Zen Touch or Zen Mi

Hi, I want to get a digital music player but I'm in a bit of a dilemma. The Zen Touch and Micro are the same price but obviously the Touch has four times the capacity of the Micro. The problem is I only have 3.8GB of music and while I might get a bit more there's only a possibility I might need the extra space. What I basically want to know is if there is any advantage to having a Micro over a Touch, as if there isn't I may as well go for the Touch.
I know there isn't much chance that anybody actually owns both of these but if anyone can help me I'd be grateful.
Thanks.

I have a 5gb micro, with about 8 gb of music, i got it because i dont listen to all of that music at once, and my old MuVo TX could only hold about 5 or 6 CD's at a time. So if you have almost 4gb, maybe you should consider the micro over the touch. It is indeed smalller, more portable, the batteries can be swapped out, FM radio, and i hear that the touch pad on the touch is overly sensiti've. the Micro is really easy for me to use, but again, i've never used a touch.

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