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Yes, it's true, Apple does infact not suck at something. That somethign is the beautiful marriage of software and hardware that is iTunes + the iPod. ...and now, that marriage of awesomeness is available for windows.

Using the iPod on the PC had been like pulling teeth before. It could sync with MusicMatch jukebox, but like every other media library for windows, including the ever so shitty windows media player 9, MusicMatch sucks too. the iPod is my musical ying, and iTunes is my yang.

So why does it rule so much?

• smart playlists like: "all rock and alternative songs from the 80's with a 4 star rating or higher


• the best and most natural UI in the universe. You start out seeing everythign at once, then you can filter the music down by selecting a specific genre, artist or album. Better still, when you pick a specific genre, it limits the listing of artists to those who are within your desired genre and so forth with albums. SO, It's crazy-fast to find things.


• syncs with iPod great. My old g4 was choking to sync the ipod, and now i'm flying high and fast with the iPod on my 2.4 ghz dell.


• rendezvous-based library sharing is great, you can not only see your friends songs, but you see their playlists and ratigns too, it's like being in their room listening to their music, but from wherever in the house that you want.

And a few gripes: memory hog, skips sometimes on my 1ghz work laptop, bad .mp3 crashes import process.