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New iPod Owner Onslaught Overwhelms iTunes

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the drowning-in-white-plastic dept.

Billosaur writes "In the post-Christmas rush to power up and use their new iPods, an onslaught of downloaders brought iTunes to its knees, according to CNN. Monday and Tuesday saw users posting message after message about slow downloads and the iTunes site denying them entry. The heavy traffic was apparently more than the system could bear, what with the large numbers of people receiving iPods and iTunes gift cards. Perhaps Apple was underestimating just how successful they were going to be?"

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  1. And strangely, by Hawthorne01 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Microsoft Zune store was working just fine.

    Huh.

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    1. Re:And strangely, by sirket · · Score: 4, Funny

      I just spit soda all over my keyboard. Damn you! :)

    2. Re:And strangely, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      That's funny. It wasn't before.

    3. Re:And strangely, by Tim+Browse · · Score: 4, Funny

      Thanks for explaining the joke to us. Do you have a card, so we can call you the next time a joke comes up?

    4. Re:And strangely, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
      I just squirt soda all over my keyboard. Damn you! :)

      There, fixed your verb use for you. :)
  2. Oh goody! by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's September on USENET all over again.

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    1. Re:Oh goody! by Overzeetop · · Score: 2, Funny

      I don't get it. What happend with the usenet in September?

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    2. Re:Oh goody! by jam244 · · Score: 5, Funny
      It's September on USENET all over again.
      Me too!!!!!
    3. Re:Oh goody! by maeka · · Score: 4, Funny
      We all know that top-posting is the only correct way.

      It's September on USENET all over again.

      Me too!!!!!
  3. iDoted by Lucan+Varo · · Score: 4, Funny

    iTunes got slashdoted, iDoted.

  4. CNN confirms it! by fatboy · · Score: 2, Funny

    CNN confirms it! iTunes is dieing!

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  5. Clearly they were caught short. by CODiNE · · Score: 5, Funny
    Heh... from the article
    "No doubt it was a very, very popular gift, and no matter how well you plan on the server side of the equation, there are always times when you get caught short."
    How I love differences in US and UK English... yes I imagine they were caught short indeed!
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  6. Dear Apple, by TheOldSchooler · · Score: 5, Funny

    I bought my wife an IPod Nano and an I-Tunes gift card. I am so sorry.

  7. Signing in. by Spazntwich · · Score: 2, Funny

    I was gifted with an iPod shuffle for Christmas, and haven't even bothered to try out the iTunes store yet.

    This post is about as useful as an alligator both on fire and LSD.

  8. Re:First Post! by Ucklak · · Score: 5, Funny

    While I'm not an iPod owner, I heard this Zune thing was poised to take over the portable media market.
    It did record numbers for November. It'll probably beat last years sales for December too.

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  9. Only one reason this is happening by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Conformists..

  10. Re:Yes by krakelohm · · Score: 3, Funny

    And by that I mean people who don't sit on slashdot all day wondering why everyone else isn't building robots.
    Classic.
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  11. Re:First Post! by dangitman · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ewwww! You just got cow on my America!

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  12. Re:First Post! by dangitman · · Score: 3, Funny

    I know of two people that got Zunes (somehow...) and my sister got a Sansa because my mom didn't want to spend the extra for a Nano

    Ahh, so that explains why murder rates have risen recently.

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  13. Re:What's "portable" video? by OriginalArlen · · Score: 2, Funny

    Portable means having a good quality of video for a smaller file size Ye gods, what are they teaching the kids at school today??

    Definitions of 'portable':

    Definitions of portable on the Web:

    • easily or conveniently transported; "a portable television set"
    • a small light typewriter; usually with a case in which it can be carried
    • of a motor designed to be attached to the outside of a boat's hull; "a portable outboard motor" wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
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