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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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  2. 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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  3. Dear Apple, by TheOldSchooler · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  4. 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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  5. Re:Oh goody! by jam244 · · Score: 5, Funny
    It's September on USENET all over again.
    Me too!!!!!