.