Good News For Windows Users....iTunes available tomorrow!

Parrotdude · Post by **Parrotdude** » October 15, 2003 12:32 pm

iTunes to Make Windows Debut October 16
By Nate Mook mailto : nmook@betanews.com , BetaNews
October 10th, 2003, 9:05 PM

"The year's biggest music story is about to get even bigger," reads an
invitation sent by Apple to leading reporters and industry analysts.

One week before it launches Mac OS X version 10.3, code-named Panther, Apple
will officially unveil iTunes for the Windows platform - bringing the
company's music store http://www.betanews.com/article.php3?sid=1051563123
to an immense new market of PC users.
An event will be held in San Francisco at 10am on October 16 to herald in
the new Windows service.

Earlier this year, Apple began recruiting developers
http://www.betanews.com/article.php3?sid=1051741300 for iTunes for
Windows, confirming rumors that the software would be ported to Microsoft's
ubiquitous operating system. Apple CEO Steve Jobs previously said the
company planned to bring the iTunes Music Store to Windows by the end of
2003.

But Apple will face a wealth of competition when it begins courting Windows
customers. Roxio recently launched a beta version of its Napster 2.0 music
service http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail.php3?fid=942645148, and
MusicMatch http://musicmatch.com/download/music_intro.htm began offering
99-cent downloads in an attempt to mirror the success of iTunes.

The iTunes Music Store sold its ten millionth song
http://www.betanews.com/article.php3?sid=1063073967 in September and
averages over 500,000 paid downloads per week.

Boomerang Ross · Post by **Boomerang Ross** » October 15, 2003 1:09 pm

My ipod awaits........

How much Buffett do you think will be on Itunes?

Havaña Dreamer · Post by **Havaña Dreamer** » October 15, 2003 2:13 pm

Buffett is an iPod fan... I believe he has made his whole catalog available to iTunes.

Boomerang Ross · Post by **Boomerang Ross** » October 15, 2003 4:51 pm

Good deal.

prthd4353 · Post by **prthd4353** » October 15, 2003 5:44 pm

I have a windows computer, but i use macs at school. I belive that almost all of his cds are avaiblable to download.

prthd4353 · Post by **prthd4353** » October 15, 2003 11:43 pm

I wonder what time of day tom i will be able to download it onto my pc!!!!

Boomerang Ross · Post by **Boomerang Ross** » October 16, 2003 9:44 am

Is it today that it comes out?

Can't wait to download some Buffett. Fill in some albums that I haven't picked up.

ParrotheadNC · Post by **ParrotheadNC** » October 16, 2003 3:35 pm

I just downloaded iTunes for my windows PC. This is great!!

prthd4353 · Post by **prthd4353** » October 16, 2003 4:43 pm

im downloading it now!

Boomerang Ross · Post by **Boomerang Ross** » October 16, 2003 4:48 pm

I'm at work, so I'll have to wait till I'm at home.

Those that have it, how easy is it to find Jimmy?

Babu · Post by **Babu** » October 16, 2003 4:56 pm

Hahahaha... buy music.

Boomerang Ross · Post by **Boomerang Ross** » October 16, 2003 5:00 pm

Best way I've found.

Don't mind paying.

Havaña Dreamer · Post by **Havaña Dreamer** » October 16, 2003 5:22 pm

You can also use iTunes to listen to RadioMargaritaville.
Plus many OTHER radio channels.

Not hard to find Buffett music ... just search.

prthd4353 · Post by **prthd4353** » October 16, 2003 5:35 pm

You type in Jimmy Buffett and it gives you his most popular songs or ones taht they reccomend. You can then click "Jimmy Buffett" and it brings up his itunes page with all of his albums for download!

prthd4353 · Post by **prthd4353** » October 16, 2003 8:02 pm

Havaña Dreamer wrote:You can also use iTunes to listen to RadioMargaritaville.
Plus many OTHER radio channels.

Not hard to find Buffett music ... just search.

how do you get radiomargaritaville on there?

hawaiiboy · Post by **hawaiiboy** » October 17, 2003 1:54 am

prthd4353 wrote:
Havaña Dreamer wrote:You can also use iTunes to listen to RadioMargaritaville.
Plus many OTHER radio channels.

Not hard to find Buffett music ... just search.
how do you get radiomargaritaville on there?

go to Radio Margaritaville, listen now, choose MP3high, set itunes to open listen.pls (this works on Mac,hope it helps on windows)

Havaña Dreamer · Post by **Havaña Dreamer** » October 17, 2003 9:06 am

Or open iTunes go to radio and under Americana is RadioMargaritaville channel along with others... plus one called Boat Drinks.

hawaiiboy · Post by **hawaiiboy** » October 17, 2003 9:14 am

Havaña Dreamer wrote:Or open iTunes go to radio and under Americana is RadioMargaritaville channel along with others... plus one called Boat Drinks.

Good call HAVANA, I did not realize that it was listed in the radio listings, I never saw it there when I got my Mac in Feb. I guess that I never really looked at the listings again

prthd4353 · Post by **prthd4353** » October 17, 2003 9:28 am

ok, is there any advantages in listeing to it in mp3 high? I mean like is there better quality? I got the Vegas Show, and Auburn. I hope that they decided to release more shows on here, this is great. the quality sounds awsome. there is two down sides to itunes and its not very big. It cant read wma's I have about 6 gigs of wmas on my computer (most of them buffett cds that i imported) but i had to go and reimport all of my cds otherwise itunes wouldnt pick it up. But itunes is IDENTICALE to the version for mac. I am on a mac right now at school using one. there are no difference that i notice. the other downlside is not a big deal. but for some reason when i import a cd it gives the right names to the tracks and the cd folder it creats but it does not download alum art. That is one thing that i love with windows media player. You just go to go onto the internet find the picture save it then set it as teh album you want. Not hard just alot of extra time. But i love this program! Itunes for windows is awsome!

Also did anyone notice that the downloads were incredibly slow yesterday i took about 7 mins. for one song. I am hoping that this is just because oof all the new windows users and temp. I havent tried it today yet.

prthd4353 · Post by **prthd4353** » October 17, 2003 9:33 am

i bet that they will get so many more sales now that itunes is out for windows. So many more people will download the buffett concerts. Or at least i hope so, so they decide to keep going with it. I an hopeing that a lot of next year shows will become avilable on there because it would be so awsome to be able to go to a concert then go and buy it from itunes.