Amaya Toman Pulogalamu ya iTunes, kapena iTunes Music Store, poyamba idapangidwira eni ake a Mac. Kusintha kwakukulu kunachitika patangopita miyezi ingapo kumapeto kwa chaka cha 2003, pomwe Apple idapangitsa kuti ntchitoyi ipezeke kwa eni makompyuta okhala ndi Windows. Yankho labwino silinachedwe kubwera, ndipo Apple ikhoza kukhazikitsa mwadzidzidzi mbiri yatsopano yogulitsa nyimbo za digito mwa mawonekedwe otsitsa 1,5 miliyoni pa sabata limodzi.
Izo zikhoza kukhala chidwi inu
Kupanga iTunes kupezeka kwa ogwiritsa ntchito Windows kunatsegula msika watsopano, wopindulitsa wa Apple. Zogulitsa zojambulidwa ndizowirikiza kasanu kutsitsa 300 zomwe zidapeza Napster mu sabata yake yoyamba, ndipo pafupifupi kuwirikiza kawiri kutsitsa 600 pa sabata zomwe Apple inanena ngakhale iTunes isanakhazikitsidwe pa Windows.
Izo zikhoza kukhala chidwi inu
Kuwuluka padziko lonse lapansi ndi Apple iTunes Music Store idawonekera pa Windows miyezi isanu ndi umodzi yathunthu itakhazikitsidwa pa Mac. Chimodzi mwa zifukwa zochedwetsa? Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa Apple panthawiyo Steve Jobs sanafune kuthetsa kukhazikitsidwa kwa iTunes. Panthawiyo, Jobs anauza oimira ake panthawiyo-Phil Schiller, Jon Rubinstein, Jeff Robbin, ndi Tony Fadell-kuti onse a iTunes ndi iPod akuthandiza kulimbikitsa malonda a Mac. Oyang'anira ena adatsutsa mkanganowu pofotokoza kuti kutsika kwa malonda a Mac sikungathetse phindu la malonda owonjezereka a iPod. Pamapeto pake, adatsimikizira Jobs - ndipo adachita bwino. Munkhaniyi, komabe, Jobs sanadzikhululukire chifukwa chonena kuti kupanga ntchito ngati iTunes kupezeka kwa ogwiritsa ntchito Windows kunali ngati. "perekani galasi la madzi oundana kwa munthu wina ku gehena". Mu 2003, nyimbo za Apple zidakula modabwitsa. Mu Ogasiti 2004 adafika pamndandanda iTunes Music Store Nyimbo zokwana 1 miliyoni ku United States, yoyamba kukhala nyimbo zapaintaneti, ndipo zidatsitsidwa kupitilira 100 miliyoni.
Zithunzi
Tikumbukenso kuti anthu ambiri sanali kukhulupirira iTunes poyamba. Onyamulira nyimbo zakuthupi anali akadali otchuka kwambiri, pomwe ogwiritsa ntchito ena amakonda kutsitsa nyimbo za digito mosaloledwa kudzera mu P2P ndi mautumiki ena. Zaka zingapo pambuyo pake, iTunes Music Store pamapeto pake idakhala wogulitsa nyimbo wamkulu wachiwiri ku United States, ndi chimphona chogulitsa Wal-Mart chomwe chinali paudindo wagolide panthawiyo.
