MP3 in 2005 is like the cassette tape in 1990. Everybody has a bunch of them. They still produce good enough sound despite more efficient compression standards. And it’s hard to discount the switching cost of re-acquiring all your favorites in a new format. For a variety of reasons, you may find yourself in the position of needing to convert files in the more efficient WMA format to MP3. When faced with this dilemma, first cross your fingers and hope you didn’t rip your entire CD collection as protected files, using the default Windows Media Player configuration of a few years ago. Assuming your files aren’t trapped in DRM hell, a number of options exist for converting your files to MP3. Find out how with my tutorial on converting WMA to MP3.