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Not too long ago, being the go to tech guy for most of my friends and colleagues, I started being asked to help people out with setting up their ipod and their itunes software. I thought no big deal at first but what resonated in my mind as an MCSE is that Apple and Microsoft have never played nice, but why not give peace a chance.

Having had several kinds of MP3 players in the past and working out any of the bugs involved with setup, I figured I was at least an amateur at getting the task done already. Especially because who knows how to better troubleshoot Windows than yours truly. Until I took the first try at trying to sychronize an ipod. In the past, all the MP3 players that I have owned have allowed you to either use synchronization software of just treat the MP3 player like a drive and drag and drop songs into it. Not an ipod though. Most of the time, the computer soes not see it as just a drive, most of the time it is hidden and their there is the evil itunes. Itunes makes everyone believe the only way you will get tunes on your ipod device is to buy them from their service. They do not exactly make it user friendly to easily get your own cds and existing files onto your device. Matter of fact it kind of sucks. It took almost 3 hours of fumbling with it the first time to get it to finally synchronize. Kind of sucks actually.

I think the nature of the problems stem from the fact that apple uses their own proprietary file system on the device and the itunes software is not that friendly on a Windows Operating System Environment. Most other MP3 players in the market allow you to either drag and drop your files to them as a drive or use a friendly piece of software. Needless yo say, unless you had a Mac, I would not recommend buying into an ipod. If a Computer and Technology solutions Developer like myself was having problems with the device and the software, it is almost a guarantee on the type of experience you will have.

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