Apple iTunes 4.9 (07/30/2002)

A bad deal, and a worse headache.by Zalma524 - September 8, 2008

Pros: easy to use

Cons: All music is lost if the hard drive is wiped or a new one is used. Music doesn't upload smoothly in some cases.

Latest version: Too slow, seems broken.by Gyro_Bot - January 7, 2008

Pros: I've loved iTunes for a long time, it's freindly and it's a Mac product, which seems to make it better.

Cons: The latest version suffers greatly from slow startup. It may be the latest version, but it's so slow, it must be broken.

Abysmal. Total waste of money. I am so angry.by duprie37 - March 20, 2007

Pros: You get a lossy reproduction of the music you pay for

Cons: You can't use it in anything but ITunes/Real unless you burn

Too limitingby techplace - March 3, 2007

Pros: Easy to use

Cons: No real portabiliy

It's the best I've found,,,by chif18 - April 6, 2006

Pros: Easy to use, doesn't take much of the your memory, nice Apple design (I'm a windows user)/

Cons: you can't add a full folder to the one of your personal song lists, only to the libary...

Deceiving product line buyer bewareby ji12 - January 18, 2006

Pros: Nice user interface and concept

Cons: Stung by the inability to save files anything other than Ipod native.

No artist folders? Uglyby tellett - October 13, 2005

Pros: Works with iPod

Cons: Everything.

Newbie question...iTunes and winamp?by ray08 - August 31, 2005

Pros: none at this time

Cons: none at this time

******** ON SOUND QUALITYby gmaccian - August 30, 2005

Pros: cool interface,beautiful,looks like designed for hard work(but it's not)

Cons: THE WORST SOUND QUALITY THAT I EVER HEARD.

itunes controls the format, It is limited to MPEG4 formatby tooler--2008 - August 16, 2005

Pros: If you have a MPEG4 devise it works good.

Cons: Cannot convert to different format.

It's Better tha WMPby PSINC - August 12, 2005

Pros: Good Organization, nice skin, always update

Cons: Music Store

Nice Software But Over-ratedby reustmd - August 8, 2005

Pros: Nice interface, smooth play, streaming abilities

Cons: No skins, limited mainly to apple products, mp3 cd burning tree sets

iTunes blows any PC music software out of the water.by intrepidblue - August 5, 2005

Pros: The interface and file organization is second to none.

Cons: It's not a tiny app by any stretch...

!!!great!!!by MarianSpartansRule - July 11, 2005

Pros: better on a mac

Cons: better on a mac

iTunes and Album Artby tmetzler - July 8, 2005

Pros: Very Intuitive Interface

Cons: Does not automatically obtain album art from ripped CDs.

Still the Best Music Player, Now With Podcast Supportby cafzal - July 7, 2005

Pros: Great support for burning CDs, podcasting, and iPods, best music store, user-friendly, great song info options (with fantastic info-fetching DB) and file support, good visualizer (and lyric-finding)

Cons: Podcast scheduling and settings could be more advanced, plug-in and skin support would be nice, more audiobooks in music store and more stores would make iTunes near-perfect

This product rocksby mrmime - July 6, 2005

Pros: extremely easy to use Great product

Cons: if it would play on linux it would definitely Rock

iTunes crashes everytime I start itby desi214 - July 6, 2005

Pros: Good when it works

Cons: Started crashing on WinXP for some strange reason

Say Goodbye to Your RAMby cnetbugsmenot - July 6, 2005

Pros: Easy to use interface

Cons: Memory hog causes skipping/stuttering playback

I just Love itby jonathanbt - July 5, 2005

Pros: It is easy to choose music from, it also transfers music by copying and pasting into playlists or simply drag and drop. The playlists are easy to pick and to create, and the searcher it's helpful!

Cons: not that many radios online for it.

Its Easy to use Great Choiceby Nigel-uk - July 3, 2005

Pros: Great Output

Cons: Non at all

Review: Go and get it you will not look back

Great software for an equally great iPodby lakingsfn2004 - July 2, 2005

Pros: streaming radio, music store, podcasting option.

Cons: none worthy of mentioning.

Another improvement to a great piece of softwareby CaptainArcher - June 29, 2005

Pros: makes my ipod that much better

Cons: still no line in recording

The Windows version has some issues.by noname989 - June 29, 2005

Pros: The best music application I've used.

Cons: Major slowdown when trying to scroll in Music Store.

Nice Upgradeby Ace.Soldier.[M16] - June 29, 2005

Pros: Great casting and free subscriptions.

Cons: Needs more broadcastings.

Nice Update for iTunesby lowter - June 29, 2005

Pros: still easy to use, podcast support

Cons: wierd spot to subscribe to podcast

the best there isby raj_ipod - June 29, 2005

Pros: Lots of cool features

Cons: nothing much

Best of Breedby lewis_wilson - June 27, 2005

Pros: Intuitive use; supports wireless streaming with Airport Express

Cons: Weak streaming radio offering.

This software is why iPod's continue to rule the roostby drdobro - June 24, 2005

Pros: The very best, most intuitive, most helpful, lovely interface for organizing and transferring music to a player.

Cons: Only works (easily) with iPods

One Word : Awesome!by ChiTwn74 - June 17, 2005

Pros: Does everything that you want it to do.

Cons: No real support or interoperably with Windows Media or Real Audio files. You have to go through a long steps, in order for iTunes to work with your songs.

Simply Outstandingby fish04 - June 14, 2005

Pros: Easily Organize, Buy, Listen, Rip, Burn, Transfer to an iPod

Cons: NONE, I have encountered a single bad thing in the 2+ years I'v been using it

Best tool I have found for digital musicby GraysonBuzz - June 14, 2005

Pros: Slick, clean interface; user-friendly

Cons: Cannot sync iPod to more than one computer

Awesome, even if you don't have an iPodby pstauff - June 14, 2005

Pros: Elegant interface

Cons: There are no cons for iTunes.

Simply the bestby burnsyny - June 14, 2005

Pros: Easy to use and navigate; attractive interface; browse feature is excellent; smart playlists are a snap; automatically retrieves track info for pretty much anything

Cons: No database for album art; difficult and confusing to insert album art yourself

Could be betterby Wabo - June 14, 2005

Pros: Its not Microsoft

Cons: Uses way to much ram for an audio application

Love that the interface is clean and simple!by mrm312 - June 14, 2005

Pros: Layout, ease of use, small learning curve, playlists, smartlists, browse/search, everything

Cons: honestly nothing that I can think of off the top of my head

would be nice to have some extensions and skinsby paintballfrix - June 11, 2005

Pros: easy to use buying music is a breeze

Cons: lack of extensions and skins

Great for music; Needs more work on burning audiobooksby dhstarr - June 11, 2005

Pros: Great for music: simple, straight forward, etc.

Cons: Audiobook burning

So quick, so intuitive, so fun!by bbennett14 - June 11, 2005

Pros: Absolutely awesome music store, also, an amazing searching capability, as well as a fantastic sorting, and a very clean and crisp interface.

Cons: I would like to see more built in flexibility in retrieving artwork, and burning more than the set number of times

Excellent, simple, clean interface.....by far the best jukebox.by mcinci - June 11, 2005

Pros: I particularly love the seamless networking to a large external hard drive and other computers in the house and the effortless streaming of music to the airport express.

Cons: Love the product.

this is the best juke box ever in the worldby metalica77 - June 8, 2005

Pros: Very clean interface

Cons: Not compatible with creative products

Very nice, love the storeby woldage - June 8, 2005

Pros: Ease of use, music store

Cons: none come to mind

iTunes is great - will definitly upgrade when reconnected to the netby pyrixpx - June 8, 2005

Pros: 4.7 was good - 4.8 will be better

Cons: High system specs required - still no AUS music store

search function needs workby MOGua - June 8, 2005

Pros: integrated with one of the best music stores

Cons: memory footprint and incomplete search function

Review: I have lots of Chinese music with Chinese ID3 tags (located in English artist name folders)

With iTunes, I cannot type Jay and retrieve all Jay Chow (周杰&#20523's songs. It only searches thru ID3 but not its folder name. I don't want to type Chinese in the search field, therefore, the search function is useless to me.

WinAMP searches through folder names and ID3 tags flawlessly.

Updated
Here's the problem:

my mp3's here: /jay chow/(chinese name).mp3

when I type "jay" in the search box, the songs don't come up.

When I do the same in WinAMP, the songs show up.

iTunes simply does not help me in finding my music.

PS: Thanks to the iPod/iTunes fanboys for my "1 out of 8 people found this review helpful." They don't like ppl pointing out that their software is inferior.

Good Music Softwareby - June 5, 2005

Pros: Great For Just listening to music

Cons: Radio stations aren't great

It sucks, you cant share and you have to have the most updated system.by Timay - June 5, 2005

Pros: Its fast and organized

Cons: You cant share and you are constricted to follow the rules

Awesome Jukebox Programby mikes63737 - May 6, 2005

Pros: Fast CD Burning, Fades Into Next Song, AirTunes Support, and everything else!

Cons: None

Doessnt get any easier than thisby oli666 - April 28, 2005

Pros: easy to use, auto playlist function very quick to sync with ipod

Cons: No subscription option!

Review: Very good but loses it by not having a subscription option. To keep up with everyone they will have to add one soon...or at least i hope they do

It cant get any easier. . .by mrghos7 - April 16, 2005

Pros: Everything . . .

Cons: It wasn't around 10 years ago...

Look elsewhere for a good music managment programby thecoffman - April 11, 2005

Pros: Attractive interface, speedy, easy to use for beginers

Cons: lacks almost any in depth features.

Horrible Serviceby ce2030 - April 7, 2005

Pros: Good selection of songs

Cons: Very bad service

Pleasantly surprisedby Mark32 - March 7, 2005

Pros: Terrific interface with IPOD, very fast and easy conversion of CDs.

Cons: Some fiddling with MP3s on CDs to move them over.

Pure simplicityby joeandjill - February 28, 2005

Pros: One click to download, rip, burn, and cram you pod

Cons: Nothing I can think of

Best way to organize musicby Lukey0499 - February 25, 2005

Pros: the swithing for store to libiary options and style

Cons: somethings slow downloading and once you put music there you cant take it out

A rock and a hard placeby sleepydad - February 24, 2005

Pros: Great quality - great price

Cons: Will not convert to MP3 for a player other than iPod

Excellent MP3 player and store!by - September 14, 2004

Pros: Easy to use easy to import old librarys, easy to burn, rip and compose cd in mp3 or audio formats...excellent all around player!

Cons: Some artists are not avialable on itunes music store and you can look at what other countrys can get, even sample the music, but you can not buy any of it.

Makes me want to buy a macby - September 13, 2004

Pros: AAC (MPEG 4) support easy interface AAC convertion

Cons: Not for slow computers No skins

Apple's Crowning Achievementby - September 13, 2004

Pros: The integrated music store, AAC format, and ease of use makes this a "must have" for those who love music, even if you don't have an iPod. Better visulizations then Microsoft.

Cons: Grainy visulizations when you go onto full screen.

Great, but once you try Windows Media Player 10, you'll leave this aloneby - September 12, 2004

Pros: Easy to use, nice automatic folder organization

Cons: Can get confusing since it doesn't seem to have a currently playing list, weak id3 tag editing and utilization, no synchronization with other mp3 players, can't buy music from different stores (iTunes is too expensive, and the quality is not so good)

Fast, easy to use.by - September 12, 2004

Pros: Works with iPod, which is a damn good product if you only want MP3 support. Fast and easy to use. On-line shopping is painless.

Cons: Apple monopoly software. Doesn't play anything other than ancient MP3 and Apple AAC. Doesn't have "album artist" like Windows Media Player 9 and up has - it's really necessary. Strange non-standard GUI for Windows.

Simple, elegant, Appleby - September 10, 2004

Pros: Does what it's supposed to do well and the design is simply brilliant. The interface takes a bit of getting used to. I use mine as an external hard drive for my powerbook as well as for the obvious music playing.

Cons: Battery life sucks (I've got a 3rd generation 40 gig) and it's overpriced

Great for buying and managing musicby - September 9, 2004

Pros: Easy to rip, download and burn. Easy to create playlists. Can download to iPod OR to my Nomad MP3 player. Easy equalizing of songs. There is a workaround for converting protected AAC formatted songs.

Cons: Would like to dupe playlists easier. Would like to shuffle and THEN be able to further tweak a playlist order. Would like access to the Burn and Import Preferences on Toolbar. Would like a Toolbar view. --But all this is just icing on cake.

iTunes and iPod, as good as it gets so farby - September 8, 2004

Pros: Easy, great interface, great sound, best organizational tool in all digital music management. So many fewer hassles than the windows offerings like Music Match, etc...

Cons: Doesn't handle WMA files. Who cares? Microsoft has a LONG way to get close to Apple, though they will put up a tough battle.

iTunes is the best so farby - September 8, 2004

Pros: iPod it just plain cool, easy to used, nice interface, easy to rip, easy to convert files, customer support is very friendly, with the addition of AirPort Express I can streamline my music in my entire house.

Cons: I wish there were more foreign music.

iTunes is the way to go!by - September 8, 2004

Pros: iTunes is so easy to use and managing your music is a breeze.

Cons: Requires a big screen? Not the best on a Windows platform, but who cares :)

Simply put: works incredibly wellby - September 6, 2004

Pros: Seamless interface to the iPod, no other jukebox does it this well (of course). Everything is simple to use. If you like classical, you'll appreciate the "Composer" tag.

Cons: Makes me want a MacOSX machine!

Very sweet!by - September 6, 2004

Pros: Love the real streaming radio! Overall, better than MP 10. I listen to it at work and plan to purchase music through the online store in the future. Now support wise, I had to give it a 5 because I have never dealt with Apple support. However, I'm sure i

Cons: Some stations just do not function.

Nothing Beats the Best!by - September 6, 2004

Pros: It has everything that a computer music player should. Ease, appeal, organization, and the ever popular iTunes Music Store, the greatest computer innovation since the iPod itself.

Cons: Are there any? What may appear to be a "con" on iTunes does not even exist on other players, pro nor con.

The model for others to try to followby - September 6, 2004

Pros: Solid performer, reliable, clean, simple interface that is easy to use. Visualizer is loads of fun.

Cons: Obtrusive, help files sometimes sketchy.

Simply the best option!by - September 6, 2004

Pros: It's free and is the easiest way I found to organize my song collection and to rip CDs.

Cons: No skins. =]

Great all-around program for musicby - September 6, 2004

Pros: This program is amazing. I have used many music programs and non measure up. You can burn playlists, rip cd's. This is the only program i need to deal with my music collection.

Cons: It seems that Nero burns a little faster then iTunes. thats all the cons i have

Proprietary media format and interfaceby - September 6, 2004

Pros: good integration with iTunes store.

Cons: songs purchased are in AAC format which can practically only be used in iPods. The interface on Windows is clunky and ugly. only useful if you don't mind being tied to one vendor.

Apple give the PC a fruit basketby - September 6, 2004

Pros: My nan could use this. Such an easy interface is rarely seen.

Cons: A computer crash whilst iTunes is running can often corrupt your iTunes library file, forcing you to re-import all those tracks.

I am a professional DJ, and it is the best jukebox!by - September 4, 2004

Pros: I use it to DJ. I connect my laptop to my mixer, and my iPod to my mixer and fade between them. Sound Check is a great feature to keep output levels the same. Also since I use Macs, the other players/music stores are not even options.

Cons: Doesn't yet support Linux, but work is being done there.

Slow, not nice to look atby - September 4, 2004

Pros: Reliable

Cons: Slower to load than WMP 10, and unlike other apple products not nice to look at.

Can't play WMA?!?!?by - September 4, 2004

Pros: It's great for iPod users, which I am not...and I don't download music...I just use my PC to playback music I ripped from my CD collection...For File Management, it's cool though WMP always offered better Tag Editing Options..The Search feature is cool th

Cons: This player can convert all your WMA files to Mp3/AAC for playback..but won't play them natively!!! It's like a CD-RW drive that burns CD's but doesn't READ them!!! Preposterous! I have about a thousand or so WMA's: why would I want to convert CD>>W

way to goby - September 4, 2004

Pros: It's solid. It works well, integration with the iPod is super-reliable, super easy. If you use a portable, iTunes/iPod wins hands down. If you just want a jukebox without a portable, others will do... but iTunes is free and you got an easy transition to t

Cons: iPod costs more than competitors (if you want to integrate a portable).

Windows Media 10 is hereby - September 3, 2004

Pros: Its a good media player but to be honest from what i have seen Windows Media 10 has taken the lead in the battle of media players. WMP10 has more functionality and is just as easy to use. Fact of the matter is Apple likes to do everything on their own and

Cons: Its could do with an update.

The most elegant way to buy and play musicby - September 3, 2004

Pros: Elegant design and functionability. Works with several MP3-players AND the iPod. Can convert from WMA to AAC.

Cons: A little bit confusing to understand when dragging MP3s into iTunes

Great Product - Beats Windows Media Player hands downby - September 3, 2004

Pros: Fast, Simple does what it needs to without adding unrequired bloat.

Cons: Nil.

Apple is the best!!!by - September 2, 2004

Pros: Simple, great interface the best media player.

Cons: When you are in the mini player you cant keep it on top of other programs.

the best music player on the marketby - September 1, 2004

Pros: Excellent interface Broad feature set Excellent usability Excellent sound quality Man what else could you want

Cons: none

A wonderful app, up to Apple's usual high standards.by - September 1, 2004

Pros: Beautiful interface, fast downloads, wonderful jukebox/DJ capabilities, good CD burning options... the list goes on and on.

Cons: none

I love iTunes flexibility.by - September 1, 2004

Pros: It keeps my music oh so organized but it still permits me to organize and listen the way I want. iTunes and the Apple Music Store have changed the way I listen to music.

Cons: Can't figure out why it holds on to certain "on the go" playlists. "on the go" should--as the name implies--be a temporary, but I now have 4 on the go playlists stored on my iPod and don't know how it happened.

Great Player especially when you have iPodby - September 1, 2004

Pros: Easy to use, many excellent function included Sound-Check which is good even use it on iPod. Auto EQ preset is great and also works in iPod. Only word can say is iTune is good player but it will become the best player when you have iPod. People outside th

Cons: Cannot use CDDB behind Firewall and it doesn't have any option to set the proxy it should be fine if it use default proxy from Windows but it's not, a bit disappointed.

Almost Great but 1 Major Flawby - September 1, 2004

Pros: Apple, as always has created a user interface that's very appealing. It's extremely user friendly and intuitive that allows users to immediately do what they need to do without reading the help file. The iTunes store is reasonably priced and has a wide se

Cons: The major flaw with iTunes is its incompatibility with portable MP3 players other than the iPod. While Apple is trying to reposition itself into the consumer electronics market, they should learn from the past that limiting users to a proprietary format i

Sure beats WMPby - September 1, 2004

Pros: There were songs that Windows Media Player never scanned correctly (after many attempts) that iTunes scanned perfectly. In fact, I've never had a song unsuccessfully scanned with iTunes.

Cons: Sometimes it's hard to tell what parts of the interface actually do things and what parts are only for display.

Best jukebox out thereby - September 1, 2004

Pros: Great media manager, smart playlists, simple but useful interface.

Cons: Not meant for just playing mp3s, since it has to store in the library.

Low quality music, $1 a song.by - September 1, 2004

Pros: Easy to use, fast enough.

Cons: Bloated, not modular, music comes in a lossy format, overpriced, not compatible with anything but the ipod.

Very organized and extremely user friendlyby - September 1, 2004

Pros: iTunes is very easy to figure out. I now have it installed on my PC and my Mac. As far as I've noticed, iTunes works virtually the same on both computers. In fact, I share playlists between both networked computers. The music playlists are easy to set

Cons: You can't export a song from the dropdown menu (you have to click and drag the song from the playlist to the desktop).

Rhapsody is betterby - September 1, 2004

Pros: Having the largest selection of music, the layout is very nice. and pictures of everything. Being able to download albums all at once.

Cons: You have to pay to listen to the entire song,I mean don't get me wrong, I am used to that in music stores, but I am not going to pay 99 cents for a song that I only heard 30 seconds out of a six minute song. When their are other options. Also Takes awhile

Far superior to RealPlayer.by - September 1, 2004

Pros: Sound quality very good, ease of use excellent. Music store well integrated with player. Raises interest in all of Apple's products.

Cons: No nudity.

Still mostly for Mac peopleby - September 1, 2004

Pros: Decent interface. Reads in CD's and displays all the song names, artist, and album info...

Cons: Can't burn to regular MP3 player. CD's read in are in alternative format that requires changing them to MP3 to play. Most of their tunes are only mainstream stuff...very little underground music or TRULY altnerative bands. If you listen to stuff other tha

This is THE BEST of its kind!by - September 1, 2004

Pros: Easy to use, advanced features, many encoding options, quick, very very stable, over one million songs in the iTunes Music Store, FREE

Cons: None

A Great playerby - September 1, 2004

Pros: Great, Great. simple enough for everyone to use, powerful enough to manange all your music files, easy enough to buy music. support many music files. the user interface is so nice. build in music organizer to keep all your music files in the place you wa

Cons: NO OGG support?????? No ACC PLUS coding???? No Playlist export?????

Nice interface, but worthless for all non-iPod players.by - September 1, 2004

Pros: Convenient, fast way to download music. Decent selection of songs.

Cons: Proprietary AAC format is compatible only with overpriced, overhyped iPods. WinAmp is far superior for listening to internet radio and any music already on your computer.

Great Player, Music Orgonizer...but Resource Hungryby - September 1, 2004

Pros: This is one great player and orgonizer.

Cons: It takes a while to start up, and hangs when switching between full mode and mini player.

Just the best...by - September 1, 2004

Pros: It does it all.

Cons: I wish they offered the songs at 160bit AAC instead of 128. Besides that this is the only all-in-one music solution worth a damn.

Great Service, Lack of Artistsby - September 1, 2004

Pros: Speedy downloads, gift card purchases, seamless integration with iPod, album art printout for CD compilations

Cons: Still very limited variety of music. Would like to see much more soundtracks and possibly the integration of video game songs (from the unheard of artitst.)

Addictive! A MUST HAVE!by - September 1, 2004

Pros: Great way to organize all your music files and CDs. I now have uploaded all my CDs onto iTunes and now I can mix and match, creating playlists in just seconds. Who needs CDs anymore. I store all my files on here, and burn a "data CD" to back up my musi

Cons: None come to mind!

iTunes comes with pros and consby - September 1, 2004

Pros: Biggest music selection at over 700K songs. Easy and powerful search button, free download(s) of the week, music videos, movie trailers, and iMixes add to the best iTunes version. Player wise, party shuffle is awesome.

Cons: Can only transfer songs to iPod. Downloaded music is only in AAC format, which only works on iPods. Player needs more options.

It is possible to fix the skipping problem!by - August 27, 2004

Pros: Just posted to let everyone know that it is possible to fix the skipping problem. Close Itunes and go to quicktime, go to quicktime preferences, choose sound out and switch from directsound to waveout. Close it out then load up itunes. Skip free!

Cons: With the skipping gone my only problem is the lack of a 'j' key like in winamp which brings up the search window. Instead you have to go and click over to it, which I feel could be worked on.

the must have mp3 of the momentby - July 26, 2004

Pros: great sound quality. songs easy to download. 20gig best to buy more extras.

Cons: bit expensive. low battery life . too long to charge

iTunes allows music buying to be comfortable, reasonable and easy...mine to keep.by - July 15, 2004

Pros: Easy interface that works within the music player iTunes Available to both PCs and Macs Allows me LOTS of user freedom to put on as many iPods as my family owns, burn to CDs and have availble to 3 computers at a time No subsription needed!!! Free song

Cons: Needs more independent labels and artists

Excellent Interface and ease of useby - July 14, 2004

Pros: Easy to browse music store, music searchable by catagory, easy to burn CD playlists.

Cons: Music is in ACC format only, but can be ripped to WAV and then MP3 easily enough.

Great interface, file organization; bad iPod-centered onlne storeby - July 14, 2004

Pros: The player has an excellent, beautiful interface with some very nice features, especially the automated file organization system. A few things could still be added, such as an easy-to-find button to switch it into mini-mode (currently by a circuitous men

Cons: The biggest con is the terrible decision to emulate Microsoft by making the player compatible with iPod only. This is short-sighted and takes away all credibility for any claims of being the anti-Microsoft. The iTunes store is also in need of expanded l

Cream of the Crop!by - July 14, 2004

Pros: I've tried the rest and finally found the best. Apart from all the cool features and options galore mentioned by other reviewers, I'm a huge fan of the Smart Playlists.

Cons: No Music Store in Australia - C'mon down-under Apple!

So far so good... Apple makes this look easyby - July 14, 2004

Pros: Ease of use, growing library of artists, power searching, searching by genre, playlists, smart playlists

Cons: lack of complete albums for certain artsts, some artists with extensive album libraries only have one or two complete albums listed, lack of artist info,

iTunes Rocks........Periodby - July 14, 2004

Pros: I have been blown away by how easy it is to use. I have iTunes on 4 different computers and it works perfect. The sound quality is always great, the once a week free download is a nice bonus. Why would you consider anything else?

Cons: I have always heard the great things about apple, so is it possible there could be a con? I guess it would be those that didn't buy an iPod when they bought a mp3 player. (Sorry guys)

The best!!!by - July 14, 2004

Pros: Great selection, user created iMixes, easy to purchase and preview. Simple 99 cent/song price. Seriously, I won't lose sleep over paying about 10 cents more than some competitors. Support innovation!!!

Cons: Some partial albums. If I want a classic album, and the iTunes store only has some of the tracks, then I have to actually get up and go to the store like people did in the old days!

Good service and idea... but DRM...by - July 13, 2004

Pros: Interface, sound, download speed, huge selection, easy searches

Cons: DRM!!!!!!!!!!! I HATE DRM! There is no way law should permit a company to prohibit how you use something that you own.

One-of-a-kind and getting better.by - July 13, 2004

Pros: Nothing comes close to matching the feature set and the simplicity of iTunes and the iPod. If anything iTunes needs more independed muzic labels. Maybe even open it up to individuals.

Cons: I agree with "skips like crazzzy!" With winXP iTunes skips, I think its because of systems resoures, the same reason the start-up chime crackles.

99 cent songs on iTunes offers 8-Track quality bit rateby - July 13, 2004

Pros: The only thing positive about this application is the UI.

Cons: The bit rate offered by Apple's iTunes Music Store is the equivialant of 8-track or at best a cassette deck. Try playing purchased music on your home stereo or home theatre systems. The quality of the audio is horrible. Check out articles on Stereophile

High Quality Music in a Simple Packageby - July 13, 2004

Pros: Everything; AAC format has superb sound quality, interface is excellent, purchase and browse songs in a snap, plus many great features built into iTunes; such as the play count feature, smart playlist and many more

Cons: in the year that i've been using it none to be found

looks great, works great, bad serviceby - July 13, 2004

Pros: beautiful design, controls, functionality, syncs with iPod brilliantly, music store is the best out there and it's obvious why.

Cons: customer service is a drag, if anything bad happens be prepared to wait.

Absolutely great serviceby - July 13, 2004

Pros: Very easy to use. The chart lists and user playlists are absolutely great. The collection is great but could be better ... but I found that the same songs that I couldn't find here were not available elsewhere to download either.

Cons: Once in a blue moon (twice in the entire time I've used it since it first came out)it is a little slow to navigate.

good except for mp3by - July 13, 2004

Pros: great selection and solid simple interface.

Cons: I haven't found an easy way to convert most songs into mp3 to use as I wish. I end up burning a CD and then ripping it.

Fantastic, class productby - July 12, 2004

Pros: iTunes Music Store is wonderful. Library is easy to use and very versatile. Exceptional audio quality.

Cons: Can't organize classical by composer's last name rather than artist

Best Digital Jukebox for PC and Macby - July 2, 2004

Pros: $1 per song downloads, Streamlined interface, no learning curve (a definite plus for technophobes), FREE, rips CDs in MP3 or AAC, Party Mix, iMix in Music Store, FREE!!!

Cons: Only compatible with the oh-so-cool-but-too-damn-expen sive iPod and iPod mini, no option to convert AAC to MP3 (which would be nifty and speedy for making MP3 CDs from purchased songs and albums)

Great for everyone.by - June 30, 2004

Pros: Nice feature to allow AAC conversions to MP3 by burning it to a CD and then puting it to a portable media player.

Cons: Little slow on a dial up connection.

Get it together Apple!by - June 16, 2004

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Cons: Great selection of music, however it always gives me an error message when I attempt to burn a CD. My emails remain unreturned, and when I called Apple I was told they do not "really have support for Windows users". I am hardly a genius, but it seems you

Perfect Music Program!by - June 11, 2004

Pros: Simple, clean, intuitive inferface, connects perfectly with my iPod, smart playlists, easy to use music store, totally free!

Cons: Amazing-I can't think of any :-)

The best yet!!!!!!!by - June 11, 2004

Pros: If you own an iPod, then life is good. Simple, attractive, great music store.

Cons: nothing

Killerby - June 11, 2004

Pros: everything: I ran AAC through my signal processor and it is clearly better than an MP3 at the same bitrate. great interface, free song of the week, fast, easy to use. This product is so good I am thinking about getting a Mac.

Cons: Bring back IP streaming in itunes.

REVOLUTIONARY!by - June 11, 2004

Pros: Music videos rock! Internet radio ROCKS! Thank you, Apple... wireless streaming to my stereo, all integrated in a seamless package...

Cons: Are you crazy?

The best all-aroundby - June 11, 2004

Pros: After using Winamp for years, I was reluctant to switch to iTunes, but since doing so, I haven't looked back at all. Many of the great features are the more subtle ones that you don't notice unless you manage all your music on your computer. It's much m

Cons: No-WMA Support - This isn't a con in my mind, I couldn't care less about windos media, but it is a limitation. You can't remove it from your taskbar and minimize to just the system tray. I always leave iTunes running, but don't want it to take up space

The best just got even betterby - June 11, 2004

Pros: The old iTunes was amazing, but this new version is quite simply the best! Some services may offer songs for less, but if you can't do what you want with those songs, who cares!

Cons: Is perfection possible? Yeah

The best yet..by - June 11, 2004

Pros: Extremely easy to use. Very intuitive. Store has lots of options to find what you are looking for. Integrates smoothly with iPod. Large selection. Reasonable prices.

Cons: AAC audio format only works in iTunes and on iPod (but that's all I use, so no complaints really). I wish store had a wishlist and a locker feature.

Where was this 10 years ago!by - June 11, 2004

Pros: Very easy to use and a huge selection of music. The interface is clean without a lot of clutter and the search feature is pretty good.

Cons: Music videos should also be available for purchase

iTunes couldn't be Better!!!by - June 11, 2004

Pros: iTunes is so easy to use and I love the fact that I can use it on my PC or my Mac. I do wish that you could use it on other portable players, as I don't own an iPod but as PC's become more and more of a home theater, who needs it. I like playing music thr

Cons: I wish I could play the songs on other portable players but oh well...

Pleasure to use. Powerful and simpleby - May 28, 2004

Pros: The interface and features are awesome. Features I love include creation of random playlists based on virtually any criteria, one click CD burning, the best visualizer ever, fade-in/out of music, ablility to easily remove parts of song from beginning or e

Cons: Can't delete songs from hard drive from within program, very slow when changing multiple song settings, can't customized the auto organize feature for naming and filing songs, displays playlist duration as fraction of hours instead of minutes, only shows

Perfect Inovation!by - May 28, 2004

Pros: Almost every feature you could ask for...

Cons: I have to run it on Windows too... and Windows just isn't as good of a product.

It's almost perfect..yetby - May 21, 2004

Pros: Everything.. including easy of use and stability is one of the best. It's simply the best thing that you can get .. and yeah it's free

Cons: This player only works with ipods.... It doesn't work with any other portable players... Unless you only own ipod or listen music on computer.. u should use other player

Superior music managementby - May 21, 2004

Pros: iTunes on a Mac is a knockout 10 for music management. Not quite as stable in Windows, but still great and with the same interface and appearance. iTunes with an iPod on the Mac is the best music organization and portable playback system I have ever see

Cons: None so far.

Nice - so far, my favorite music playerby - May 18, 2004

Pros: Clean, nice interface, easy to encode music, organize, etc. I used WinAmp, Windows Media, Real Player, and iTunes. So far, iTunes is my favorite. The AAC format sounds a lot better than mp3 files I think. Plus, all the features of iTunes are free, so that

Cons: Should be "skinnable" or at least somewhat customizable. I get tired of the shiny metal look after a while.

This software is gorgeous!by - December 16, 2003

Pros: - Support for all audio formats - Support for major mp3 players - Perfect integration with iPod - Music Store is incredible : 400.000 songs to be browsed as if they were in your library ! - Burning CD is incredibly fun and easy...

Cons: First release had problems with some versions of Windows. Make sure to download latest version...

skips like crazzzy!by - December 4, 2003

Pros: the organization features are awesome and the program itself is very attractive to the eye. i love the smart playlist idea.

Cons: there are so many good things about this program...but...whenever i minimize the program, the song that is playing skips sooo much! its terrible it happens every time i minimize the window and it doesnt stop skipping until i close itunes and reopen it, w

Great AAC player. Horrible MP3 Playerby - November 13, 2003

Pros: Great interace. Easy to use.

Cons: #1: This program hung windows in a way I haven't seen since Windows 3.x. #2 The sound quality of an MP3 file sucks. Big Time. Not just a little, but a lot. I just A-B'd a series of MP3 files (encoded with MusicMatch, LP Ripper and I-Tunes itself) on

Good interface, bad functionallyby - October 18, 2003

Pros: Interface, sound controls, direct downloads from music store.

Cons: Downloads only to iPod MP3 players. Purchased songs from music store in AAC format.

simplemente poderosoby - March 8, 2003

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sux for burning mp3 discsby - February 26, 2003

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Correctionby - January 31, 2003

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Finally, an mp3 player that makes sence!by - January 12, 2003

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Great App, but nested playlist would be nice.by - December 28, 2002

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it's the best!!!by - October 4, 2002

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It's Amazing the PC world dont Have this kindby - October 4, 2002

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iTunes is the best way to Oranize Mp3 filesby - August 20, 2002

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Nice but now my burner doesn' work.by - August 12, 2002

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Very good, but needs less processor use and skin support.by - August 11, 2002

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MP3 Management has never been easier!by - August 11, 2002

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Best music player on any platform!by - August 11, 2002

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Simple, fun and powerfulby - August 6, 2002

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Review: I love my iTunes, I've been using it for about a year now. It's extremely easy to use. I must admit I've never used a PC so I'm not familiar with any Windows MP3 players. The iTunes has everything I could possibly imagine wanting though. Can't wait to buy my 10 Gb iPod now

The best things in life are freeby - August 6, 2002

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The Two People Who Posted Negative Comments Are Complete Idiotsby - August 6, 2002

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Wish it was available for Windowsby - August 6, 2002

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iTunes + OSX = the perfect jukeboxby - August 6, 2002

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The BEST mp3 player!by - August 5, 2002

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almost the best mp3 softwareby - August 5, 2002

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Another Great "Free" Offering from Appleby - August 5, 2002

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PcLuvAby - August 5, 2002

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A godsent for music collectorsby - August 5, 2002

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