Before I buy 5G iPod... questions...

Hi. I've got a few questions based on things I've read from various posts.
1) Is the battery replaceable?
2) I read this: "The real problem is iTunes. It won't let you copy your own songs to your own computer. Plug in your iPod and iTunes will ERASE all the songs you didn't get from it." Is that true??????? or how do you prevent that?
3) There seems to be so many bugs in the 5G should I wait for the new one if it is coming soon?
4) Black vs. white: Black is so great looking but people say it gets scratched even with special care, that the white looks better. a) Does the white in time turn yellowish, cuz so many white plastics do yellow. b) Do you people who have black ones wish you got a white now? and c) if it is not carried all over and basically just sits on a desk or somthing will it really get that scratched?
5) The 30 vs. 60: My songs are AAC 192. I only have about 8G so far and can grow into either one, but I don't want to have to be removing stuff down the road to make room for new stuff. Or maybe by then I'd want a new iPod anyway. (?) Or, I may not even come close to reaching 60G capacity, etc. It's like I'm trying to invision the future beforehand, I guess, because these things are not cheap. Anyhow these are the thoughts that go on for making my decision. For you people who bought the 30 or 60, what are your feelings now, like would you rather have gotten the other one, etc.
Thanks!

[Officially you should not download music off your pod onto your computer.This doesn't mean you can't!Yamipod and senuti are freeware downloads which will enable you to do this. iTunes would delete(update the iPod)any files not in it's library on the PC/Mac if you have it set to "Auto sync" in iPod preferences.This can be disabled by setting it to "manually update".]
I'm not concerned with uploading to the computer or bypassing anything. I guess I saw the word "delete" and wanted to double check going from the computer to the iPod. I only have songs purchased from the iTunes Music Store and from my owned CDs and I didn't want them to be erased accidentally when I plug in my iPod and lose all that effort. I don't have any illegal downloads. (I'm opposed to them, in fact. I feel people have a right to be paid for their work.)
3)We do not speculate about forthcoming attractions
I wasn't, don't worry! It's just that in life and technology, there's always more to come and reassessment of your situation, so I'm trying to assess my future needs with this choice because it is a big purchase and I'd like to have it for a good while. I don't want to buy the 30 then realize I should've got the 60, things like that.

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