I bet the Ultra Edition is a "lite" version without all the features. Nero is bundling it with all new CD-RW burners. It's a rip-off because they used to give away free complete versions of Nero 5 only a year or two ago when you bought a new burner. There are plenty of Mp3 "rippers" available like Audiograbber, Exact Audio Copy and CDex that will do that job for free. Rip them with those programs and let Nero or Easy CD Creator mix and burn them them to CD-R. I have heard Nero 6 is buggy so im sticking with 5 for now. 5 even works with my new Lite-On DVD-RW burner. Havent tried the new Easy CD Creator yet. Billy At 11:06 AM 3/20/2004 -0600, you wrote: >Regarding Christopher's recommendation of Nero software... > >I read some customer reviews of Nero 6 Ultra Edition on Amazon and was >frightened by the following comment: > >>Hidden Limitation On Ripping from CD to MP3 >>Product box leads you to believe that you can rip CD >>to MP3 and then write a CD with tracks you like. As soon >>as you start out they inform you that in order to rip >>more than 30 tracks you will have to give them more money. > >Somebody else also mentioned a licensing fee for unlimited burns but I >couldn't find anything else about this after a few Google searches. Does >anybody know anymore about this? I seem to make at least one new mix disc >every few weeks so this would be quite a limitation! > >Thanks >Dale > >np: the new album from the Fallouts which is all the hook filled garage >you'd expect from them > Billy G. Spradlin http://listen.to/jangleradio