5. It'll Be Just For Mac Users
Now, assuming - for the sake of argument - you get this complicated search-and-play procedure sorted out, how do you actually get music on to this thing in the first place? Well, thereby hangs another tale. Firstly, you're going to need something called a "Firewire" connection. Well, it's a connection that unless you have a Mac you're probably not going to have on your computer, which means that perhaps surprisingly, perhaps not, the only people who will be able to use these music players of the future will be those who already own a Mac. Or those who find they have to buy one in order to use the ipod. Nice marketing strategy there Steve! Then of course, you just drag your music from the computer folder to ... huh? ITunes? Oh yeah. It's not that simple, people. In order to put music on your ipod, you're going to have to download a program called iTunes, which is made by, of course, Apple. In fairness, you won't have to pay for it, but it's looking like it may be something of a resource hog. Anyway, you use this program to do something that over at Apple they're calling synching. Basically, your computer synchronises with the ipod (assuming you have a Firewire connection!) and then downloads the music you want onto your brand spanking new ipod. Simple, eh?