Apple iTunes Review

iTune trap!  Be very very careful.  I fell in line, I was given a iPod Shuffle (first generation).  I downloaded music and spent plenty of money on music I felt was totally worth it. 

Until....I bought a phone with a built in MP3 player and found out none of the music I bought could be used on it because iTunes does not allow you to convert your songs to MP3 format.

Yup you got it, you MUSTuse their songs on their players.  Now I have to purchase music for a second time so I can have it on my phone.  Or spend extra money on a new shuffle or ipod and carry another thing around.

If you plan on using apple products for the rest of your life they are great!  Customer service is pretty good.  They were quick to respond to questions and had solutions to almost every problem I had (excluding the above.)  I did read that people said you can't retreave music lost (redown load) but they let me download music I had lost when my last lap top bit the dust.  Just email support and they will tell you how to do it.  Easiest way to protect your purchases is to create a backup CD.  The prices on music, tv shows and movies are pretty good.  The files do take up a lot of space in your computers memory so look out for that.

It is really up to you but make sure you remember you can not convert to anything else so decide carefully.