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Apple: Beatles on iTunes (Nov 16th)
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Apple can't? How come other companies can (presumably) create cross-platform programs that aren't as fucking bloated as iTunes? I'm no expert, but surely there must be some way, like a full re-write.ivedoneyourmom said:
But Apple won't do this for whatever reason. iTunes could benefit so much from this.
I mean, I like some Apple products, but I largely dislike the way they run a lot of shit in their company, as well as stuff like apple tax and whatnot which I won't get into in this thread.
Flying_Phoenix
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Any hope for new Macbook Pros?
I said presumably for a reason. Though "levels of functionality" can be debated, I hear Firefox and VLC are alright on Mac, no?Tobor said:
Still doesn't justify for me, with the amount of resources Apple has, I don't understand why such a crucial part of their business is what it is, and why it has been satisfactory or worse in quality for such a long time.
Not for another 10 or 11 months, buddy, new ones just came out in September.scorcho said:
Dreams-Visions
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any speed bump at this point would be done under the radar. I wouldn't hope in any changes until Sandy Bridge.Flying_Phoenix said:
Backfoggen
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I doubt it's a subscription or stream-based music/video thing, since the announcement is put up for a shit ton of pages all over the world. Unless Apple has secretly been working on the licensing problem for a long time. A service like this would probably stay US-only for quite a while before breaching out.
Dreams-Visions
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when people are talking about iTunes running poorly, what part are we referring to? just the speed with which it opens? is it hogging resources while playing movies or something? crashes?Phoenix said:
the only thing on the Windows version I ever though sucked was Cover Flow...but who the hell uses that anyway?
hell...my old tablet with X3100 integrated graphics runs iTunes without a problem of any kind. so what are we complaining about, exactly?
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Dreams-Visions said:
heres what I think based on comments Ive read and conversations Ive had with coworkers. its a different thing for everyone.
- some people dont appreciate that its a database app and they dont like how it makes folders for them and how it requires metadata, and not file names, to sort stuff. they want winamp from 1998.
- some people dont like how slow it is to open. its gotten better at this recently, but it still takes a little bit of time. if someone just wants to listen to one song, this delay may seem shitty
- some people believe that iTunes should not have anything to do with syncing devices like iphones and ipads. its anger directed at the concept of the program and how it has grown and they think this part makes it slower.
- some people dont think the store should be built in. or that only music should be built in but not apps or movies or podcasts or whatever and they think this part makes it slower.
- some folks have legitimate, crippling performance issues and bugs that make using the program a horrible experience. (Word Assassin seems to have this. it is not normal)
-some people have albums with non-european characters and iTunes can have a hard time keeping some of these tracks ordered properly.
-like many database programs, it can be complicated to setup the metadata for all the different available fields. and iTunes does not do the best job of this compared to some dedicated clients.
all that said, I still like iTunes for what it is. I wish it was more. I wish it had cloud streaming and wifi syncing and that it started up in a blink, but it has never slowed down to a crawl for me, search is fast, I can make complex smart playlists, and Id never want to leave iTunes to have to sync my iPhone and ipad
June. Mid-june. It's always in mid june.scorcho said:
Most won't, because their satisfied with only the need to sync music and apps, and many of them don't know Winamp exists. For the rest of us that are tech savvy, we can see that there are much more efficient and better performing alternatives to iTunes, and we are disappointed with the less than satisfactory performance for a product with such a breadth of functionality.Tobor said:
iTunes, at least on Windows, needs to be streamlined, and better optimized. It's a shame that such a diverse entertainment hub has to be so bloated.
Mecha_Infantry
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Will it be safe to buy a macbook now, or shall I wait?
Dreams-Visions
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I'd say you're in the middle of the cycle.Mecha_Infantry said:
I love my 2010 MBP. if you need a computer, go for it. if you can wait 6 months, wait.
Mecha_Infantry
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Dreams-Visions said:
Wooooosh!!
Flying_Phoenix
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Dreams-Visions said:
It's incredible using it with Apple's trackpad. No really give it a try.
scorcho said:
This too. My iTouch is getting old.
scorcho said:
Flash.
Gonna go ahead and predict Beatles.
Apple says "an exciting announcment." SINGULAR. One announcement that's iTunes related, just in time for the holidays. iOS 4.2 is a stupid guess unless there are some huge features they've been holding back (not likely). Any streaming stuff would have it's own media event. 2010 is too early for that stuff, 2011 looks to be the year of the NC-Data Center.
Is "tomorrow is just another day" a lyric from a Beatles song?
Apple says "an exciting announcment." SINGULAR. One announcement that's iTunes related, just in time for the holidays. iOS 4.2 is a stupid guess unless there are some huge features they've been holding back (not likely). Any streaming stuff would have it's own media event. 2010 is too early for that stuff, 2011 looks to be the year of the NC-Data Center.
Is "tomorrow is just another day" a lyric from a Beatles song?
Dreams-Visions
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I will, but I still don't see the point. I guess it's because I use the Column Browser...which is just the shit, IMO. I have about 14,000 songs and 1,100 albums in my collection, and the prospect of scanning through them in cover flow instead of simply clicking the appropriate Genre and then Artist just seems like a huge step backwards in efficiency.Flying_Phoenix said:
brianjones
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beatles? that would be horseshit :lol
anything that increases the speed of itunes is OK by me, otherwise i can't think of much else that i want.
give us the ability to disable ping entirely without using console commands
anything that increases the speed of itunes is OK by me, otherwise i can't think of much else that i want.
give us the ability to disable ping entirely without using console commands
ok, the song is called Yesterday the word tomorrow doesnt even come up once in the lyrics.
unless theyre referring to the slightly more obscure and eclectic tomorrow never knows in which case tomorrows announcement is just going to be video of Phil Schiller and Steve Jobs dropping acid and eating peanut butter out of the jar with their hands.
unless theyre referring to the slightly more obscure and eclectic tomorrow never knows in which case tomorrows announcement is just going to be video of Phil Schiller and Steve Jobs dropping acid and eating peanut butter out of the jar with their hands.
Flying_Phoenix
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Beatles? The babyboomer generation is on its last knees.
It's just really intuitive. Not as intuitive as it is for the iOS devices, but still really intuitive.
Be sure to make the jukebox part big too.
Dreams-Visions said:
It's just really intuitive. Not as intuitive as it is for the iOS devices, but still really intuitive.
Be sure to make the jukebox part big too.
I guess this is as good as place as any to post this, I know I'm not the only one that wishes iTunes ran smoother on Windows. I have a fairly large music library (100+gb) and have no choice but to use iTunes. Unfortunately the thing eats almost all of my memory making it sometimes impossible to even listen to music and surf the web at the same time. So frustrating.
I'm sure this sounds very "conspiracy theory," but Apple sorta has a vested interest in making the Mac iTunes perform like a chamb and the Windows one be sluggish.
Also, just because Apple is so wildly popular doesn't mean they have the resources to do EVERYTHING. I think it's well known that Apple pulled OS X developers to work on iOS. Jobs likes to keep his teams small and working together.
Also, just because Apple is so wildly popular doesn't mean they have the resources to do EVERYTHING. I think it's well known that Apple pulled OS X developers to work on iOS. Jobs likes to keep his teams small and working together.
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