Glad to see there is so much discussion going on about this topic. I like the MSN Premium interface, and in fact back when it came out I thought it was going to overtake IE completely and become the new default browser. Back then it was free, and did everything IE did, except it looked a lot better, was integrated fabulously and so on.

Now it has taken on a life of its own and is a paid-for service. If it were stil free, I might use it. But as it is a paid for service, and I don't use MSN for my internet, I doubt I'd ever use it.. same with AOHell.

But for users that use MSN for their internet access, I think it is an added benefit, depending on how you look at it.