digital music/video
09/15/2005, 12:00pm, EDT
Thursday, September 15th
iTunes 5 for Windows plagued by bugs
Users of Apple's new iTunes 5 for Windows are reporting a number of major issues with the software. The widespread problems have been identified on Apple's official discussion forum. Apple has stated that it is aware of the problems, but has yet to provide solutions for affected users. Problems include: crashing during installation, loss of playlists, inexplicable duplication of songs, conflicts with other software, and issues with the iTunes Music Store. Lauren Weinstein, co-founder of People for Internet Responsibility, points out that rolling back to iTunes 4.9 "can be difficult or impossible, and Apple's lack of official recognition or public response regarding these problems is driving many users up the wall."
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Because iTunes has specific references to the nano, perhaps it didn't get extensive internal system testing, just to keep it under wraps.
...or...
It's my opinion, so it doesn't mean much, but maybe Windows programmers (even those at Apple) are used to being a little sloppy.
Q: Combine sloppy code and minimal testing and what do you get? A: Microsoft level "quality"
:)
Apple's secretive ways are going to ruin it. I'm glad they went with Intel...we'll finally know wtf kind of processors are upcoming.
Seriously Apple (as most companies) in fast paced markets need to keep their cards close to their chests to avoid telegraphing what they are doing to the competition.
For example, not being able to downgrade iTunes would typically be child's play on a Mac, but it is par for course on Windows where everything is harder by comparison to the Mac.