Microsoft is not against iTunes for Windows 8, but Apple is not interested
Makradar Technologies / / December 19, 2019
Microsoft would be ecstatic if Apple iTunes has adapted a style of Windows 8. However, the leadership of the giant company from Redmond assures that users of Windows 8 is not necessary in the near future expect a "tile» iTunes version.
how told Microsoft officials in an interview with CNN, not noticeable to Apple was interested in the development version of iTunes, integrated into a modern user interface Windows 8: "Do not expect iTunes on Windows 8 soon. But iTunes is in great demand, and we are waiting for him with open arms. "
iTunes is available for Windows 8, but the lack of full support for a modern user interface, well-known as well as the «Metro», means that users with tablets that do not use a mouse and keyboard to control the program with difficulty. And those who do not enjoy very popular Windows RT, generally can not use the program, as this version of Windows is designed to run on ARM processors.
In the past, Apple willingly suffered their most popular applications for Mac on Windows, an operating system that is installed on the majority of computers around the world. However, the rapidly growing tablet market reigns Apple. Even if Windows 8 tablets to capture part of the market, Apple will be able to ignore the platform for some time and did not feel the negative effects.
On the Windows 8 is now available for more than 60,000 applications, and users have downloaded a total of about 250 million copies. Microsoft is going to make versions of all the most popular apps in the iTunes App Store for Windows 8 at the time of the summer holidays.
Fresh data and Microsoft calculations show how much Windows 8 has stalled. In October, before the release of the platform, the Microsoft predicted that by February, the number of downloaded applications will exceed 100 thousand, three months after the release. But just six months, but the platform gained slightly more than half of that figure ...