Re: [OT] iTunes for Windows\XP

["Derek Erb" <dce42@xxxxxxx>]

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Don McAllister" <donmc@b...> wrote:

> Just downloaded this for a play. It's free and you can use it to
manage your
> existing MP3 collection. <

I too downloaded and installed it after first reading a few warnings
in the Apple iPod eGroup.  It worked fine... well... sort of.

I have a 3G iPod and I use ephPod to transfer files with it and am
quite happy.  WARNING TO iPOD USERS:  (as seen on the iPod eGroup)
if you are using MusicMatch JukeBox or XPlay to transfer files with
your iPod do not install iTunes for Windows if you want to still be
able to use MMJB or XPlay.  They will no longer work afterwards.
Luckily for me ephPod works fine.

However the "real" reason I had downloaded iTunes was not to
manage
my computerised music, as I already use a combination of WMP9 and
MP3 collector for that, but rather to be able to use the iTunes
Music Store.  I was seriously depressed to learn AFTER downloading,
installing, configuring and rebooting that the store is not
available to those of us outside of the U.S.A.

:-(

An interesting point for the group here is the music sharing
functionality which allows both PCs and Macs to share music across a
network thereby allowing the music collection to be stored on one
computer and accessed from anywhere (i.e. different room or rooms in
the house).