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~stevenf on Airport Express

It's not bothering any consumers really at the moment, but Apple is tying more and more things into iTunes, and they should be careful not to become an island again, like the Apple of yesteryear. If Microsoft released a wireless-to-stereo adapter that only talked to Windows Media Player on XP, and played only from an encrypted WMA stream, everyone would have cried "monopoly". Just sayin'.

Posted by Adam on June 10, 2004 4:23 PM |

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well, the airport express also works with any windows xp machine so i don't see a problem. windows xp clients can use the airport express to access the internet, print, or stream audio via itunes just as a mac can so there is equal access for both platforms. i don't see a problem unless you are referring to the fact that only itunes can stream to the device... but that's not a problem. apple has created a device that works on both mac and windows with equal functionality. if real wants to create a device that works with real media they can. microsoft can do the same for windows media player.

Posted by: Denny Henke | June 15, 2004 10:06 AM

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