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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LightPhoenix" data-source="post: 1203394" data-attributes="member: 115">Hehe, I'll copy Gizzard and share my admittedly brief experience with the Windows version.  Only problem is my credit card is pretty much maxed out, because I don't have a job and need to pay bills somehow.  So I didn't actually get to download anything or even sign up for an account. My computer is OLD, but iTunes ran pretty well on it.  Probably thanks to lots of RAM, but still I respect any program that runs on my computer.  Interface was very easy to get around in - I had no problem finding anything. My first stop was looking for some music by a post-Romantic composer named Rodrigo.  He's a Spanish guy, and I love his combination of guitar and orchestra.  I chose the "Classical" genre and was pleased to find they even had sub-sections for various musical ages.  I tried the post-Romantic era first - most of Rodrigo's works are early to mid 1900s.  No luck finding anything.  I then whipped up to the search bar and typed it in... whammo, instant luck.  His big work is entitled Concierto de Aranjuez, and has three movements.  All three came up first. Here's my first big gripe.  I could download the first and third movements, but couldn't download the Adagio, the second movement, and probably the most famous.  WHY would I download a symphony without all its parts?  That's completely pointless in my eyes. But alright, I realize Classical is not the biggest genre out there.  My second stop was some Dream Theater, a pretty famous prog-rock band that I was sure I would have no problem finding.  And I didn't.  But hey, all of their albums were listed as "partial".  Again, WHY would I buy 7/10ths of a CD of a band I know I like, of a CD I know I like?  Just so I can pick it up at jacked-up prices at the store?  No thank you. I stopped there, since I was (and still am, as of typing) having an allergic reaction to something, and I don't know what.  I think it was the lasagna. Anyway, I think the concept is great, and the program works fine.  But quite frankly the whole partial-album thing sucks, and I can, with near certainty, say that I will not be buying anything that isn't a whole CD.  If I'm gonna test something to see if I'll like it (a friend of mine recommended Amorphis, for example), I'm not going to spend any money on it, and I doubt many other people will either.  iTunes is a very good step towards a middle ground between music swapping and atrocious CD prices.  But this whole partial CD thing needs to go, otherwise the concept is weakened.</blockquote>

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