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iPod 500 Millionth Download Promotion
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Half-billion strong...and growing
So who can now plot the rate of growth since the iTMS was introduced? I'm really curious to see the current rate of growth.
So who can now plot the rate of growth since the iTMS was introduced? I'm really curious to see the current rate of growth.
I did a few tell a friend emails in the last few seconds. The Store slowed down dramatically. Apple.com also failed to load for the first time ever for me in the seconds after 500,000,000 was crossed.
Also, one of the two boxes near the bottom of the page has been replaced with an "Upgrade to Mac OS X 10.4.2" - something I don't think I've ever seen before. Pretty important upgrade if Apple is showcasing it on the main page.
Also, one of the two boxes near the bottom of the page has been replaced with an "Upgrade to Mac OS X 10.4.2" - something I don't think I've ever seen before. Pretty important upgrade if Apple is showcasing it on the main page.
tech4all said:
Certainly not me. I clicked the buy now button, logged in, then the store thought about it for a while and then gave me an error. So I missed out unless the counter was higher than what had been sold (doubt it). While it was thinking about selling me the song about 1500 songs ticked off on the counter. Thanks Apple!
Purchases were at a few thousand songs per minute at the end. I predict that the rate will drop off sharply now! 
I don't even know where to look if you won??
I think we have to be patient...
Even if I didn't win... I still would like to know what song # I bought..
Was I close? or was it way off??
or maybe I don't want to know that...
I think we all will learn to know #500 000 000 He/She will be on some sort of a press conference..
We'll have to be patient I guess..
I think we have to be patient...
Even if I didn't win... I still would like to know what song # I bought..
Was I close? or was it way off??
or maybe I don't want to know that...
I think we all will learn to know #500 000 000 He/She will be on some sort of a press conference..
We'll have to be patient I guess..
I had to get in the mix and buy some songs near the rollover. I checked in when it was at 497 000 so I started buying. I basically bought the songs I was going to get earlier in the week. It was fun trying!
I bought 13, in the final ten minutes. This has to be pretty good odds, compared to anything else out there. I mean, within a few thousand odds isn't bad.
I think the official rules said that we should expect 3 days before the winner is announced. Similar to the last promotion, no?
I purchased an album of 11 songs when there were just a couple hundred left till 500. If I liked U2 enough I would have gotten the Complete U2.
I have a backup site on http://www.squadratriathlon.nl/itunescount/Whyren said:And so goes my the updating of my site
The counter is still running!
backspinner said:
Heh heh...'kay, so my site's updating for a while longer anyway.
EDIT AGAIN: Ack, I'm just gonna get a snapshot of the 500 mil mark and leave it at that...my program's getting ornary, and miscalculated the rates
I was impressed that, despite selling something like 150 songs per second near the end, Apple's servers kept up when I went to my shopping cart or tried searching the store, and downloads were not noticeably slower than usual.
Correction to my earlier claim to have purchased 78 songs: My wife wanted one, just to have particpated, so we bought one more for a total of 79. I'm 78 times more likely to win that she is, but you never know!
Correction to my earlier claim to have purchased 78 songs: My wife wanted one, just to have particpated, so we bought one more for a total of 79. I'm 78 times more likely to win that she is, but you never know!
Doctor Q said:I was impressed that, despite selling something like 150 songs per second near the end, Apple's servers kept up when I went to my shopping cart or tried searching the store, and downloads were not noticeably slower than usual.
Correction to my earlier claim to have purchased 78 songs: My wife wanted one, just to have particpated, so we bought one more for a total of 79. I'm 78 times more likely to win that she is, but you never know!
Very true. I recall last year the iTMS began blacking out at 100,000 marks. Kudos to Apple for their server stability.