Apple to develop iTunes for Windows
Posted by malebolgia on 02 May 2003 - 09:30 · 31 comments & 1297 views
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#1 Posted by Chipi on 02 May 2003 - 09:53
- woohoo! no need for mac anymore
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#1.1 Posted by macrosslover on 02 May 2003 - 09:53
- [neoquote=#1.0 by Chipi]woohoo! no need for mac anymore [/neoquote]
was there ever a need??
lol jk
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#1.2 Posted by macster on 02 May 2003 - 09:54
- so do u like macs or you dont?
hmm but u look like to want iTunes
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#1.3 Posted by macrosslover on 02 May 2003 - 09:58
- [neoquote=#1.2 by macster]so do u like macs or you dont?
hmm but u look like to want iTunes [/neoquote]
i don't really care for itunes or any of the Mac Apps, WMP does what i need it to do. i don't like their desktops but i think there laptops are cool, but still cost to much for me in terms of what i could get on the PC side in terms of performance and software availabilty.
maybe i'll reconsider if they ever bring their upcoming 64bit chip to the notebooks anytime soon.
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#2 Posted by SouL2kEEp on 02 May 2003 - 09:57
- i dont think they will top W.Media Player 9
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#3 Posted by ArcticFox on 02 May 2003 - 10:00
- YESSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!
Ive been waiting for this for a long time, GOOOOOOO APPLE.
All we need now is OSX for X86
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#3.1 Posted by csdavidson on 03 May 2003 - 23:12
- [neoquote=#3.0 by ArcticFox]All we need now is OSX for X86 [/neoquote]
personally i think this would be a big hit
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#4 Posted by Chicane-UK on 02 May 2003 - 10:00
- Wow... thats a big scoop.
I have been waiting for a good alternative to Winamp (sorry, but Windows Media Player is just not my cup of tea) and this looks like a real contender.
Go Apple!!
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#4.1 Posted by macrosslover on 02 May 2003 - 10:02
- [neoquote=#4.0 by Chicane-UK]Wow... thats a big scoop.
I have been waiting for a good alternative to Winamp (sorry, but Windows Media Player is just not my cup of tea) and this looks like a real contender.
Go Apple!! [/neoquote]
there's always Realone...that is if you like bloated spyware. or Musicmatch lol
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#4.2 Posted by Chicane-UK on 02 May 2003 - 10:52
- Heh... like I said, I have been waiting for a [B]GOOD[/B] alternative to Winamp
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#5 Posted by macster on 02 May 2003 - 10:06
- macrosslover why dont we wait for the final product
before we make a judgement
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#5.1 Posted by macrosslover on 02 May 2003 - 10:11
- [neoquote=#5.0 by macster]macrosslover why dont we wait for the final product
before we make a judgement [/neoquote]
what?? Realone is a final product lol, so is Musicmatch, i'm just giving him some options until itunes comes out and he forms his own opinion about that.
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#5.3 Posted by macrosslover on 02 May 2003 - 10:15
- [neoquote=#5.2 by macster]Actually i am talking about iTunes for Windows
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i know you are and i never said anything about the quality of itunes for windows, that's why i was letting you know that when i was talking about bloatware i wasn't speaking of itunes, i was speaking of Realone.
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#6 Posted by TheFamousGeoff on 02 May 2003 - 11:07
- Hmm... actually, Windows is short of an application that plays MP3s etc. Can't believe no one's thought of it until now!
So, is iTunes good then?
~Geoff
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#7 Posted by XP_2003 on 02 May 2003 - 11:07
- yeah maybe it's just as bad as the Windows QuickTime version
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#7.1 Posted by Danrarbc641 on 02 May 2003 - 19:50
- [neoquote=#7.0 by XP_2003]yeah maybe it's just as bad as the Windows QuickTime version [/neoquote]
Yeah, that's what I'm worried about. A halfast port job like they do with Quicktime.
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#8 Posted by OrangeSoul on 02 May 2003 - 11:38
- wasnt i the one who posted this story in backpage news first
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#9 Posted by Mr. Black on 02 May 2003 - 14:42
- I thought they already had a version for Windows out....
Guess not...but good! Now I may consider one
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#10 Posted by jesterzwild on 02 May 2003 - 14:44
- I for one would love to see a Windows version of iTunes, but only if it worked as well as the Mac original. That's the problem with QuickTime, it at times can be quite "buggy", which is sad because I'm a big fan of Apple's software (due to how it is designed and layed out, sophisticated simplicity). I do see this as just a means for an end for Apple, and I somehow doubt they will put any major effort into making the Windows versions as worthwhile an application as the native version. Of course I could be wrong and it could be kick ass, let's hope so.
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#11 Posted by insurgent on 02 May 2003 - 15:58
- Wonder if the Windows version of iTunes will be compatible with the new Microsoft crapper they are putting out?
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#12 Posted by Dazzla on 02 May 2003 - 18:25
- Quicktime 6 on Mac = Amazingly good Quicktime 6 on Windows = Amazingly crap iTunes on Mac = Amazingly good iTunes on Windows = ... Please for the love of god get some decent programmers in on this.
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#12.1 Posted by Danrarbc641 on 02 May 2003 - 19:51
- [neoquote=#12.0 by Dazzla]Quicktime 6 on Mac = Amazingly good Quicktime 6 on Windows = Amazingly crap iTunes on Mac = Amazingly good iTunes on Windows = ... Please for the love of god get some decent programmers in on this.[/neoquote] Amen!
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#13 Posted by Hills420 on 02 May 2003 - 21:11
- It wouldn't necessarily take the place of Media Player. It would take the place of Music Match for users of the PC iPod. (I'm guessing)
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#13.1 Posted by Mav Phoenix on 02 May 2003 - 23:30
- Sounds about right.
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#14 Posted by michealm on 03 May 2003 - 08:37
- Sweet I agree with ArcticFox all we need now is OS X on X86 and the complete iLife suite for X86 Go apple
The Mac maker said on Monday that it would extend its music service to Windows-based machines by the end of the year, but did not explicitly say that it would do so through a Windows version of its iTunes. The service, named iTunes Music Store, is currently only available to Macs.
When Apple released its iPod for Windows, it chose to bundle jukebox software from MusicMatch with the portable MP3 player rather than to release a version of iTunes for the Microsoft operating system.
Nonetheless, the iTunes application is an integral part of the Mac version of the music service, being the software that allows people to play music, buy songs and transfer them to an iPod. In order to sell music to play on Windows machines, Apple clearly needs either its own software or another program to fulfill these functions and to manage copying restrictions.