Don't worry Nth, the mechanical drive's arm does skip, and will eventually scratch the disks enough so that you willl notice problems with your player.
Zune, iPod, whatever, it's still a hard drive, and it doesn't like being shaken while accessed.
woot.com was selling white zune's for $150 the other week and I almost went for it. But I'm holding out for something a lot better with all the connectivity I want with out the need for special software to load music. M$ better make it right with the Zune 2!
And about the 80gb and 160gb iPods or any PMP - it's for smart people who PMP's as external hard drives for back up
