Scott Dolan

Elephantissimo!

Irrelevant to the conversation, but OK...

Ah, you're talking about loss of physical comfort. I thought this was more about psychological comfort.

You'll have to outline the difference.

An amen of the unrepresentative sampling type. But, in fairness it is human nature to oppose change. You know that as well as I do. Comfort is as comfort does, that's what Forrest said...

Rod has officially won the Internet!

Good lord, MG! Now "constant updating" is a major complaint?! iTunes updates FAR less than a lot of common programs do, and if you don't want to update, then don't. I mean, it's cool if you don't care to use it, but the reasons why are...well, kinda silly.

That's odd. I never get the don't ask me again options on my iMac. Maybe it's a Windows thing? Either way, I still fail to see what's so offensive and different about the deletion options. How is Apple trying to get me to "think differently"? I either want to delete it or I don't.

But it does, unless you instruct it otherwise. And that option (to never be asked again) isn't even available when it comes to deletion.

I'm more confused now, and I didn't think that was possible.

Joel, you never answered my question. Why do you need to set Window Media Player as your default player if all you have to do is click on files to make them play?

I'm really not understanding what you're trying to say. In iTunes if I want to delete an album, I move my cursor over it, right click, choose delete, it asks me to verify I want to delete, and delete it does. That's SOP for pretty much every computer program that runs on OS X and Microsoft. What a I missing here?

A buddy of mine who works in IT for a living says that Windows 10 is by far the best OS they've ever built. I'll take his word for it, but I'm never going back. As for the iPad, you should definitely give it a try. I have gotten to the point where 99% of all "computing" I do is done on an iPad. The only thing I really use my iMac for is for my music catalog.

I used to live for the "under the hood" stuff. I loved registry surfing, and overclocking all in the name of squeaking out just a bit more speed. But now machines are lightning quick without the tweaking, and Windows Vista sent me into an emotional death spiral when it came out. So I've been an Apple guy ever since. Though, I do have a Windows 7 machine at work and must admit it's a pretty outstanding OS.

If all you have to do is "click on files", then why do you need to set Windows Media player as your default player?! Pretty hilarious how you spent so much energy disparaging Apple, yet are having curse-worthy problems with your shiny new laptop that I never experience when using my iTunes library. Perhaps it has been user error the entire time. Ever stop to consider that?

PC's still come bundled with a ton of shit. But I do agree with everything you have said, rostasi. This conversation is seemingly devolving into a couple of old cats yelling "get off my lawn!", only they have no idea if anyone is even ON their lawn, or if they even have a lawn. Look, I'm certainly not a huge fan of iTunes, but these grievances seem almost made up out of thin air.

I don't think you understand how this works, Joel. You have to have an audio program to rip and play your music. It's not just "the laptop" that will be doing it. I also don't get the extreme hatred for iTunes. For ripping and audio playback, it's just as solid as anything else on the market.

Every time this thread comes up it reads, "Brian Lynch's Latin Woody". And I think to myself, "Brian Lynch doesn't SOUND like a Latin name..."

Hahaha... This is gold!

That Shabazz Palaces tune was really good. As is the Open Mike Eagle! That's right along the line of what I'm looking for. Thanks for posting. Still not liking anything from Death Grips.

Alright, I will.

If only Doo Bop didn't completely suck ass.

Very nice, but I'm still looking for more experimental stuff.

All Music has Shafiq listed as Left-Field Hip Hop, but Ms. Muldrow as Neo Soul. Interesting. Though some of her later albums are listed as Left-Field Hip Hop.

Sounds more like Left-Field Soul than anything.