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Chapter 5. Of iPods and PCs

By now, you're probably aware that although the iPod is an Apple product from cover to core, Microsoft Windows users are just as welcome to slide into the iPod groove as their Mac-using companions.

This hasn't always been the case. When the iPod was first released, it was intended to be compatible with Macs only (though a couple of third-party utilities allowed you to use a Mac iPod with Windows I'll show you how later in this chapter). But it didn't take Apple long to realize that a fair number of Windows users were also enthusiastic about owning an iPod.

Apple hoped that these Windows folk would be so enthralled with this diminutive device that they'd purchase a Mac simply so they could use it with an iPod. And some did.