I've recently won an ipod like gadget, and decided to just plug-in (on my notebook with Ubuntu© 8.04) to see what happens. Using Windows©, it would be necessary to install drivers first with the player unplugged, then plug in and install software to use it in many ways it's possible. I confess that i believed this could work for the first time with some tricks like Windows on my Ubuntu, but i got surprised when Music Player (i didn't know it was installed) just poped up to my screen ready to use - here you read use as copy/play/browse files and resources. Although it's not so difficult in Windows too, it's a little harder, and this was the stronger argument from Windows users over the years while Linux© had been growing. Microsoft© always was reference in usability, but i think they have some work to do until they reach the advances Linux distros  has been developing. Who's hard to use now?