Dude, go with minidisc! I have been on MD's for years now--i started with the sony R91, then R900, then N1. NetMD is a great feature in new MD's--you can fit up to 5 hours on a single disc! at a transfer rate of up to 64X--takes me about 15 min to put about 2-3 hrs on a disc. Yeh a little slower than USB 2 or 1394 but MD are sooo much better sounding, last longer, discs are cheap, etc.
GO MD MAN!