The next thing Microsoft will steal... — General Discussion

fatcatfan 12 May 2003, 21:04

http://www.zeropaid.com/news/articles/auto/05112003b.php

Apple has definitely done something grand here. The sad thing is that you can only access it if you have an Apple computer. You'd think they'd put together some kind of gateway for PC users.

Beldaran 12 May 2003, 21:13

Finally. I just hope, as you said, that such a thing becomes avaliable for PC users.

AlexMax 12 May 2003, 22:47

No, the next thing that Microsoft will steal from Apple is features from the OS X software into the newest version of Windows...

http://www.nytimes.com/auth/login?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/12/technology/12SOFT.html

(Registration is free)

And yeah, that DOES look pretty awesome. Considering that I use my PC for games less and less (That job goes to my gaming systems) and for actual work more and more, I might just want to buy a Mac as my first PC...

vegeta1215 13 May 2003, 03:52

I heard Apple was going to port iTunes to Windows. They'd be stupid not to.

stormwatcheagle 13 May 2003, 04:44

1 problem, it still costs money. Yeah I know i'm being unreasonable, but i'm very, very cheap.

Thunderbird 13 May 2003, 04:50

If I had a credit card, I would be much more willing to buy single songs at 99 cents (I think that's what they're charging, this was on TechLive a few days ago) than a CD for $20. Apple is definitely on to something. Even more impressive is they have the approval of all of the major record labels (that's a feat in itself IMO).

And SWE, yes you are cheap 😉.

Dragon Omega 13 May 2003, 05:21

And then as soon as they're done stealing everything profitable, they shall steal our socks and hold them for ransom...(don't mind me I'm on a sugar high...WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!) :mischief:

Kirby of Doom 13 May 2003, 19:54

iTunes???

I'm fine with my Kazaa. 😃

VashdeStampedo! 13 May 2003, 21:19

All the bands I like are old enough I can get the CDs for cheaper anyhow (just got Rubber Soul new for $5).

Dark Nation 14 May 2003, 00:23

You're all wrong. The correct answer was: coffee. 😮dd:

Thunderbird 14 May 2003, 00:42

I just remembered one thing mentioned on the TechLive snippet that I saw about this: Apple does plan to do a PC version of iTunes. So PC users are not out of luck.

And regarding the filesharing networks: I haven't logged onto one for several months. It's just not appealing for me anymore.

DarkDragoonX 14 May 2003, 15:25

Originally posted by Dark Nation
You're all wrong. The correct answer was: coffee. 😮dd:

Hmm... they don't really give any names, or good resources, so I can't be terribly sure that it's true... but if it is, than that's just sad.

Funny article, though.