Thanks for the suggestions. I'll see what I can figure out. I definitely don't want to import and then delete later.

How long would downloading the new iTunes take on dial-up, do you think? (I've been telling it to remind me later for months.)

Will downloading it make everything automatically move over and the old software go bye bye? Nothing would get messed up, right?

If I tell it to download at 6:45 AM, would it be done by the time I got home from work?

Or should I just stick with the "it ain't broke, so don't fix it" theory? If I do, will that jack things up later when it is broke and I HAVE to update? (Would that even happen?)

It's not too terribly big, it will definitely take less than a work day. The upgrade is seemless, it shouldn't be a problem.

So DG... did you ever get a workable resolution to your problem?

I'll probably just collect a bunch of them, burn them, then re-rip them.