
Frankly, it’s no contest, and that’s surprising considering how much money has been spent by online music store rivals. Retail giant Wal-mart, top music brand Naptser, and Coca-Cola, among others have launched their online music stores.
No one matches the success of the iTunes Music Store. Of course, I could rant on and on about all the benefits and differences between the Apple site and everyone else. Let’s let one picture speak a thousand words.

That tells the story, don’t you think. The poll has two parts.
POLL ONE: How much money do you spend online to download music?
POLL TWO: Which online music store do you use to download music?
THe iTunes Music Store won, hands down. 90% for the US store and 7% (surprisingly high number considering the UK store just recently opened) for the UK iTunes Music Store. That means less than 5% for all the other stores combined.
Ouch.
Now, about those online expenditures. Again, a picture speaks a thousand words. The largest group was $100 to $199 at 19% of total. 13% spent between $500 and $999. Apple’s target for the iPod mini would appear to be accurate as most users won’t have more than 1,000 songs to play.
Now. That will change and hard drive capacity will continue to grow and the number of songs downloaded will grow and uses for the iPod will increase (can you say, “Video iPod?”
To vote in the poll, just Click Here. To see the results up to the minute, just Click Here.
Post your own Comment.
By Jack D. Miller | I work for a US technology company in Paris, France and switched from Windows PCs to the Mac 12 years ago. My wife said it would improve our marriage, give us more friends, and reduce stress. It did.
• Email This Article
• Follow Mac360 on Twitter
• Posted in the Polls & Surveys Section
• Clickable Bliss On Your Mac. The Name Says It All.
• Which Web Browser Is The Best For Mac Users?
• Put A Trampoline In Your Mac And Have More Fun.
• Messy Mac Text. Clean It Up Now With Clean Text.
Mac360 posts daily Mac updates on Twitter, too. If you Twitter, give Alexis, Bambi, or Ron a tweet and follow Mac360 on Twitter to get daily Mac tips and tricks.
Off Topic Note: Help support Mac360 by visiting the Mac360 Store (it’s really Amazon). We get a small commission on every purchase you make through the Mac360 Store (it’s really Amazon). Plus, you get Amazon’s best discounts on Mac software such as Snow Leopard, iWork ‘09, iLife ‘09, Adobe Photoshop Elements, all MacBook and iMac models, and all iPod models. Check out more Mac software reviews on Page 2. Elsewhere around Mac360, Kate Mac is back on the Mac after flirting with and dumping Windows. Ron has updated the NoodleMac site to include more daily mini reviewsof Mac software, and launched Mac musings on McSolo.
Copyright © 2004 - 2010 Ron McElfresh, Honolulu, HI USA. All Rights Reserved.
Mac360 is best viewed in Safari 4.x or Firefox 3.x browsers. Microsoft Internet Explorer is not supported.
Mac360 is developed on a Mac and powered by an Apple Xserve at ServerLogistics.
This Mac360 page was created in 0.2563 seconds.