[Ti] iTunes for Windows is out (and Canadian whining)

[Milton van der Veen]

On Sunday, October 19, 2003, at 01:20 PM, John Griffin wrote:

> Milton van der Veen typed this message on 10/16/03 6:08 PM:
>
>> I'll be the first Canadian to complain that I was sorely disappointed
>> to see Sarah McLachlan perform at the end of the Windows rollout -- 
>> and
>> you can't even buy her songs via iTunes Store in Canada.
>
> Well Milton, Canadians now have PureTracks. You can download tracks at 
> 99¢
> Canadian (about 70¢ US) which is considerably cheaper than iTunes 
> store. And
> their list of available downloads rivals iTunes.
>
> So I say: To h*ll with iTunes store! They don't want anything to do 
> with us
> up here - now we don't have to have anything to do with them and we 
> can get
> our music cheaper.
>
> BTW: PureTracks is not available outside of Canada.

Have you tried Pure Tracks, John? I can't get Preview to work without 
Windows Media Player which I don't have installed -- I have a Mac. It's 
web site breaks in Safari when I try to select individual tracks. (And 
they didn't even by the <puretracks.ca> domain.)

Milton