Flying Music -- iTunes PIREP

"Tom Fleischman"
Welcome to the wonderful world of Apple. It's *ALL* this nice when you
use a Mac :-)
I have an iPod for Windows because I'm a Windows user. My buddy has an iPod
for MAC because he is a Mac user. They both work great. The Mac setup is
friendlier, more integrated but you have to be a Mac person. The PC setup
works fine but you have to do more than say, "Computer..." Actually the PC
is bit more flexible. I can find just about any music for free or fee. My
buddy gave up trying anything beyond iTunes.

Hey, I wish I flew behind a Garmin 1000 in a Cirrus but I have a Garmin 300
in Maule for a fraction of the cost. My buddy listens to his iPod on the
interstate in a SUV. I listen to mine a mile up.

I love having 2500 songs on my iPod to chose from while I fly.

Yes, I do too. One trick control and access to 20megs of music.

The iPod is not only nice to the touch... hell, I almost wanted to save the
packaging. High quality design and packaging has a beauty all it's own.
The new ones are even nicer.

In article %M9Sb.176619$I06.1794771@attbi_s01, Jay Honeck
wrote:

Several sites were suggested and explored, but the only "legal" (meaning
"pay per song") music site I found was www.iTunes.com , which has turned out
to be a marvelous experience -- thanks to whomever suggested it!

As Martin pointed out, that's generally how things from Apple work. A
nice clean presentation, an easy learning curve, and a very powerful
tool, all rolled into one. Their computers are the same way. :-)

While the Windows version came out just a few months ago, I first used
the iTunes music store when it debuted for the Macs last April. I've
been hooked ever since; it really IS a neat thing. I'm glad you've
discovered it. If you're a Pepsi drinker, check out apple.com for
news about the free-music-download giveaway they're doing next month.
1 in 3 bottles will have a code for a free song download. Very nice.

I'll second the iPod recommendation as well. I've had one for a
while now; it interfaces very well with my LightSpeed Twenty 3G
headset. Makes those long flights go a little easier, and the
auto-mute when the radio comes to life is very handy.

--
Garner R. Miller
ATP/CFII/MEI
Manchester, CT =USA=

Jay Honeck wrote:

Several sites were suggested and explored, but the only "legal" (meaning
"pay per song") music site I found was www.iTunes.com , which has turned out
to be a marvelous experience -- thanks to whomever suggested it!

I did, glad you like it. Watch for some cool ads during superbowl. Apple
just started a big promotion with Pepsi.

When you find a song you want, just click on "Buy this song" and it
downloads in MP3 format.

Actually it is not MP3, it is a format called AAC. Which is an extension
to the new MP4-Standard to include the so called
digital-rights-management. It is based on an open standard, like mp3.
Which makes it IMO more desirable than WMA, which is
Microsoft-controlled format.

Here's the best part of the whole thing: At the end, when you've got your
80 minutes (or so) of music downloaded, you burn the CD with a SINGLE CLICK.

With the same single-click you can also import your own CDs into iTunes
and mix some of your own stuff with songs that you bought.

Our plane will be ROCKING on our next flight!

Cool!

Cheers,
Jens

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With the same single-click you can also import your own CDs into iTunes
and mix some of your own stuff with songs that you bought.

Really? Now that is neat -- I wouldn't have even thought of trying that.

Thanks for the info -- twice! :-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"