This is a real shame considering the new iTunes has some cool features (e.g. gapless playback, but we need this on the iPod itself, Apple!!!).
After chatting with Alex for a bit (not sure if he was experiencing the problem as he's on a Mac), I wandered about the Apple forums and found only one thread on the Windows sound problem.
Well, a look back at the forum today, and there sure as hell isn't just one thread, there's a few:
Topic: Major bug in iTunes 7
Topic: HUGE Problems with ITunes 7 with Windows
Topic: so many itunes 7 problems
Nice one Apple! You'd think a large company has the brains to at least TEST their software before releasing it. I guess we'll see an upgrade on iTunes in the next few days. In the meantime, I like many other Windows users will be sticking to iTunes 6 until the problems are fixed.
Edit/Update: looks like the Sydney Morning Herald picked up on all of this this afternoon as well:
Apple's new iTunes version branded a lemon
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Mac users are having problems as well, but the significant issues seem to be on windows, which is surprising as they would be the key market to placate with new iTunes releases as they have other software options available and are not as likely to ignore Apple's occasional stumbles.
Although one wonders if this hasn't been hyped up a lot by the media, who have similarly lambasted Amazon's recent foray into providing movies for download. There is a lot of vested interest in the media/publishing world to keep to the old channels for distribution.
As far as the MSH goes, I'm sure their report is inaccurate. But as for the outrage for Windows users... well, take a look at the Apple Forum, it pretty much shows how much of a big problem this.
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