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Departments => Music => Topic started by: Mad Dr Jeffe on April 28, 2004, 11:39:12 AM
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Yep its been a year, since iTunes has been availible for PC's and today Apple released a whole lot of goodies.
For starters they are offering a free single every tuesday... this weeks single Foo Fighters Hero
Then they announced a partnership with Disney and thousands of Disney soundtracks and songs are on the site.
Followed by a release of 45 rare Motown Singles
Free Videos
Movie Trailors
A download your favorite playlist section called Imix
A Jewel Case Insert Printing programs so you can list you mixes on Cd
An Upgrade to the lossless CD encoder
and a WMA converter allowing all non DRM protected WMA material to play in Itunes (a huge plus for Ipod fans)
not to mention Radio Charts and a wish list
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also the number of computers you can athorize Itunes with has gone up from 3 to 5
The number of times you can burn a single playlist has gone down from 10- to 7
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I wonder if they're going to be like Blizzard and with each patch change a few numbers around.
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what is that supposed to mean?
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EG: Blizzard patch: - Siphon Mana maximum range reduced to 800 from 850.
- Flying Machine hit points increased to 200 from 175.
Apple "patch:" - the number of computers you can athorize Itunes with has gone up from 3 to 5
- The number of times you can burn a single playlist has gone down from 10- to 7
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ahhh, well its kind of different, but ok.
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So Jeffe, EUOL, how'd the iPod updating go?
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Just on the subject of iPods; I saw the other day that after something like 1800 hours of use, the battery burns out. At first apple was cheap, and was suggesting that the customers buy another iPod. However, they have since become a little less cheap, instead offering a replacement battery for the all-time low price of...... $99.00
But yay for iTunes!
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Went without a hitch.
And, Outkast, if you buy Apple's extended warranty for fifty bucks, they'll replace the battery for free when it goes out.
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Hm, ok, I hadn't heard about that. Apple is a little less cheap than I thought.
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Heh. Well, both of those things are--the $99 thing and the new extended warranty--methods of combating the bad PR they got over the battery issue. They acted quickly, you have to give them that. However, I don't think it makes them less cheap. They only did it because they had to.
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Well then EUOL, you should read of Gaiman's account on updating his 40 GB iPod (which makes me jealous, he has a 40 GB iPod. I bet that makes you jealous too EUOL =P).
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I had some trouble with my mini, but my wifes Ipod went fine,... the mini had to have filesharing turned off for the update, after which I turned fs back on and it went fine... I think its a problem of not having a dock for the mini, but who knows.... apple knows about it and they are fixin the code...
Remember the mini is only on v1.1 right now.
I like the 1 year warranty. And if you've seen the Ipod or the mini you know that its pretty hard to get open, for battery issues they effectivly just give you a brand new Ipod anyway ...so 99 bucks isnt horrific...
I like the idea of lossless encoding... no tinny sounding strings in my classical music, and fuller voices,... all thats going to come at the expense of memory of course but hey I'll just put 500 songs on my mini instead of 1000.
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I dunno, whatever the reason: new technology, difficulty opening (which is STILL the manufacturer's fault, and possibly worse since it's planned), or whatever, $99 is still costly. Heck, $50 is expensive for a battery failure. It's still a downside, imo. One that can eventually be corrected, but hasnt' yet.
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Kind of, but I dont agree when you consider the one year warrenty that will repair or replace said item for free that I got for purchasing the item.
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well considering my SONY came with that for free I'd say it was a rip-off. But hey, I go for quality, not for hipness.
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I fail to understand why you need to rip on EUOL and my purchase of Ipods
I dont think we've ever ripped on your player. Thats pretty rude Spriggan.
A lot of so called Warranties these days only cover up to a certain price point for repairs or replacements...<COUGH, DELL> or expire in six months.
But yeah other companies like Sony do have good warrenties.
The 50 bucks you tack on are to extend the Ipod warrenty to 3 years which is a good deal IMHO. That covers just about anything you can do to it too short of running it over with a Sony delivery truck.
So I guess the trade off is the same... and When you consider its a portable harddrive too then Its actually kind of nice....
That being said, I wouldnt hate a replaceable battery for my Ipod...
but there are a few solutions on the market, from add on battery packs to running your "Pod" on inline power.
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yeah, a even Dell offers 1 year warranty free on their computers.
Heck, even MY company does that, and the average repair cost for our instruments is higher than the cost of a new computer.
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Im just bitter at dell because they welched on their Warrenty for me over something minor, and I didnt have enough capital to sue em... ;D.
Ie because I had installed an application that didnt come with the computer I had altered its original state and therefore had voided the warranty.
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what sort of application? Bonzai Buddy?
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Duke Nukem 3D
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that sounds wrong. I'd check the service agreement. Course, I guess it's a little late for that now.
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Basically yes...
But thats also not the real point...
I like the Ipod, and think that its design and function make it much more than a trendy fad...
It has battery issues.... they have been addressed maybe not a satifactorily as some want , but oh well. 50 bucks to extend the warrenty to 3 years total 1 yr +2 more is a good deal.
Saying all that I dont think I've ever disparaged anyones choice of computing platform, media player or automobile (Unless they drive a pinto) On another thread I was genuinely happy Spiggan got the music player he wanted. Maybe he didnt mean to be rude, and Im sorry If i called him that, but I dont like him saying I bought an Ipod just to be trendy. I bought it because its well built, supports multiple formats, is exceptionally portable and light doesnt skip, and can be used as a hard drive. I think all of those things are good reasons....
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and Spriggan Im sorry if I offended you.
/me tries to turn over an new leaf today.
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Being poor and not really desiring a portable music source, I don't have any type of player. However, the Ipod commercials are cool.