Newsweek: Itunes For Windows Due Next Month

Just read this article. Looks like iTunes is due out next month.

Newsweek reports that Apple expects to release iTunes for Windows next month: "Apple has quietly informed some music insiders that it’s moved up the date for expanding its current Mac-only iTunes for the vast universe of Windows-based PCs to mid-October," as it discusses the recent lawsuits by the record companies against individuals and the future of music: "Technology is creating new markets for music as well. The music giants are banking on an exploding U.S. market for dialing up music on cell phones—in effect, you would use your phone as a portable player. It’s already a multibillion-dollar business in Europe and Japan."

#55841

Yay

Even if Apple are just doing it to widdle in my strawberries, as the saying goes, it's still news...

I'd say good news, but it takes away the special-ness of my WMP skin a little

#55846

Originally posted by Stevie BM@Sep 15 2003, 08:28 PM

Yay 

Even if Apple are just doing it to widdle in my strawberries, as the saying goes, it's still news...

I'd say good news, but it takes away the special-ness of my WMP skin a little 

No it doesn't. Itunes for windows might not even be skined! It might just be boxie and ugly....

#55849

Originally posted by Stevie BM@Sep 15 2003, 08:28 PM

Yay 

Even if Apple are just doing it to widdle in my strawberries, as the saying goes, it's still news...

I'd say good news, but it takes away the special-ness of my WMP skin a little 

Non-sense, there is always room for good alternatives. Besides, its still not coming out for another month at the least. You have plenty of time to release you're skin and have tons of people using it and enjoying it. I know for sure that all the people looking forward to your skin would definitely like to have something to hold them over until at least iTunes is released.

Also who knows, I would like to hope that iTunes for Windows would come out bug free and full of all the OSX features and everything, but there could be issues that nobody can predict.

#55850

Originally posted by ron21@Sep 15 2003, 09:33 PM

No it doesn't. Itunes for windows might not even be skined! It might just be boxie and ugly....

I'm a pessimist.

It might be... On a similar note, it might be as naff as Quicktime for Windows...

If it is, though, I'll eat my proverbial hat - Apple's counting on iTunes for Windows as their "foot in the door" for Apple Music Store on Windows machines...

#55851

I dont think it will be like iTunes for Macs.. Just look at what they did to Quicktime player. So i dont think your skin will a waste of time

#55860

have you guys seen my mockup

#55870

Originally posted by DinoJr@Sep 15 2003, 09:34 PM

have you guys seen my mockup

LOL dino

#55873

god i hope it don't look like that, though that is probably how it is gonna turn out! good mock up dino!

#55880

Im more excited about the service.

It looks great, and I hear there's some exclusive Bob Dylan songs on it. (Y)

Except I hope the quality isn't too bad.

#55883

lol thats a good mockup.. looks just like how quicktime looks.. but itunes style... blahh i hope they dont ruin it like they did with quicktime

#55884

I say we get a headstart,

Assuming it is as sh-itty as Quicktime for Windows, lets see how we can mod Xp quicktime (using reshacker) to resemble apple quicktime as much as possible.

So when iTunes Xp comes out we'll know what to do.

#55889

can you? just looked at all of the quicktime files in the progams folder, no bitmaps in any of the files of the brushedness or anything to mod! no!

#55895

It may just be me, but it seems like Quicktime runs SO MUCH SLOWER than any other media player on my PC. I hope I don't have the same problem with iTunes XP.

I wish so bad I could afford a Mac! If I had known a year ago what I know now, I would have NEVER bought the PC I have. From now on, it's Apple all the way! No crashes, YEAH!!

Hope iTunes XP turns out decent. Later.

#56162

Eveyone needs to read closer. It was stated that the iTunes Music store for Windows was going to be available next month but they never said iTunes the program for Windows was comming out next month. I suspect that Apple has been working with Music Match to vreate a web plug-in that will alow you to shop for music and download it. I think we are all going to have to hold aur cololected breaths over iTunes for PC. iTunes was originaly based on an MP3 player (I can't remember its name off the top of my head) that was written for the Clasic Mac OS. It was then carbonised and ported to Mac OS X in its early days. Then Apple bought the player and it became iTunes as we know it today. Since this program was orinaly written to the Clasic Mac OS its going to take some time before we see a Windows version. Stop and think of how many Mac OS only programs have been easily ported over to Windows. Not many at all. So don't jump the gun. I think we are going to be suprised when we find out you will have to use Music Match for the service. Just my 2 cents.

#56272

Hmmm..that was a great news for a window user.....

I hope they will release the famous browser safari too for window

#56285

Safari's not happening.

I dont think KHTML has even been ported to Windows.

#56288

Originally posted by impulseman36@Sep 16 2003, 11:37 PM

Eveyone needs to read closer. It was stated that the iTunes Music store for Windows was going to be available next month but they never said iTunes the program for Windows was comming out next month. I suspect that Apple has been working with Music Match to vreate a web plug-in that will alow you to shop for music and download it. I think we are all going to have to hold aur cololected breaths over iTunes for PC. iTunes was originaly based on an MP3 player (I can't remember its name off the top of my head) that was written for the Clasic Mac OS. It was then carbonised and ported to Mac OS X in its early days. Then Apple bought the player and it became iTunes as we know it today. Since this program was orinaly written to the Clasic Mac OS its going to take some time before we see a Windows version. Stop and think of how many Mac OS only programs have been easily ported over to Windows. Not many at all. So don't jump the gun. I think we are going to be suprised when we find out you will have to use Music Match for the service. Just my 2 cents.

You make a lot of good points. I hope you are wrong though just for the sake of it all. I do have doubts and all, but i've always heard it wasn't just the iTunes Music Store, but the actual application itself. I guess we will find out mid-october though.

I so hate MusicMatch.

#56393

Originally posted by tland@Sep 16 2003, 11:57 AM

It may just be me, but it seems like Quicktime runs SO MUCH SLOWER than any other media player on my PC.  I hope I don't have the same problem with iTunes XP. 

I wish so bad I could afford a Mac!  If I had known a year ago what I know now, I would have NEVER bought the PC I have.  From now on, it's Apple all the way!  No crashes, YEAH!!

Hope iTunes XP turns out decent.  Later.

Me too.. When i use quicktime, everything i.e. dock, shadows... blink

I don't think it'll happen with iTunes... i hope it doesn't happen with iTunes,

#56420

The problem for us, i guess, is that would be acceptable to Apple to make iTunes looks good, or at least aceptable, with the normal "full-collored-lollypop-lane" normal GUI of WindowsXP... and not with ours Aqua themes.

I guess that we should not expect a Full Mac iTunes GUI for Win iTunes. The glyphs, as a exemple, wouldn´t make sense with all those BIG BLUE SQUARES of Win GUI.

We... anyway... don´t have pay to keep hopes up... but, expect the best, be prepared to the worst. <_<

#57255

Originally posted by impulseman36@Sep 16 2003, 11:37 PM

Eveyone needs to read closer. It was stated that the iTunes Music store for Windows was going to be available next month but they never said iTunes the program for Windows was comming out next month. I suspect that Apple has been working with Music Match to vreate a web plug-in that will alow you to shop for music and download it. I think we are all going to have to hold aur cololected breaths over iTunes for PC. iTunes was originaly based on an MP3 player (I can't remember its name off the top of my head) that was written for the Clasic Mac OS. It was then carbonised and ported to Mac OS X in its early days. Then Apple bought the player and it became iTunes as we know it today. Since this program was orinaly written to the Clasic Mac OS its going to take some time before we see a Windows version. Stop and think of how many Mac OS only programs have been easily ported over to Windows. Not many at all. So don't jump the gun. I think we are going to be suprised when we find out you will have to use Music Match for the service. Just my 2 cents.

According to the article, Apple is planning on introducing a Windows version of iTunes -- not only that, but it's also trying to land a deal in which AOL would adopt iTunes as its music management software... opening the doors to AOL's 26 million subscribers.

Apple Computer remains on track to deliver a Windows version of its ITunes Software by the end of October, a senior executive confirmed last week.

Apple's director of marketing consumer applications Peter Lowe confirmed the plans in an interview with a top digital-media analyst.

The iTunes Music store is not a web site, it's a built-in feature of iTunes. iTunes is a music jukebox application, This will be the full program iTunes 0.0 or whatever number for Windows.

#57275

All i gotta say is.... Im keeping my fingers crossed for a decent version of itunes for windows with no scheme to drag pople on to mac just because mac progz in windows suck...

Cheers...

Seph

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