OK Gang--it's almost time to show our Support for Apple when iTunes is released.

[Jagga]

After following a website posting of soldering a few transistors the CPU speed went up to 967Mhz (1st gen QuickSilver). It lasted for about 3 weeks, really nice, but then left it on for roughly 4 days, and wehn I smelt some burning (no not burnt toast, though I wish I had, lol) thats when I opend that chasis, and so a lil smoke, and promptly turned it off. I waited a few hours before hitting the power switch......well needless to say "On" never ever happend again. I since kept the case for several weeks after in moarning then donated it to recycling.

BOy was I extremely pissed!

To tell the truth, I never was that good at soldering, did good for my second time ever - first time soldering a chip onto PS1 board successfully - and a very dusty room i lived in and never opened the window........garbage bin just outside, blah!

That sure teached me the stupidity of being a windblow user....if it ain't broke dont fix it, just get a new OS. If your using windblow just get a mac.

Funds a little low right now, and very depressed about identity theft!!

 

[redAPPLE]

Originally posted by MattG
What I'm really hoping for is for Apple to make a Windows version of iTunes, as well as making a way for Mac users to share music with Windows computers. For example, my computer at work is a Windows 2000 machine. How great would it be if Apple could make some kind of client for Windows (a Rendezvous client?) that made it so it could see my Mac notebook, and they could share music together? Just like Steve demoed at the announcement of the music store, where he played music on one Mac from another Mac over the wireless network--I'd like to be able to do that, but between mixed Windows/Mac networks! I just want easy music transfer between iTunes, regardless of platform. That would be sweet.

i think there is a suggestion "box" somewhere in apple.com.

suggest it.

 

[Vlade]

I may buy 1 or 2 CDs I want, but its hard to go from 0 dollars to 20 dollars, even if it is legal.

 

[eric_n_dfw]

Originally posted by Jagga
I since kept the case for several weeks after in moarning then donated it to recycling.

You do know you could have sold that Quicksilver case for a pretty penny, don't you?

i.e: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2756360065&category=14911

(If so, I applaud your generousity to charity. If not, well, I'm sorry.)

 

[Ajmbc]

My Support

Here is the picture that I made-

 

[balconycollapse]

http://www.matadorrecords.com/news/index.html

wooo more songs!!! This is crazy. My way of supporting iTMS was to order and album but until today they didn't have the one i REAAALLLY wanted. Woohoo!!! I put in a request on the feedback for itms for Guided By Voices and now my wish has come true!!!

 

[Frisco]

Ajmbc,

That's a great picture man!!

 

[Frozone]

Someone should also go into MSN, Yahoo, and other chatrooms and talk people into downloading iTunes. I may end up printing that picture out multiple times and giving em out to people at school.

 

[dho]

Ajmbc:

Sweet pic

 

[mrjamin]

Originally posted by mmmdreg
I'm a bit behind in my news. Does Windows play AAC files now then?

i've been playing AAC files on my wintel machine since around the time iTMS was launched, and not through quicktime! There's loads of 3rd party Winamp/WMP plugins - some of them have been around for a long time.

 

[Vlade]

Originally posted by mrjamin
i've been playing AAC files on my wintel machine since around the time iTMS was launched, and not through quicktime! There's loads of 3rd party Winamp/WMP plugins - some of them have been around for a long time.

Just wondering, do they all get around the .m4p files, or just .m4a ones?

 

[kikimus]

I think the biggest thing Apple has done to encourage support is to start putting smaller labels on itunes.

Matador and Rounder are a good start, now get SubPop and...... better yet, create a process for smaller labels to submit their music to itunes without it taking 6 months.

I have not bought anything yet (now with Matador I will), because the stuff I like was not availible on itunes. I can buy the mainstream crap at any old store.

Make it easy for me to find Indie stuff (like Wrens, who I had to order directly from their label and wait......), and I will spend lots o money.

 

[The Reaper]

ok, everyone has to realize something. to make a difference, you need to buy all of your songs on a WINDOWS computer, so that apple can say 'and we have x number of songs sold to windows users.'

 

[azdude]

Buy stock.

 

[stingerman]

Originally posted by azdude
Buy stock.

Knowing what's coming, many of os rumor mongers should have made plenty on Apple's run. And, now we know before the rest of the world (investing world) what is going to be released this Thursday.

That is one of the advantages of being under the RADAR like APPLE has been. Come Wednesday's earnings followed by Thursdays releases, we should have some nice upside.

 

[iEric]

UGH, I can't believe Windows users get a taste of what Mac users get...So unfair...I WANT iTUNES ALL TO MYSELF!! LOOL

 

[rickvanr]

Originally posted by spice weasel
It's not stealing, it's copyright infringement. See, doesn't sound quite so bad that way, does it? We're not pirates, we're infringers!

Besides, the RIAA can't touch you if you infringe on US copyrights from across the pond -- at least not yet. I doubt they're going to file extradition papers.

is that really true? cause i was getting a little paranoid.... but if its true, now im not...

 

[wiz7dome]

Originally posted by kikimus
I think the biggest thing Apple has done to encourage support is to start putting smaller labels on itunes.

Matador and Rounder are a good start, now get SubPop and...... better yet, create a process for smaller labels to submit their music to itunes without it taking 6 months.

I have not bought anything yet (now with Matador I will), because the stuff I like was not availible on itunes. I can buy the mainstream crap at any old store.

Make it easy for me to find Indie stuff (like Wrens, who I had to order directly from their label and wait......), and I will spend lots o money.

Mr. Jobs wont allow groups to submit music directly to iTMS. Indie groups can get on to the store, but they must go through an indie distributor like CD BABY and have physical CD's for sell. A deal has already been worked out between some indie's and Apple, however, groups do have a threshold of pressed CD's to meet before they're placed onto the store. Im not sure, but I think the number is 5K units.

side note: expect to hear this argument again in court. (see Apple Corp. shakedown....... errr lawsuit)

 

[mrjamin]

Originally posted by rickvanr
is that really true? cause i was getting a little paranoid.... but if its true, now im not...

perfectly true. Just like DivX movies - they're legal if you rented the DVD/Video once...some loophole that they call "time-lapse" or something

I don't have a problem with downloading a divx movie if its been on tv before. Back-of-the-cinema jobbies are a little different because the quality's crap - the small screen ruins a lot of films anyway, so a camcorder isn't gonna do it any good at all!