GMail accounts

You know, it looks like there are a LOT of people out there wanting a gmail account. I have been looking at quite a few places, ebay included, for a few hours now and the posts keeping popping up. What is it about gmail? Is it really worth it to have a full gigabyte of email storage, or is it just for bragging rights with your friends? It just seems really silly to me. If you don't know what I am talking about, head over to http://gmail.google.com and look at the part about the service. I think it will be coming out pretty soon for the general public, so all this damn begging and pleading is probably useless.

What do you think???????????