Ipod 80gb won't sync with itunes

I bought an 80GB yesterday. When I connected it to my computer, it said i could not sync my iPod with my itunes b/c i was running itunes version 7.3 and i needed version 7.4 or later. When i went to download version 7.7 or whatever the latest version was, i could not install it on my computer b/c it is older and only running microsoft windows 2000 professional and it needed to have windows XP or Vista. Is there any way around this??? Like some way to use my current itunes to sync with my ipod. I even tried to download version 7.4, but it also required windows XP or Vista. HELP!!!

It means you will be using different software to load songs on your iPod, namely Winamp:
http://www.winamp.com/ and you'll have to get a plugin from Sourceforge to to make it work: http://www.sourceforge.net.
If you are not very computer savvy I would recommend you upgrade to Windows XP.

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