MacMost Now 876: Apple Announces OS X 10.9, iOS 7, New Mac Pro, iTunes Radio
At the Worldwide Developers Conference Apple announced new versions of both OS X and iOS. They also launched new MacBook Air laptops and Airport base stations. A new Mac Pro was shown with a whole new design. A new streaming music service called iTunes Radio was also announced. See some of the new features of the operating systems.
I think both sides are moving toward a middle. Spotify is a little closer to "ownership" than Pandora. When I find an album I like in Spotify, I add it to a playlist and put that into a folder called "My Albums." I feel it is in my collection. Of course, that assumes I am always a Spotify subscriber.
iTunes has moved toward subscription with iTunes Match. I no longer worry about downloading and organizing my collection of files. I just have it all in the cloud.
The only advantage that iTunes has for me is the breadth of the music available. Lots of things I want aren't on Spotify, but are on iTunes. So I spend money on a Spotify subscription for 50% of my music, and purchase as-needed from iTunes. Some months I spend less on iTunes than Spotify (even $0) and some months more. But between them I have the music I want.
Squafdonoboles
10 years ago
I have over 2,000 vinyl albums, 752 45 RPMs, 126 78 RPMs and 75 cassette tapes all in mint condition. Never liked the lossy sound of digital music.
Blake
11 years ago
Well done Gary very informative...
Alexmike
11 years ago
The Apple community is a much better place to live as long as you live there too. Great information !!!
Johan-Martijn
11 years ago
Yep, the new Mac Pro will probably blow our socks off (literally?), though I do remember the fate of of the Cube... But design-wise it is absolutely stunning! Probably the price as well, when the whole thing is assembled in the US. But what the heck; if it ends up in Tate Modern or MOMA we could all grin and say, Yeah, and it still works!
Squafdonoboles
10 years ago
These bells and whistles may appeal to the younger crowd but for those of us who are over 60 who remember using a Commodore 128, what we have now is well enough.
Does Apple still believe there is a future for the market of albums and individual songs?
Rdio and Spotify are digging into this market, and Apple, like usual, will play catch-up years later.
But I guess if you still believe that being the owner of your media has value, then you will probably still hang around the iTunes store.
I think both sides are moving toward a middle. Spotify is a little closer to "ownership" than Pandora. When I find an album I like in Spotify, I add it to a playlist and put that into a folder called "My Albums." I feel it is in my collection. Of course, that assumes I am always a Spotify subscriber.
iTunes has moved toward subscription with iTunes Match. I no longer worry about downloading and organizing my collection of files. I just have it all in the cloud.
The only advantage that iTunes has for me is the breadth of the music available. Lots of things I want aren't on Spotify, but are on iTunes. So I spend money on a Spotify subscription for 50% of my music, and purchase as-needed from iTunes. Some months I spend less on iTunes than Spotify (even $0) and some months more. But between them I have the music I want.
I have over 2,000 vinyl albums, 752 45 RPMs, 126 78 RPMs and 75 cassette tapes all in mint condition. Never liked the lossy sound of digital music.
Well done Gary very informative...
The Apple community is a much better place to live as long as you live there too. Great information !!!
Yep, the new Mac Pro will probably blow our socks off (literally?), though I do remember the fate of of the Cube... But design-wise it is absolutely stunning! Probably the price as well, when the whole thing is assembled in the US. But what the heck; if it ends up in Tate Modern or MOMA we could all grin and say, Yeah, and it still works!
These bells and whistles may appeal to the younger crowd but for those of us who are over 60 who remember using a Commodore 128, what we have now is well enough.