Now that iTunes is out for Windows.....

[AmdInside]

I am trying to decide whether to keep my iMac or sell it. It is still good for making DVD movies however I don't really use it that much for that feature. Hmm. I already have 4 other computers (one desktop, two laptops and wifes computer). I think I should probably sell the iMac.

 

[Ionizer86]

Well, if you don't have too big of a use and if it has a high resale value (in the case of the new lamp-ish imacs), you could resell it.

 

[50]

What's iTunes and why is it so important you need to buy a mac just to use it?

 

[dartworth]

Originally posted by: 50
What's iTunes and why is it so important you need to buy a mac just to use it?

dude..itunes is the best mp3 program out their...

itunes on a PC...time for an iPod...

 

[GonzoDaGr8]

Originally posted by: AmdInside
I am trying to decide whether to keep my iMac or sell it. It is still good for making DVD movies however I don't really use it that much for that feature. Hmm. I already have 4 other computers (one desktop, two laptops and wifes computer). I think I should probably sell the iMac.

Same boat as you....I sold mine.

 

[GonzoDaGr8]

Originally posted by: dartworth

Originally posted by: 50
What's iTunes and why is it so important you need to buy a mac just to use it?

dude..itunes is the best mp3 program out their...

itunes on a PC...time for an iPod...

Word.

 

[JackBurton]

ITunes & iPod for Windows. Let's see, what would I buy a Mac for now.....oh yeah, nothing.

 

[rg6252a]

i bought a dell latitude d600 in august.....later that month got me a 20gb iPod

picked up a PCMCIA firewire card and was flying, however musicmatch was not doing it for me


BUT...

iTunes for Windows is the best thing since sliced bread!

no need for that powerbook now

 

[Megatomic]

So if I have read several of the posts above correctly, this iTunes software ecclipses Winamp as the best mp3 player? I may install it if so...

 

[JackBurton]

Holy sh!t! Screw Kazaa and screw Best Buy, iTunes is the future!!! I LOVE IT!!!

 

[Megatomic]

Well, I installed it (and Mozilla just before it). It's gonna take some getting used to I think but so far it's not too bad. I'm really accustomed to Winamp 2.x after years of using it.

JackBurton, what is so great about iTunes that you posted what you just did?

 

[EmoshBZ]

kazzaa is really going downhill these days

 

[sniperruff]

can anyone please kindly tell me how itunes is better than... say winamp? i don't have an ipod so i guess it doesn't matter?

 

[Actaeon]

Originally posted by: sniperruff
can anyone please kindly tell me how itunes is better than... say winamp? i don't have an ipod so i guess it doesn't matter?

Winamp plays music..

iTunes downloads it for 99 cents. Probally plays it too.

 

[EeyoreX]

Information about iTunes is easily had at the Apple website...

And, a significant difference between iTunes and say, WinAMP, is that WinAMP is an mp3 player. iTunes is a total "digital jukebox" with an online music store, offering ~400,000 legally downloadable MP3s.

\Dan

 

[ponyo]

Originally posted by: sniperruff
can anyone please kindly tell me how itunes is better than... say winamp? i don't have an ipod so i guess it doesn't matter?

Well, it's made for iPod. That alone is good enough for Window users who had to suffer using MusicMatch or somewhat better Ephpod for their iPod.

It also has AAC support and also rips and encode CDs. Also has iTunes store which I could care less about. AAC and iPod sync are good enough reasons for me.

 

[NOX]

Ok, can some one tell me this? Is iTunes for Windows the same as iTunes for Mac? Because if it is, I'll be downloading it tonight. iTunes for Mac rocks, I used it at school once to burn some music and I could clearly tell that iTunes was much more superior at encoding MP3's and WAV files. My music sounded much better with iTunes, unlike the other programs, which I've used for Windows.

I would even pay for iTunes, though I see it is free.

 

[Sid59]

it's exactly the same, so says Steve Jobs

 

[NOX]

Originally posted by: Sid59
it's exactly the same, so says Steve Jobs

Yeah it also looks like according to the site... well then I'm off to download iTunes. :beer:

 

[Chadder007]

Can you stream music with it from them or something.....like stream radio broadcasts?

 

[jdogg707]

I love iTunes, had it for my Powerbook, sold the Powerbook, missed the music store and AAC for my Ipod and now don't have to miss it anymore

 

[thorin]

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=27&threadid=1163969

 

[Dug]

I heard the quality of the downloads was crap.

 

[randomlinh]

Originally posted by: Dug
I heard the quality of the downloads was crap.

that is purely subjective. it's encoded at 128bit AAC, which is supposedly like 160kbit MP3.... regardless.. my ears aren't the best, so i'm happy with it... heh.. 160kbit would have been nice tho.

 

[benjamit]

the radio feature of itunes is better though less stations than the radio feature of windows media player

and itunes has less clutter than windows media player

though none of these apps allow you to mod the original files while you are playing them

so you just cant rename or delete a file when its in its library

another thing about mac apps is that they are relatively big for what they do 20 mb for the itunes windows

all the visual styling