ugilt:
I think you may have made a assumption from Kurt's post. So, to alleviate confusion, here is the environment we are forced to live in today:
MiPod: All features enabled, only tool available to upload tunes w/is iTunes which only runs on Macs
WiPod: Playcounts/Last Played disabled, or more correctly stated, forced to be not accessible. No company can make use of the data
Solution: we have to wait (and hope) that with the release of iTunes for Windows (by the end of the year supposedly, but I wouldn't hold my breath), that they enable these features so Stevo and the guys at JRiver can finally make use of them.
So, to make a long story short, while yes you
can convert your WiPod to a MiPod, you'd no longer be able to use it w/MC9. You'd have to switch to Xplay or ephpod w/Macopener, neither of which are built to support playcounts or even to support Media Libaries for that matter, they are a different type of program.
Hope that clears things up.
Steve: please don't forget about my Smartlist syncing issue (it's on the previous page)
Adam