Mediasource or Windows Media Play

Just purchased my Zen Micro and looking for some advice. I loaded MediaSource to organise my MP3s etc but it seems to do the same thing as Windows Media Player. Any advice on which I should use - I want to do the normal things - rip my CDs, organise my mp3s, purchase music online and sync with my Zen Micro. Any thoughts much appreciated....Many thanks, Confused Helen!

I use subscription music service (Yahoo Music Unlimited To Go) so I use that to manage my player rather than Creative Media Source or Windows Media Player.
The Yahoo Music Engine allows you to rent music, create playlists, rip CDs to MP3 and sync music and album art to compatible Creative Players.
I use it with a Creative Zen Vision M, Creative Microphoto, and a Treo 650 with PocketTunes.

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