Apple Computer Inc. on Tuesday announced that
Founder, a major supplier of personal computers to the Chinese market, will pre-install the Windows version of Apple's iTunes software on all of its PCs beginning next month. With iTunes installed, users of Founder PCs will be able to copy music from their own audio CDs, create playlists, share the music of Local Area Networks (LANs) using Rendezvous, and listen to that music on the iPod, Apple's popular digital music player.
This is the first such partnership Apple has announced with a PC maker since a deal with Hewlett-Packard was unveiled in January. Apple and HP's deal included the installation of iTunes on certain HP consumer PCs, as well as the manufacture of an HP-branded iPod that will go on sale later this year. Apple's announcement with Founder includes iTunes only, not the iPod.
News source: MacCentral
Founder, a major supplier of personal computers to the Chinese market, will pre-install the Windows version of Apple's iTunes software on all of its PCs beginning next month. With iTunes installed, users of Founder PCs will be able to copy music from their own audio CDs, create playlists, share the music of Local Area Networks (LANs) using Rendezvous, and listen to that music on the iPod, Apple's popular digital music player.
This is the first such partnership Apple has announced with a PC maker since a deal with Hewlett-Packard was unveiled in January. Apple and HP's deal included the installation of iTunes on certain HP consumer PCs, as well as the manufacture of an HP-branded iPod that will go on sale later this year. Apple's announcement with Founder includes iTunes only, not the iPod.
News source: MacCentral
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A product cannot be a monopoly for one...
Apple gaining access to Windows desktop and OEM installation, a monopoly we know they illegally controlled for many years, is a desirable thing secondly...
And thirdly, what about Apple signing a deal with a third party OEM is monopolistic... It sounds pro-competitive, pro-cooperation, etc... to me...
Anyway. Pathetic flame.
Yeah yeah yeah whatever, like I care what you say. Next time when I see you make comments against Microsoft, I can say the same to you as well. Pro-competitions and all that crap. Just cuz Apple is not as big as MS doesn't mean they have all the rights to expand.
Disregard me if you wish, but since I applied logic to the situation and you have provided no information or argument at all to back up your statements, it appears that you agree with me: your comment is simply flamebait and flamebait alone.
Thanks.
Bait which you took rather admirably. Congratulations.
Hey.. it is Chinese makers that we are taking about. With their government command, they can get rid of Windows Media Player if they choose to.
Seriously, there's three options.
1. Windows Media Player 9, which is the most bloated, unstable program I've ever used. And I loathe it's interface.
2. Winamp. Which is a nice player, but not good for big collections.
3. iTunes. Which burns and rips CD's, has a nice and easy interface, has a music store, and a portable MP3 player.
It just makes sense to bundle it, if they don't like the program, the don't need to use it! And unlike, say, bundled Microsoft applications, it can be easily and completely removed from the system.
Well i wonder if iTunes will screw these computers up hiding drives
Definatly not the best music software available out there.
Jus my tupence!
Max
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