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(cue Apple vs. Windows PC debate)
You seem to have missed the point a little. But you would, ya fucking Mac user.
In case you can't tell I'm smiling to myself while typing all of this (see: :-) ). I still wouldn't use iTunes, that I'm serious about.
Hackintosh? Why?
If I had spare coin and more time to kill being a geek I'd buy a Mac laptop and dual boot it. But I don't so I won't. I just don't have enough time for 'playing' with computers any more. I want it to do the very basic set of things I need and I want it done well. I don't want to learn new ways of doing things unless they're better. Better, not different.
Isn't there an Apple thread for this? This is the PC Tech thread, "Proper Computer" (cue Apple vs. Windows PC debate). I abandoned my iPod 10 years ago. It has sat in a drawer unused for that time. iTunes at the time was a slow, bloated pile of shite. I've only seen it recently on my gf's machine and not used it - can't tell if it's fast or not but it seems to be running a lot of shit in the background. I have no idea what you're talking about in terms of consolidation - what's wrong with a folder named 'Music' and a tonne of mp3s in it? Ipods lack of folder structure sucks arse. If I'm playing music on my computer I'm at my computer so I have no need for my phone talking to it and no idea what software might allow you to do that. Sonos rings a bell but that might be all standalone speakers/controllers.