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URSwhizkid09 · Apple Products

A year and six months ago in the tech world there were two companies I absolutely despised and that was Apple and Sony.
Mostly because of their complete disregard to customer satisfaction and the fact that they were out of the price range of the average customer.
That all changed when my uncle got me a Macbook and an iPod for my birthday.
My whole perspective changed.
Now I want a Macbook Pro for graduation and an iPod Touch 16gb.
And even with my oversized fingers I'd take an iPhone 3G if someone'd buy it for me.
I realized that both companies were targeting a niche market who had the resources to buy their products and that's all that mattered.
I came full circle on the day that I realized I wanted to work for Apple in about 6 years after I get my masters. Its amazing how quickly things change.
Apple here I come.

P.S. Someone buy me an iPod Touch for Christmas 'cause I can't afford one. [i]Please. [/i][/b]

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Once I found out the true power of Apple products and their potential, I started to read blogs, and then I got an iphone 3G and it took off from there. Apple Software and Apple Hardware is just engineered differently, and that is what makes Apple ahead of the game.

I love my MacBook Pro

My iphone 3G

8D

Glad to have another Apple sheep!

lmao!

URSwhizkid09

Yea Apple is basically the shit in my book and I love the intuity of their products... I never understand how people don't understand how to use an iPod, its so simple.

Anywho I'm glad to be apart of the Apple family.

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Mac OS X in 3D?

Smile

That would be awesome!

I want one of those pocket projectors!

http://cnettv.cnet.com/2001-1_53-50004821.html

URSwhizkid09

Well there was a lot packed into that 4 minutes.

And hey do you know how to burn DVDs onto your computer or into iTunes? Does that capability even exist?[/list]

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Here is the insider secret from cnet on how to back up DVD's to itunes.

hope this helps.

I have been wanting to rip my DVD's into itunes aswell.

Smile

http://cnettv.cnet.com/2001-1_53-50004459.html

URSwhizkid09

Thank you. I'm watching the video now.

So I love my new iPod!

Hey do you game on your Mac?

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URSwhizkid09

Okay I cannot get Handbrake to work on my computer for some reason.

I downloaded it and every time I click on it, it acts like it's gonna launch and then it just goes away w/o ever launching... WTH!?

Update:
Got HB to work, i am now ripping SuperBad 2 my computer.

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Tomorrow in San Fransisco and all week

MacWorld Expo 2009

5-9 January 09

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What new products will Apple be releasing?

32 gig Iphone 3G?

Iphone Nano?

New Mac Mini's

Mac OS X (Snow Leopard)

Iphone 3G 2.3 firmware update..???

will we get..?

MMS?
Video recording?
cut/paste?
turn by turn GPS navigation?

URSwhizkid09

LOL @ iPhone Nano... if they did I think it'd be iPhone Mini.

Umm I can be sold on the idea of an update to Leopard and more Mac Mini's but I don't know abt a 32gb iPhone 'cause it just doesn't seem time for that yet, iPhone's have been updated in the June/Julyish area so I think that's where it'll stay.

Who know's with Apple though, they may unveil an entirely new product for us to get excited about.

I can't wait. Surprised

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URSwhizkid09

Well HB works just as slow as he said it would but it's doing its job.
It's well worth it, just gonna upload the video on my iPod in the morning before I go to school.

Yea you can't be let down if your expectations aren't too high anyways. I'm gonna be following through C|Net mostly cause they always make a Macworld sub-section.

I know what Twitter is, just haven't gotten around to using it yet.

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At a Job-less MacWorld Vice President of Apple Phil Schiller delivered today's Apple Keynote! As predicted it was a pretty tame event, but Apple has some updates to software and..

ohh yeah "one more thing"

Apples iLife(Apples Basic multimedia software)

iWork(Apple's version of Microsoft Office) were updated..

I am still learning how to use it, but I am very excited to see the new features!

The thing that caught my eye is that all itunes music is going DRM free..

and

MUSIC can now can be downloaded on a wi-fi network AND 3G cellular network straight to my iphone!

ANYWHERE I am..I was sooo waiting for that!

and my Mac now has a sister..

the 17" inch MacBook Pro!

with a battery that can last up 8 hours on a single charge

AMAZING for the computer industry!

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New battery technology at Apple!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1....com/&feature=player_embedded

Kaledio_Ruby

That 17" Macbook Pro is BEAUTIFUL. *drool* I need a new laptop like... bad.

I'm still waiting for an Adobe Flash plug-in for the iPhone. I hate that Youtube is the ONLY video viewing program available for my iPhone.

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Deja

Ive had virtually every version of the ipod currently on the first gen 16gb Touch

I was going to get a macbook in my most recent laptop venture but i was so put off by the fact that apple has people to talk to you in stores and i was really put off by that (its silly i know but they dont really expect me to talk to the help right? Wink

jk)

URSwhizkid09

Well I'm in the market 4 a new Macbook as of December 23 and I might get the new Pro especially with that amazing battery life.

Umm I like iLife but have never used iWork. I wish that they'd of announced some new totally cool product for us to go fanatical over... ah well.

Happy to see future music that I may purchase going DRM free but will all the music studios agree w/ that as well?

raddogz

I bought my G4, iBook, and very first iPod (when they first came out) in 2001.

I still have the desktop and iBook and they are both still working very well. Last year I bought a MacBook for my aging desktop and laptop and still think it's the hottest thing since sliced bread.

I used to believe that computers and software should be cheap and inexpensive and ALL Apple products were for the geeky, and goody two shoes with too much money on their hands. Since 2001 there is no going back ever to a pc (I grudgingly have to use one at work though -sigh)

The new Macbooks are still nicely priced and is perfect for most people. Even if I had the money I still would get a Macbook vs a Macbook Pro as I really have no need for the fancy doodads the Pro offers.

My Macbook is still my main computer as I use it everyday for email, internet, photo editing, music source, and office applications.

URSwhizkid09

Yay! A permanent Mac convert.

I think Macs are nice because of their intuity, I liked how I could pick one up (after 16 years of PC) and know what to do right away.

They had me hooked not to mention I love the functionality and durability of these laptops as well. They are close to perfect in my book.

I still retain my PC knowledge though b/c I use them at school and in my home (due to my parents).

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-Edit post-

Where's the PC's..???

Hmmm

LMAO

URSwhizkid09

That

Is

Awesome!

-tears up- just beautiful. Smile

Would you happen to know where that's at?

nekotine

URSwhizkid09

^^^
I'm jealous of you... there was a time when I would have known everything about the flash version of the iPhone but now everything's changed and I'm just way too busy to keep up with the tech world...

Anywho good luck in your MacPro venture... good things come to those who wait.

nekotine

Yeah, working at Apple does have it perks. I just wish they had more hours to offer me. :/ In any case, I guess it's a good thing since it'll allow me to get a second job while still keeping this one for discount purposes LOL.

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That picture was taken recently at The Missouri School of Journalism.

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Well said nekonite Exclamation

Its ok that I didn't go, that is why I count on internet blogger's like ijustine, Merlin Mann, Mostly Lisa, to fill me in all the tech loveliness that was going on at MacWorld, and CES.

P.S

iwork 09' is awesome!

I can't wait to buy

ilife 09'

later this month

URSwhizkid09

Nekotine:
I live in Charlotte and the one here is always so freakin' crowded... if yours is anything like ours... I don't know how you stand it, it's so freakin' aggravating.

Vitality:
So glad my update is coming on the heels of these two releases b/c otherwise I'd feel like my update was kind of pointless.

justrose21

In about five days I'll be ordering a 16 gig Ipod touch. Just so I can geek out and hack it, make it do things it's not supposed to do. I win. Smile

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Deja

I jailbroke my ipod a bunch of times and whenever anything screwed up like previously stated all you had to do was restore settings. i never had a warranty for my ipod or anything besides they never break within a year the only thing that every break are xbox's

she knows that with great power comes great responsibility
she can handle it

nekotine

@Vitality :: Yeah, I'm waiting on the Apple employee copies to come into our store so I can finally upgrade my iLife and get iWork on it. Oh happy day it will be~ Very Happy

@URSwhizkid :: LOL well, if anything it's been kinda hectic since there are less sales people on the floor than there used to be, thus less people to help every customer in the store at the same time. I think I've just been in retail so long that I'm able to handle it better, which I'm not sure if it's a good or bad thing that I've been desensitized so much... <_<;

*scratches head* Jailbreaking an iPhone I can understand but I can't really think of a reason to hack an iPod Touch... In any case, have fun doing so? ^^; For most people, restoring an i-Anything is usually a chore because they didn't regularly make back ups of their device prior to the breaking so they have to start from zero but it sounds like y'all got it under control.

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raddogz

That is soooo frackin cool

nekotine

URSwhizkid09

@ JustRose. I hate when I feel stupid and that post totally made me feel stupid.
However, since I don't know a damn thing about hacking I don't feel so bad. Okay? Okay.

@Tenshots. Thank you for explaining that to me.

@Nekotine. Don't think I could ever last in retail that long but I guess when it necessary one must adapt.

@ iFidget. That screen looks soooo cool. It's awesome.

@Raddogz. Which reminds me Battlestar came back Friday! Very Happy

Rynnbow

oh thats super cute! The only problem with jailbreaking is that when it gets updated you have to go through the whole process again :/

justrose21

i pwn.

and will be posting screen shots of my work Smile

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Deja

rose is too busy playing tetris but she says that you're in an apple forum you're going to come across some people who know what they are doing,
and basically the innital post came across that like no matter what rose did she was going to epic-ly fail at it. She would never have done it if she wasn't completely confident.

with my post i was just being a smart ass if i was "starting drama" you'd know it I'm not "notwhite"

nekotine

URSwhizkid09

Well thank you Nekotine.

And I'm sorry if my comment sounded as though she was going to epically fail at what she did, I was only saying.

justrose21

I get my ipod touch today! AHh. I've already bookmarked some sites....downloaded some ohhh 390 apps for it to sift through later and actually look forward to sitting down and getting to know it haha

URSwhizkid09

Congrats and have fun.

I've always wanted a Touch myself.

Anybody else hear that a 64gb one will be coming soon?

justrose21

i have hacked the ipod! it only took 3 hours as Installer was being a whore and wouldn;t let me install SSH so gay. But afterwards I stuck a few test aps like tetris and aim and it all works fine. No actual breaking was done and I can't stop playing with it. I'm too tired to do anything incredibly awesome with it so that's what tomorrow is for Smile

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URSwhizkid09

Yea true, it would probably be at the $499 price point which is RIDICULOUS however, someone would spring for it.

Here the 8gb is $229 while the 16 is $299.

It's crazy but I guess you're paying for the technology and the flash memory. Oh and don't forget the Apple on the back of it. =]

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Pretty cool Transformers

Mac Vs PC

Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLbJ8YPHwXM

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Macs are just better...

Smile

lol

Q: Why do I still talk about Mac's..

A: Because I have nothing else to talk about..lol...LMAO

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAZce6AvU0w

I came across this awesome video podcast!

Even more reason to get a Mac!

Thanks Gary!

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What the hell has Microsoft done with windows in the last 10 years...

nekotine

Maz

I'm liking this article that the Gates family is having a hard time resisting Apple products and has had to resort to banning them in the family home. Maybe if Microsoft products *cough* Zune *cough* were actually good, they wouldn't have to resort to banning their kids from having a superior product. LOL

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10185083-1.html

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Maz

Haha, nothing in general except for the mass glitch failure of the 30GB models over the new year due to the internal clock not compensating for the leap year. You'd think after the panic of the Y2K bug when 1999 clocked over to 2000, they would've foreseen other new year related issues with internal clocks.

Though I'm not completely bashing the big M, i wasn't too impressed by the lack of basic features in the iphone. Def very pretty and cool, but would find it frustrating to not have MMS or video capture abilities.

PS. I don't own an iPod either, but I am a macbook pro convert. Already converted my best friend too. Smile

justrose21

i'm now dual booting with vista annnnd Mac OSX. Both run so smooth and I'm having way too much fun with Mac. I wasn't wanting to dual boot again as my PC decided to die while having Linux and Windows on the OS buuut my friend just stuck Mac on there telling me my life would be better for it. I'm not sure about that but it is fun! lol

Though since getting my laptop I haven't been playin around on my Ipod Touch that often but I def plan on adding some of the 390 cracked apps I have for it lol

vou

I only make contact with pcs IF NECESSARY. I'm glad I came to my senses and went the mac way, it's totally awesome for my graphic and web design stuff. As for Vista, I hate it with a passion, offered so many free upgrades but I've stuck with xp on my pc. It tries desperately to be a mac but FAILS wonderfully. As for windows 7 we'll see, my pc is due for a reformat, once I do that I'll try 7. Till then I'm with my mac baby.

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Apple being the genius company they are..quietly refreshed their desktop line last week!

New

iMacs

Mac Mini's

Time Capsule

and

AirPort Extreme

Hit the stores..and they are amazing!

Lets see what CNET Editor Brian Tong had to say...

http://cnettv.cnet.com/2001-1_53-50005430.html

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raddogz · Ipod Shuffle

So who is going to get the new one? Very Happy

I'm tempted to get one just to get one - Cool

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xKiDDOx

I finally caved the other day and put an Apple sticker on my car. I am almost never seen without my iPhone (people say it's permanently attached to me). I love love love love it. I'm so glad I was able to grab a refurbished one on apple.com before the 3G ones came out. I like the older model better (plus I live where there isn't any 3G...so...yeah).

nekotine

Don't forget, there's also the new iPod Shuffle!

Mmmm...I'm not sure if going smaller was the way to go, really. I get a lot of customers that decide to get the Nano over the Shuffle because they don't like the lack of a screen, and to take away even the controls from the face of the player might be an even bigger turn off. And with the rate of headphone returns we get for the iPhone and iPods, putting the controls on there might be an even bigger disadvantage when they happen to go out while someone is in the middle of their jog or workout. Not to mention it's only coming out with 2 colors. I'm sure they'll come out with the other colors later but meh...

I did want to grab one for when I start going back to the gym but if we don't have any of the current generation in the store at this time, I'll likely grab a refurbished one.

Just my $0.02. :3

grillnaz

im a non apple person. working in IT + a heavy portable music listener.

Had and stuck with creative until 4 later I had to cave in and get an ipod due to storage issues (creative couldnt compete so had nothing over 60gb)

Had the ipod now for about 7 months. Its ok but Horrible when it comes to transfering music. Itunes is disgusting. Duplicating music when i format the music list (imagine going through 90gb of fun) Taking 6 hours to get the music into my itunes library, taking anotehr 6 hours to transfer to the music onto my ipod.
My ipod is already randomly pausing and its getting worse and worse. It just randomly pauses, especially when i click next song thats when it loves to pause so i can be forced to pres play 6 times in 20 seconds sometimes. Not fun.
With a healthy 90gb of music itunes can run so slow too trying to gather and save the library.

I really miss my drag and drop on the creative baby. godamn i miss it.

working in IT, its also horrible to support mac users. I'd only consider getting a mac should i get into the realm of graphic editing.

I'm for the argument that apple just know how to market their product well. People seem to think they are 'indiviuals' for using apple pc's now. (ill happily not put graphic designers in that category though)

im really liking vista for home purposes more and more everyday. Lying in bed with a remote control for my laptop and not having to move to play videos. AWESOME.

XP is damn easy to support for users at work too.

justrose21

^^
i love the arguments over xp and vista. i love all my platforms but don't have a problem with vista. I think the only people who have problems with it are the people doing multimedia things that vista just doesn't support. If really all you're doing is web browsing or downloading or whatever then I'd get Vista just cause it's all shiny and better to look at then XP lol Macs are fun but expensive (if you're wanting a good one anywaaay) and what's the point in buying something expensive just to browse the web? lol We get it, Windows suckzors (agaaain, depending on what you're using it for).

Apple has some great products whereas Microsoft doesn't (Zune anyone?) and I for one loooooove my ipod and wouldn't trade it in or re-sale it for anything right now. I've made it do things it's not supposed to do and for a while it was more then a multimedia device, it was a gaming device too.

Although I've been having some issues lately with it as for some reason when I plug it into my computer it's telling me I have 7 gigs out of 16 to use which doesn't make any sense as I probably only have 2 gigs of music on there (yes, lame) and maybe about a whole handful of applications I use. So apparently my ipod is filling up space randomly and going through the Finder application hasn't helped me one bit. I find that since getting my laptop I just use my Ipod for AIM, checking mail, and music, but i still wouldn't give up my Ipod Smile

so there's my pointless opinion lol

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37gb on a 3g 40gb ipod.

What I do is I do is within iTunes - File/Library/Export Library so it creates an XML file. This way I'm not having to redo album information and the like. Fwiw, you could just all the files to the AAC audio format, and whatever cannot be converted i.e. WAV files just keep them in a separate folder and just have iTunes know where the location is but not add it to the library itself.

If you have a warranty on it, best time to turn it in now. Assuming it's not operator error you should be able to bring it in and get a replacement on the spot. Very Happy

nekotine

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Happier news!...

Apple will be "demoing" the iphone 3.0 software update on March 17th 2009!

I am thinking it wont be ready by next week, but it will give us an idea on what to expect!

1. MMS to the iphone Question

2. Tethering Question

3. Copy and paste Question

I can't wait to see...

Cool

xKiDDOx

So far it looks like they announced Peer to Peer connectivity via bluetooth, Google maps turn by turn, push notifications, some other random stuff, copy and paste and more...

nekotine

Whoo, I'm pretty excited about the new update. Shame only developers get the beta but meh, what can you do?

The landscape texting will be helpful but I was pretty comfortable with texting in portrait. Guess it pays to have small hands/fingers? Or maybe it's my gaming thumb dexterity that helped me? lol

Being able to send pic messages will be a big YAY...but I'm curious as to whether we'll be able to receive as well. I mean, usually they'd say 'send and receive' soooo...hmm... We could assume that THEY assumed that if you can send you can also receive but we'll see. I have friends that try to send me pic messages from other services like Verizon and what-not now but I have to access a webpage to see them, and within a limited amount of time. ~_~; I would love to be able to skip that...

Turn by turn navigation will be awesome. I guess I'll finally have to put that iPhone holder on the dash of my car in the summer!

Kinda a bummer that iPod Touch users will have to pay for it though.

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Today's Apple Event was bigger than expected!

I think we got stuff on our wish list and MORE!

I can't wait to see what Application Developers come out with..

Watch out Palm Pre!!

Can any other phone company compete with this..

I don't think so!..

The worlds most advanced mobile OS.
Now even more advanced.

Get an advance preview of what we’re building next.

On March 17, Apple presented the blueprint for iPhone OS 3.0, the next version of the world’s most advanced mobile platform. In addition to previewing its innovative features, Apple gave members of the iPhone Developer Program immediate access to the iPhone OS 3.0 software beta and an updated Software Development Kit (SDK) with over 1,000 completely new APIs.

- In-App Purchasing: Allows developers to sell additional content from within applications. Highlighted uses include magazine subscriptions, eBooks, additional levels and items for games.
- Peer-to-Peer Connectivity: Find other devices running the app via Bonjour over Wi-Fi of Bluetooth. Good for gaming, but also other applications for sharing data.
- Third-Party Accessory Apps: Allowing accessory manufacturers to create applications to interface with their hardware accessories.
- Push Notification: Rather than using background processes that hamper battery life, utilize third-party server to push badge, text, and audio alerts from applications.
- Turn by Turn: Apple will allow developers to use CoreLocation for turn-by-turn GPS directions.
- Cut, Copy and Paste: Available across all apps. Shake to undo or redo.
- Landscape keyboard: Available in all key applications, including Mail.
- MMS: Picture messaging now available.
- Voice Memos: Record notes, lectures, interviews, etc.
- Spotlight Search: Available across all applications. Systemwide search available from main home screen by flicking to the left.
- A2DP Bluetooth: Support for stereo bluetooth headsets.

Tethering, another much-requested feature, was addressed in the Q&A section of the event. Apple is building the client side of tethering into OS 3.0, but cooperation from carriers is also required in order for it to be offered.

The new iPhone OS 3.0 is available to all registered iPhone developers today as a free beta. Full release to customers will be this summer. OS 3.0 will be free for all iPhone users and a $9.95 upgrade for all iPod touch users. Most features will be available for the first-generation iPhone, although hardware limitations will prevent some features, such as MMS and stereo Bluetooth, from being added to those devices. Meanwhile, Apple also revealed that Bluetooth support can be activated in the 2nd generation iPod Touches.

Apple has posted an iPhone OS 3.0 Preview page listing a few of the highlights. A video of today's media event will also be posted to the page later today.

xKiDDOx

I'm really surprised we got all that, but it sucks I won't get MMS on my 2g iphone. *mumble grumble*
Now I just have to wait until they jailbreak the software, then I'll update. XD

KiernanOClare

Omg, a gaming site with a mac section...where I won't get flamed for admitting I own and love macbooks.

I really have found my home! Squeeeee!

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KiernanOClare

Nope, no iphone yet. I just can't let go of my verizon service for some reason. it's never let me down around here Smile

The thought does linger all the time though.

And yes, "gamers' are usually threatened by the awesomeness of Mac products. I've learned to deal. Actually can you believe my local best buy doesn't carry Apple Products Evil or Very Mad

Luckily there is an apple store about an hr away

raddogz · Ipod Shuffle

I just picked up a black one!

Luv it so far. Very Happy

The only downside I can think of is that it is slow to update/sync. It updates via the 3.5mm headphone jack/port

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raddogz

It's funny that they call it black, when it clearly not black.

It's like a gun-metal gray, or as my friend calls it Gundam grey.

nekotine

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As of today all music on iTunes is high quality DRM free music!

iTunes music. Now 100% iTunes Plus.

Now, every song available on the iTunes Store is an iTunes Plus song. That means you get high-quality music with 256-Kbps AAC encoding, making every song you download virtually indistinguishable from the original recording. iTunes Plus songs are all free of burn limits and digital rights management (DRM). So the music you buy will play on iPod, Apple TV, all Mac and Windows computers, and many other digital music players. It’s also easy to upgrade songs you previously purchased from iTunes to iTunes Plus. You don’t have to buy the song or album again. Just pay the 30¢ per song upgrade price. (Music video upgrades are 60¢ and entire albums can be upgraded for 30 percent of the album price.)
Millions of songs for just 69¢, 99¢, or $1.29

Browse over 10 million songs on the iTunes Store and discover new favorites to add to your collection. Purchase songs for just 69¢, 99¢, or $1.29. And, as always, most albums are $9.99.

justrose21

my ipod touch has been doing some pretty odd things lately.....

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With Microsoft coming out with Ads that are targeting MacBook. iMac Prices..I came across this awesome parody video...

Even a homeless guy wouldn't want a PC..

LMAO..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbJSuduTrPs

KiernanOClare

Yessssss! Thank you for that one! Those ads were starting to P!$$ me off.

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YAY!

Apple came out with 4 new MAC advertisements..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpHlXAEwntU

Here they are all together..

justrose21

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDZUk67FpB0&feature=channel

i couldn't help but post this haha

Amanda Says

I love my MacBook and my iPod. Now, I love homeless people who hate Windows! Laughing

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Good one Freeman..

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KiernanOClare

aww, your laptop is snazzy! Making me jealous girl!

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