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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Kamikaze on May 09, 2003, 12:10:57 am

Title: apple stuff..... ? good or bad (not, not fruit)
Post by: Kamikaze on May 09, 2003, 12:10:57 am

http://www.apple.com/music/store/

what do you think about apple's new music serivce? basically it's 99 cents per song and there's a 200k selection of music.

I think it'll be nice for those legal guys who just want single songs (as opposed to costly cd albums and the like) or don't listen to much. But when you buy lots (say, 15 songs... prolly about the amount in an average CD) there isn't too much difference in price.

I think it'll only have a minor, cotton puff effect on piracy. Definitely a step into a better music industry though imo.

Title: apple stuff..... ? good or bad (not, not fruit)
Post by: Admiral LSD on May 09, 2003, 01:18:20 am

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The iTunes Music Store requires a Mac equipped with iTunes 4 and Mac OS X Version 10.1.5 or later.

:no:

Apple obviously think it'll sell a few more Macs this way...

edit: I mean, the idea is good in principle but it won't really take off until Apple make it available to a broader audience.

Title: apple stuff..... ? good or bad (not, not fruit)
Post by: Kamikaze on May 09, 2003, 02:12:49 am

hopefully it'll come to windows (and linux, but that might be doubtful) sometime, elsewise it's an interesting idea that could have worked down the drain.

Title: apple stuff..... ? good or bad (not, not fruit)
Post by: kode on May 09, 2003, 02:47:41 am

It'll come for PC too. It'll take them a while tho.

hopefully the stuff isn't going to be as bad as quicktime for windows is.

Title: apple stuff..... ? good or bad (not, not fruit)
Post by: Admiral LSD on May 09, 2003, 02:59:13 am

A Windows release is dependent mainly on just how well it integrates into iTunes. Apple place its "iLife" suite as one of the reasons to go to a Mac over a Windows PC and porting them to Windows would erode that advantage. Apple has had at least one major oppurtunity to port iTunes to the PC, the Windows iPod, but chose not to. If something as entrenched in iTunes as the iPod isn't enough to make them release a cross-platform iTunes then nothing will be. At any rate though, MS will come up with something similar for Windows Media Player soon enough. Not only do they hate being the last to get on a bandwagon, it'll give them a brilliant showcase of the Windows Media 9 DRM technology.

Title: apple stuff..... ? good or bad (not, not fruit)
Post by: Admiral LSD on May 24, 2003, 09:16:04 am

What'd I tell you?

http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-1009794.html?tag=fd_top

As I said, MS hate to be the last to jump on a bandwagon even if it means sacrificing innovation.

Title: apple stuff..... ? good or bad (not, not fruit)
Post by: YodaSean on May 24, 2003, 03:20:37 pm

said in newsweek or something they were making a windows version