While on hold with Apple Care for 2 hours (not kidding) I downloaded and installed a lump of OS X updates. I was also told that I have to go through one more return before they're willing to replace this whole thing. And was given a certificate good for $100 off of a >$300 purchase, thru Dec 30 2006. *grumble grumble* (I've also got the $50 iPod battery settlement, not clear if it has to be $300 before or after the $50 thingit. Or if they can even be combined. I'm thinking about the 80 Gig iPod, which's $349, however my desktop doesn't have USB 2.0, so I'm not sure it could work. Hm.) We tried a few more things which shouldn't've made any difference, so now I'm thinking the updates might've done it, b/c I've been on wireless since 6:45 pm with no problems.