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> You should also remember that he was hardly in the majority with those comments. Further he was technically correct, and the iPod succeeded because of a syner
by wdr1 12y ago
> You should also remember that he was hardly in the majority with those comments. Further he was technically correct, and the iPod succeeded because of a synergy with other parts of Apple's empire (notably iTunes).
I think that's a very weak argument, as iTunes wasn't available for the PC market for years. The Mac market at that point was nascent and lots of people were buying iPods w/o the ability to use iTunes.
- duskwuff 12y ago> The Mac market at that point was nascent and lots of people were buying iPods w/o the ability to use iTunes. The iPod was supported on Windows before iTunes was available through Musicmatch Jukebox, which Apple bundled with Windows iPods. I don't think there were many people buying iPods before then just to look at. :)
- nardi 12y agoHe didn't say they were. You seem to be in violent agreement.
- personZ 12y agohttp://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Total_ipod_sales.svg http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Total_ipod_sales.svg Very few bought the iPod in the first two years, and it was a commercial failure. It was iTunes on Windows that brought it mainstream.