Michal Ždanský Yesterday was ten years since Apple released iTunes for Windows. Back then, Apple took one of the most fundamental steps, even if it didn't seem like it at the time. This event actually helped Apple become the world's most valuable company, which it currently holds today with a market capitalization of over $550 billion. But that was the day that hell froze over at Apple, which both Steve Jobs and the company's fans thought.
When Steve Jobs unveiled iTunes for Windows at a keynote on October 16, 2003, he called it "the best Windows program ever". An application from Apple for Microsoft's operating system was something unthinkable at the time. Steve Jobs and much of the company were still reeling from the events of the 80s, when Bill Gates and his Microsoft copied the then-revolutionary Macintosh system (which Apple in turn copied from Xerox), leaving Apple with a minuscule share of the computer market. It was around 2003% in the US in 3,2 and has been falling.
Two years earlier, the revolutionary iPod music player was introduced. It required iTunes to upload songs to the device, which was only available for Macs. In a way, it wasn't a bad strategic decision, as the iPod also made Mac sales better thanks to this exclusivity. But the player would never have become such a hit if it was only available on the Apple platform.
Steve Jobs was fundamentally opposed to extending iTunes and by extension the iPod to Windows. He wanted Apple software and other devices to be available only for Macs. It was Phil Shiller and then-Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering Jon Rubenstein who saw huge potential in a competing operating system. This moment is described in an e-book by Max Chafkin (Fast Company) named Design Crazy, which is available in iBookstore:
John Rubenstein: “We argued a lot about iTunes for Windows and he [Steve Jobs] said no. Finally, Phil Shiller and I said we would do it. Steve retorted, 'Fuck off, you two, and do whatever you want. It goes to your heads.' And he stormed out of the room.'
It was one of the moments when Steve Jobs had to be convinced of a better solution. If it were up to him, the iPod would never have become such a hit because it wouldn't have been available to the nearly 97% of people in America who used Windows. They could suddenly see the unique interplay between Apple's hardware and software. Some of them eventually became Mac users and four years later the owners of the first iPhone. None of this would have happened if iTunes had remained Mac exclusive. Apple might not be the most valuable company in the world today, and the world of information technology might look completely different.
iTunes is perhaps the worst program on Windows... unless it's Apple's intention.
not as much as quicktime. :-D but it's actually worse on Apple :D
It's des. And I think it's a good thing, because it runs great on small iTunes.
Well, what am I talking about, using Office for Mac is also pretty terrible, and I'm not even talking about compatibility with the Windows versions.
well, yes, but much better than iWork, which is a file for home users, but otherwise standard for more serious office work.
Look, I finished EVERYTHING with iWork and everything ran like clockwork....
Well, even in the new versions ... drives were not needed, I think Office: Mac 2003 was made for Widle
It is a fact that itunes runs slowly on wines. In addition, I think there is not much reason to install it on Windows. Or is?
And what would I do without itunes on win with ipad? Hazel with him like a disc???
At all... you just wouldn't connect it to the computer... you don't need to synchronize photos and necessary data via dropbox and itunes... :) (and I'm a supporter of apples in any form)
But I copy a lot of movies and series. Otherwise, I don't actually connect to the PC, you're right.
Well, I wouldn't see that as a problem... Dropbox can handle even larger volumes of data :-D
Can I upload a movie from Dropbox to AVPlayer?
and how long would it take? it's faster to connect the ipad to the pc..
If it was ever true, then since version 11 it definitely isn't.
jj... an ideal article for those who always claim... that jobs would be this or that.)
terrible translation & Apple was just inspired by Xerox, copying as demonstrated by MS did not even happen by chance
Quicktime player for win was also something unthinkable?
For any normal thinking person, yes. Quicktime was the same plague as RealPlayer. Found everywhere.
was? I hope that there will be no QuickTime in the new OSX...
Apple was the first to present a complete and kind of first proper operating system, Microsoft copied everything.
Sure, I don't feel like all those Unixes, VAXes and similar toys...
Apple did not copy the Xerox system, but bought it and improved it properly. that's a hell of a difference
Pls question - after installing the latest iTunes and updating iOS to vz 7 in my iP4S, copying music from iTunes vs iP stopped working:-( In mob, there are only red circles next to the names of the songs, and the names of the songs themselves are sedive in the iP... I tried to search on the forums ( btw it's quite a frequent question) but no one has found a way to fix it... Do you have any experience with this??? Pls help
This also happened with iOS7 beta. Only restoring the iPhone helped.
Interesting insight. DVD drive not working after installing iTunes on Windows. After uninstalling everything fine. Does anyone know why?
So I used itunes for Windows for several years and it didn't work well, it was mainly very slow, I don't have the latest version, so I don't know, anyway I'm not satisfied with the Mac version either, the last big change caused confusion and I don't like it, there are a lot of errors , respectively nonsensical behavior
e.g. when displaying the genre/artist/album column, the option to define what will play does not work, as soon as I jump to another interpreter (e.g. I already choose what will be next) the up next list also changes,
I just hope they don't slow down itunes like they slow down the music app in iOS7