New iPod Owner Onslaught Overwhelms iTunes

Billosaur writes "In the post-Christmas rush to power up and use their new iPods, an onslaught of downloaders brought iTunes to its knees, according to CNN. Monday and Tuesday saw users posting message after message about slow downloads and the iTunes site denying them entry. The heavy traffic was apparently more than the system could bear, what with the large numbers of people receiving iPods and iTunes gift cards. Perhaps Apple was underestimating just how successful they were going to be?"

And strangely,

[Hawthorne01]

The Microsoft Zune store was working just fine.

Huh.

Oh goody!

[$RANDOMLUSER]

It's September on USENET all over again.

iDoted

[Lucan Varo]

iTunes got slashdoted, iDoted.

CNN confirms it!

[fatboy]

CNN confirms it! iTunes is dieing!

Clearly they were caught short.

[CODiNE]

Heh... from the article

"No doubt it was a very, very popular gift, and no matter how well you plan on the server side of the equation, there are always times when you get caught short."

How I love differences in US [about.com] and UK English [phrases.org.uk]... yes I imagine they were caught short indeed!

Dear Apple,

[TheOldSchooler]

I bought my wife an IPod Nano and an I-Tunes gift card. I am so sorry.

Re:Oh goody!

[Overzeetop]

I don't get it. What happend with the usenet in September?

Re:And strangely,

[sirket]

I just spit soda all over my keyboard. Damn you! :)

Signing in.

[Spazntwich]

I was gifted with an iPod shuffle for Christmas, and haven't even bothered to try out the iTunes store yet.

This post is about as useful as an alligator both on fire and LSD.

Re:And strangely,

[Anonymous Coward]

That's funny. It wasn't before.

Re:First Post!

[Ucklak]

While I'm not an iPod owner, I heard this Zune thing was poised to take over the portable media market.
It did record numbers for November. It'll probably beat last years sales for December too.

Re:Oh goody!

[jam244]

It's September on USENET all over again.

Me too!!!!!

Re:And strangely,

[Tim Browse]

Thanks for explaining the joke to us. Do you have a card, so we can call you the next time a joke comes up?

Only one reason this is happening

[Anonymous Coward]

Conformists..

Re:Yes

[krakelohm]

And by that I mean people who don't sit on slashdot all day wondering why everyone else isn't building robots.

Classic.

Re:Oh goody!

[maeka]

We all know that top-posting is the only correct way.

It's September on USENET all over again.

Me too!!!!!

Re:And strangely,

[Anonymous Coward]

I just squirt soda all over my keyboard. Damn you! :)

There, fixed your verb use for you. :)

Re:First Post!

[dangitman]

Ewwww! You just got cow on my America!

Re:First Post!

[dangitman]

I know of two people that got Zunes (somehow...) and my sister got a Sansa because my mom didn't want to spend the extra for a Nano

Ahh, so that explains why murder rates have risen recently.

Re:What's "portable" video?

[OriginalArlen]

Portable means having a good quality of video for a smaller file size

Ye gods, what are they teaching the kids at school today??

Definitions of 'portable': [google.co.uk]

Definitions of portable on the Web:

• easily or conveniently transported; "a portable television set"
• a small light typewriter; usually with a case in which it can be carried
• of a motor designed to be attached to the outside of a boat's hull; "a portable outboard motor" wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn