Thanks for all your input, I am pretty sure I am still going to purchase the empeg. I fuigured the software was bad on the autopc because it was made by a private individual and it is free. After all the work you guys have done (i've been following the empeg boards for about 8-9 months now) I do not see how 1 guy could write sufficient software and offer it free. I also noticed the autopc is rather weak as far as raw horsepower. If it had enough power, their would be no reason clarion would not have some good mp3 software. I still do not regret buying the auto pc because i got a good deal (the heat unit, gps, disc changer, cell phone interface brand new for $1,000) and it has some interesting features, I am just glad I figured out it's shortcomings before my number came up, after all this waiting I would hate to miss it!