iTunes 7.0 - take me now.
September 20th 2006 09:00
Apple are marketing geniuses (she says typing away at her brand new Macbook)
The new iTunes 7.0, the most dramatic upgrade of the program since its introduction in 2001, is HOT. While there's all this hoo-hah going around about how its a 'lemon' riddled with glitches it has caused me no problems whatsoever.
The best part about it was that it caught my be surprise. It was going through my usual tuesday afternoon routine of checking out the new weekly stuff on iTunes, when it suddenly starting installing something WITHOUT EVEN ASKING. And then it was like... "hmmm... something about you looks different today..." and for a split second i thought "OMG HAS SOME VIRAL RENEGADE VERSION OF ITUNES TAKEN OVER MY COMPUTER?!" But worry soon turned into AMAZEMENT as i realised iTunes had totally reinvented itself. Its dangerously seductive and screams "SHOP HERE NOW!!" everytime you open it. And i fall for it every time...
The new iTunes, essentially, is pretty much the same as the last one. But just the small subtle changes make all the differents... it has some nifty new features too.. some of which i'm sure i'm yet to discover.
Things i *heart* about the new iTunes
1. It's BLUE. Even the trademark green music note is BLUE. And correct me if i'm wrong... but i think theres a little bit of 3D action going on with the iTunes icon on my Mac dock that wasn't there before. SEXY.
2. The little icons on the left side menu are cuter. Don't really know how or why. but they really really are.
3. It makes plugging in your iPod into a whole new experience. It recognises your iPod in a much more exciting way... it tells you its name, its serial number... has a little picture of it on the side, has a little graphical representation of how much capacity you have left... and lets you organise all your non-music iPod stuff in one place as well... NOICE.
4. The mini-store. I have a feeling this was already there before... but i never used it. probably because it was unattractive. But now that it's BLUE, its much friendlier to the eyes.
5. Hands down, the best new feature.... THE UBER NIFTY ALBUM-ART ROTATING JUKEBOX OF THE FUUTTUURREEEE VIEWING/PLAYING OPTION!!! It's pictured above... basically it displays your album art against a stylish black backdrop as you play your music... pretty damn neat-o if you ask me.
So there you go! Apple does it again. By realising that yes, music can be aesthetically appealing as well, they've given poor suckers like me are no choice but to blow all our cash on digitial music. (Not kidding, have bought more songs in the week after the new iTunes was launched than in like the last three months)
The new iTunes 7.0, the most dramatic upgrade of the program since its introduction in 2001, is HOT. While there's all this hoo-hah going around about how its a 'lemon' riddled with glitches it has caused me no problems whatsoever.
The best part about it was that it caught my be surprise. It was going through my usual tuesday afternoon routine of checking out the new weekly stuff on iTunes, when it suddenly starting installing something WITHOUT EVEN ASKING. And then it was like... "hmmm... something about you looks different today..." and for a split second i thought "OMG HAS SOME VIRAL RENEGADE VERSION OF ITUNES TAKEN OVER MY COMPUTER?!" But worry soon turned into AMAZEMENT as i realised iTunes had totally reinvented itself. Its dangerously seductive and screams "SHOP HERE NOW!!" everytime you open it. And i fall for it every time...
The new iTunes, essentially, is pretty much the same as the last one. But just the small subtle changes make all the differents... it has some nifty new features too.. some of which i'm sure i'm yet to discover.
Things i *heart* about the new iTunes
1. It's BLUE. Even the trademark green music note is BLUE. And correct me if i'm wrong... but i think theres a little bit of 3D action going on with the iTunes icon on my Mac dock that wasn't there before. SEXY.
2. The little icons on the left side menu are cuter. Don't really know how or why. but they really really are.
3. It makes plugging in your iPod into a whole new experience. It recognises your iPod in a much more exciting way... it tells you its name, its serial number... has a little picture of it on the side, has a little graphical representation of how much capacity you have left... and lets you organise all your non-music iPod stuff in one place as well... NOICE.
4. The mini-store. I have a feeling this was already there before... but i never used it. probably because it was unattractive. But now that it's BLUE, its much friendlier to the eyes.
5. Hands down, the best new feature.... THE UBER NIFTY ALBUM-ART ROTATING JUKEBOX OF THE FUUTTUURREEEE VIEWING/PLAYING OPTION!!! It's pictured above... basically it displays your album art against a stylish black backdrop as you play your music... pretty damn neat-o if you ask me.
So there you go! Apple does it again. By realising that yes, music can be aesthetically appealing as well, they've given poor suckers like me are no choice but to blow all our cash on digitial music. (Not kidding, have bought more songs in the week after the new iTunes was launched than in like the last three months)
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