iTunes 11, The Wait is Over.

(Credit: Apple)

The long awaited (and delayed) iTunes 11 is here. Throughout the years of iTunes Apple has added new services and features but the interface of the iTunes media player has not changed much. iTunes on the Mac has performed well but windows on the other hand the iTunes experience was terrible. And owning an iPhone I did appreciate iTunes being able to handle not only the media on my computer but also on my iPhone. But the fact still remained that the overall experience was slow and choppy.

Then lo and behold Apple in September along with the unveiling of the iPhone 5, iTunes 11 was announced. From what Apple explained the new iTunes was going to have a completely new interface and yet it was going to be familiar. The smoothness and performance was going to improve dramatically resulting in overall user satisfaction. I was doubtful because I am a PC user and I was hoping that the experience was going to improve on not just the Mac but Windows as well. With previous versions of iTunes Apple had a tendency of splitting the user experience of the application. On OS X it worked one way but on Windows it’s a whole other story. They looked the same, almost. And they worked the same, almost.

For those of you who doubted Apples promises and success of iTunes 11 due to resent failures, I can tell you from personal experience that iTunes 11 for Windows has finally got those much needed improvements.

In fact that new mini player, I am using it this very moment while I am writing this post and I still maintain control of my music collection with just the mini player. Speed I have also noticed improved dramatically. The new interface is nice and sleek and when you first install iTunes 11, the menu bar on the windows version is not even there. If you do wish to use the menu bar just go to the very upper left corner of the window and there is a little drop menu there. Or you could simply press CTRL-B.

I know iTunes 11 was only released yesterday but I have to say so far I am impressed with everything. Maybe the month-long delay was worth it. I think it would have been a good idea for Apple to delay their new Maps to Maybe IOS 6.1, to work out all the bugs and GET IT RIGHT!