Something clever.
After converting all my DRM-locked music from iTunes, I got to play around with MediaMonkey last night. I’m not impressed.
As a pure music manager, I think MediaMonkey is better than iTunes. It give you more options and tweekables that audiophiles will love. But that’s where it ends.
A couple weeks ago I read an article from PC World that suggested MediaMonkey as an alternative to iTunes. I like to play with shiny new programs so I decided to give it a shot.
After installation, I realized that most of the music I have bought and downloaded from iTunes didn’t even show up in MediaMonkey. The copyright protection tied into my music files wouldn’t let me change players, even on the same computer. Even though I bought and own the music, I wasn’t allowed to play them wherever I wished.
That really sucks.
After waiting a month and a half for Dell to feel comfortable enough to ship Vista to its users as part of the Windows Vista Express Upgrade program, I finally received my copy in the mail yesterday — and three hours later received an e-mail from Dell saying it had shipped.
I purchased myself a new computer for Christmas from Dell and part of the deal was a free copy of Vista when it launched.
I installed it last night. It took 5 hours and I still have a few tweaks and minor installs to make, but overall I have to say I’m satisfied.
Headaches are expected with every operating system upgrade — at least for us PC users — and there were a few with this transition.
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