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iTunes 8 has been out for about a day or so, and I’ve just decided to upgrade. It’s actually a pretty nice update.

I’ve played with the Genius feature a bit (in fact I’m using it now), and it seems pretty solid. I assume the more people use this, the better it’ll get, even in the upcoming weeks when most people will be upgrading and submitting their library information to Apple. There is a ton of information Apple will get, for both good and semi-evil purposes I reckon. I personally don’t care what Apple does with my media information; “oh noes! Apple knows what music I listen to and how much! It’s not like I use Last.fm or anything…” But I digress.

Grid view. Neat. Very iPhotoish. That’s about it. Oh, and that it keeps going back to grid even if I’m in the other 2. iTunes 8.0.1 anyone?

Now something less advertised, is that it seems the album artwork is now cached (thank god), and you no longer have to scroll through all your albums to load the cover art. I’ve only wanted this for, you know, ever. Now if only they’d do this will thumbnails throughout Leopard. Please?

I just got the new 3rd gen iPod nano, and it’s brilliant. It looks like the short fat kid when you look at pictures, but the new nano is truly great. The scroll wheel is a bit skinny though, like that fat kid wearing a shirt about a size too small for ‘em, but it’s fine. The display is great, and the new ui is, as stated before, brilliant.

So, I also got a new little toy called a Macbook Pro. This 15 incher is a real beauty. You all know how amazing it is already, so case closed. I just can’t wait for Leopard.

I’m, also upgrading to the new wordpress today, so let’s see how that goes.