Get winamp, it's better

Not really.

Having used both, I prefer WMP.

I just downgraded. 11 is a complete piece of shit. Don't waste your time with it.

i downgraded a day after i got WMP11.

haha, I guess I'm lucky I read the rest of the thread before going to upload it!

I've had it for sometime now and it blows just as much as the older versions.

WinAmp is far far far superior to Windows Media Player in regards to almost everything.

And if W.M.P has something WinAmp doesn't, I'm sure you could find a plug-in for Winamp to make it possible.

Such as a good interface, better playlist functionality, and better file management/tagging?

Yes.

So why bother with plug-ins when WMP already has it to start with?

Because WinAmp is a generally better program.
Especially next to WMP11 which is so unstable it's laughable.

And, there are a lot of "Anti-Windows/Microsoft" people out there...so this is a happy alternative.