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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?"

2 of 395 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Oh goody! by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    They have something called "Google" for those sorts of things. Googling on "usenet" and "september" would've gotten you a very quick answer.

    Chris Mattern

  2. Re:Ah yes, Christmas. by shaneh0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Here's a hint: If you don't recognize the reference, you should probably just move on.

    But I don't mind. Keep wasting your mod points. Please.