Final Thoughts on iTunes 4?

**pwharff** · April 30th, 2003, 12:28 PM

Now that all of you have had the time to play with iTunes 4 for a couple of days, what do you think?

PROS:

CONS:

**Inline_guy** · April 30th, 2003, 01:01 PM

Let me say, I love it. I do not buy much music at all. In the past five years I think I have bought maybe 3 CD's. I don't even download mp3's often. Just the hits I hear on the radio that I love. And anything I can work out to. But since this service started I have been shopping like mad! I am going to put a limit on how much I will spend a week on music. But I just think it is great.

The rest of iTunes is still amazing. Polished, smart, easy. Just a great Apple App. I am very pleased.

Matthew

**adambyte** · April 30th, 2003, 01:39 PM

iTunes 4 as an app on the whole is *$&%ing awesome. Easy, simple, still very powerful

iTunes 4 as an upgrade however... the only things that are new are the music store, album art, and music sharing.

To me, the music store is interesting... I might use it to explore and sample music, but... I'm still going to buy albums... I'm old fashioned. I like liner notes, art, and all that other shtuff.

Album art.... until this thing automatically gets album art, it's a kinda neat, but a little pain in my tuchus.

Music Sharing.... coolest thing, ever..... I can sample music with other Mac users on my school network.... very very VERY cool.

Great app. Good upgrade.

**fryke** · April 30th, 2003, 02:20 PM

Agreed... For me, an European, the store still has its use. I can browse the store and then use [other tools] to 'acquire' the music. Help me not to pirate, Apple, make it international. ;-)

**boi** · April 30th, 2003, 02:29 PM

i wish the smart playlists were still more customizable.

**Androo** · April 30th, 2003, 02:44 PM

the font sucks, the playlists should be more customizable as boi said, and the store should be international! If you use a credit card, it shouldn't make a difference! i live in canada and i use an american express (my dad does at least HAHAHAHAHHAHA AHAHHAHAHA AAHHAHA I AM FUNNY!). Maybe it wont come till itunes 5... or 4.1... hopefully 4.01, or just tomorro. meow.

**chevy** · April 30th, 2003, 03:13 PM

It's good.

I miss:
1) the international store (i'm sure it will change fast, as soon as the regulation authorizes it)
2) the old visualizer
3) the look-up for the CD cover artwork
4) a free TV channel
5) an iced beer dispencer
6) a hot coffee poorer
7) ??? hot girls dancing ???

**pwharff** · April 30th, 2003, 08:14 PM

androo, you can fix the ugly fonts by opening System Preferences and going to the General preference pane and change the font smoothing to 8 instead of 9 and you'll have great looking fonts again!