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What Do You Sync With (Mac or PC)?

What do you sync (or plan to sync) your iPad with?


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deckyon

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I sync between 2 different PCs, both Windows. One, my work machine, is Windows XP (still...) and my home machine is Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. Both have been flawless.

I have a script run before logout on each machine that syncs my whole iTunes library, copies the iTunes directory to my portable HD where my music lives, so that each machine is a complete mirror. I used to have a 3rd PC, but I sold it a while back because I really didn't need it anymore.

I have been doing this with my iPods for 5 years before my iPad and it has worked flawlessly the whole time.
 

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Originally synced via win7 but find it just seems smoother using iTunes on the mac.
Purely subjective but then I try to have as little to do with iTunes as possible. Should add the pc had twice the ram of the mac.

One thing about the iPad that I really like is small fast apps that do just the one thing. Starting to loathe large office apps that are slow loading with too many confusing menus and options.
 

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There is a saint, who's name escapes me who said: "Flee from places of immorality & decadence as one would flee from the plaque."
 

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I am currently syncing with my PC, running OS X, to see if Itunes is any better in the Mac world.

Itunes does appear to run a little better under OS X (which isn't really all that surprising, I imagine Windows Media Player would probably run better under Windows were a Mac version available) but the same general limitations are present under both systems.
 

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I'm still waiting for Apple to enable wireless syncing of my music playlists.
 

deckyon

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PC's are catching up!
It's surprising how many are syncing with PCs, I would not have predicted that it's nearly even. (Just would've expected a lot more Macs.)

More people use PCs than MACs in the world, why would you expect more MACs? Because it's an iPad forum?

I don't use MAC because it would cost me too much money to switch over. Not in hardware, but in software.
 

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