Existing users, 
Updating was without incident but--and I wouldn't have believed this was possible--playback of my one iTunes video is actually even worse than it was prior (clearly, I won't be digging into my pockets for another iTunes-sponsored video stroll down Memory Lane anytime soon). In short, it sucks--the audio plays fine, the video chooses a frame it likes (I assume at random) and just sits there, stuck. Apple should be embarrassed to release such updates; after 10+ years as a Mac person, my basis for feeling superior to my PC-using peers is noticeably eroding. :(
Rather than providing a Genius sidebar for the purpose of selling me more product, how about fixing the bugs? And restoring the old look along with functionality isn't a bad idea either.
Titanium Book, 1 GHz, 1 GB RAM, OS X 10.4.10
Apple iTunes
Manage your music and movie libraries on your Mac, iPod or iPhone.
Version: 9.0.2
Ugly Wasn't Bad Enough?
Feedback Type: Review
Contributed by: MacGuffin Thursday, January 22 2009 @ 01:43 PM PST
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Less than a month
Recommend Product: NO
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Underpowered Machine - Pen Dragon
Titanium PowerBook—1 GHz, 1 GB RAM, OS X 10.4.10—is marginal for today's software. Performance for Mac will improve with the release of Snow Leopard, but maybe not for PowerPC machines. I know of other lower end PPC machines that struggle with performance today.Wednesday, March 11 2009 @ 08:07 PM PDT
Ugly Wasn't Bad Enough? - GGGlen
OMG, talk about a moronic review!I'm a hardware tech, and you can't even get parts for a 1 GHZ Titanium PowerBook because they're friggin OBSOLETE!!!
Fer cryin' out loud, the 1 GHZ model was released SEVEN YEARS AGO!!!
The G4 processor was replaced by the G5 which was replaced by the Intel which was replaced by the Core2Duo which was replaced by the... You get the picture???
Hey man, I can't run Vista on my 1 GHZ PIII processor either, but I'm not dumb enough to complain in front of thousands of people that a SEVEN YEAR OLD computer can't run software released this morning!!!
You're aware that no one even writes PPC software, aren't you?
SHEEESH!
Dunce.
Wednesday, March 11 2009 @ 09:27 PM PDT
Ugly Wasn't Bad Enough? - Synaesthesia242
Come now.A 1ghz G4 with 1 gig of RAM is still a great setup. Even today.
Of course, iTunes Video will struggle a bit on it - it's H.264 which is very demanding.
I think he's within his rights to complain.
If you like a nice UI there's always iTunes 7 with Aguat.
Thursday, March 12 2009 @ 11:57 AM PDT
Ugly Wasn't Bad Enough? - MacGuffin
Forgot to mention, for what it's worth, that there were a number of permissions repairs associated with this update.Reply to This
Thursday, January 22 2009 @ 01:50 PM PST