Guess when itunes hits 100 million

[mongrelcat]

I say 3pm pacific....

[Quagmire]

I say Monday. Weekends seem to be slow on buyers.

[spotcatbug]

9:13 PM Eastern, Sunday, July 11

[InactionMan]

2:48 PM Eastern, Sunday, July 11

[Ryan]

When I buy the 100 millionth song.

:p

[pscates2.0]

I'm gonna say Sunday, July 11 at 7:22EST.

I was hoping it would be tonight so I could give it my best shot AND BE DONE WITH IT.

:D

I'll be running to my PowerBook all during the race tomorrow, I suppose, seeing how close it's getting. I certainly hope it hits it by tomorrow evening. I'm about sick of the whole thing, but yet I can't NOT play! I'd never live it down, knowing I have just as good a shot as anyone in winning that awesome grand prize!

But I'd sure like it to wind down sometime tomorrow...as early as possible would be nice. Tired of thinking about it all.

[Dave Hagan]

Now they're playing mind games... they changed the site graphic to 97,000+ million sold...so we won't know just how close we are? What are they freakin' nuts?

[pscates2.0]

Those A-holes!!! :mad:

:D

Sigh. Well, I'm just going to buy 5-10 songs tomorrow, every few hours or so...hell.

EDIT: hey, now (11:16pm EST) it's back to the tally, showing 99,338,105.

I suppose they'll switch these out, every so often, until the mark is hit.

[Ryan]

Now they're playing mind games... they changed the site graphic to 97,000+ million sold...so we won't know just how close we are? What are they freakin' nuts?

Its an error. If you look at the script, it still is giving a number. 99,338,105 right now.

http://phobos.apple.com/external_counter.js

[DMBand0026]

Sometime around 10pm CDT Sunday.

[oldmacfan]

I am expecting to purchase the winning song at 3:15pm CDT Sunday the 11th of July 2004.

[Dave Hagan]

Less than a quarter million to go!

"Ooga-chakka-chakka-chakka"

Purchasing is picking up...it was slower earlier in the day.

[Dave Hagan]

Buy the way, whoever wins, it will cost them a lot in taxes. Our greedy, bloated, out-of-control government wants to get its hands on anything it can.

[DMBand0026]

Sometime around 10pm CDT Sunday.

It's friggin scary how right I'm gonna be. You just watch. Hour an a half to go, and it's pushing 100 million. :D

Do I win a prize for this too? ;)

[Ryan]

I'm making my real guess around 9:00 PST tonight. Its at 99.8 right now.

[pscates2.0]

Well, as of 10:23 EST it's at 98, 858, 363. Not sure what that comes out to in timing, but I'm thinking maybe around 2am or so, EST?

Here's the thing (and this is SO not me)...I've got a bit of an alcohol-induced buzz and I'm up and I'm kinda "zingy". I think I might see this one out, gang.

Mondays are usually slow at work. I can scrunge through the day a bit hung over and sleepy...

:D

I'm winning that grand prize, dammit. Or I'm going to give it a good, honest shot!

[mongrelcat]

Well, I was way off. My guess now is probably 1 or 2 am...

[thegelding]

i'm kinda surprised they did it this way actually (though it does create a lot of buzz and people hitting the apple site to see the numbers)...

but right now everyone is putting stuff in their shopping cart and waiting to buy...it would have been nice if apple said, "everyone who buys a song from the iTMS from 95 million to 100 million will be but in a "virtual" hat...50 names will be drawn from all those purchasers (each song purchased is one name in the hat...1 song bought, one name, 50 songs bought, 50 names, etc)...those 50 winners will get a free iPod...then we draw one more name from the "hat" when we get to 100 million and that will be our grand prize winner"

if they had done it like that, apple would already be at the 100 million mark and we wouldn't all be standing around like star wars geeks standing in the movie ticket line 3 days before the opening of the movie...

g

[DMBand0026]

I thought about this too. They are gonna get stuck at 99,999,999 ;)

I just hope that the servers can handle the rush that'll happen around the magic number. It would be horrible to have the store go down. Talk about the world's worst publicity. :(

Keeping my fingers crossed that Apple has prepared for this well enough.

[pscates2.0]

Ooh, good idea gelding. Then my silly ass wouldn't be up late on a work night, waiting for that final 100,000 to tick down!

:err:

This is so NOT how I hoped this would go (late into Sunday).

:(

Oh well. I'm disabling the sleep/screensaver off on my PowerBook and will be able to look at the front page (it automatically reloads every few minutes) throughout the evening as I lie in bed. In fact, I'm gonna set my alarm for 1am (in case I doze off) to check it and go from there...

;)

This kinda begs the question: what will Apple have on their front page tomorrow? I'm hoping for a big "Congratulations, Paul Scates of Tennessee...your 17" PowerBook, iPod and 10,000-song certificate are on the way!" graphic.

:lol:

[mongrelcat]

Less than 100,000 to go!!!! I want a shiny ipod, and a shiny powerbook!!!

[HOM]

Here we go. 97,000 songs left.

I got my entry already queued up.

Gentleman, start your keyboards.

[DMBand0026]

I'm hoping for a big "Congratulations, Paul Scates of Tennessee...your 17" PowerBook, iPod and 10,000-song certificate are on the way!" graphic.

:lol:

That's all well and good, but you misspelled my name, and I don't live in Tennessee. :\

;)

[trailmaster308]

This kinda begs the question: what will Apple have on their front page tomorrow? I'm hoping for a big "Congratulations, Paul Scates of Tennessee...your 17" PowerBook, iPod and 10,000-song certificate are on the way!" graphic.

:lol:

Nah, it will probably be a big "SIKE.....SUCKERS"
:lol:

[Quagmire]

Well, my bet is only 27 minutes away. We are counting est time.

[thedustin]

This is worse than ebay. I'm stressed. I'm gonna check out the tasty beverage thread for some ideas.

_thedustin

[HOM]

Well, I've abandoned the shopping cart method. What good does it do me if it takes two minutes to open my cart?

[pscates2.0]

You know, I just thought of something: depending on which artist is the 100,000,000 song purchased, they might somehow factor in to any sort of marking or celebration?

I mean, if it's some long-dead jazz guy, never mind. But what if it was Seal or Fountains of Wayne or Outkast? Maybe they'll sign your iPod (like I give a rip) or will somehow play a role in marking the milestone?

If Sting is the 100,000,000 song sold, does he come to your house to deliver the PowerBook and iPod?

:D

I'm going to go buy lots of Bangles, Sheryl Crow, Martina McBride and Go-Go's shit in just a little while, just in case...

:p

"Hi, Paul..."

"Well, hello Miss Crow...won't you please come in? Can I show you around..." (cue porno music)

:lol:

[HOM]

SHIT!

It would appear that Apple took down the song counter. It's juts 99 million +

FUCK THAT!

[EmC]

Graphic say 99 million + now, guess no one is going to be able to try and jump in at the last moment.

[Edit]:Beat me to it. Damn, I'm still buying like mofo tho. :lol:

[Paul]

1 hour 30 minutes (http://www.itunesdaily.com/countdown/)

[Quagmire]

Still works for me. I see the exact numbers.

[MacUsers]

Mine said 97,000,000+ now that I refreshed it gives me 99,938,490.

[EmC]

I've got the numbers back too, that was just freaky. I guess I just got too excited.

[trailmaster308]

Counters back up....back to the shopping cart we go!

[HOM]

At this rate, the winning download should be purchased in the next 10-15 minutes.

[trailmaster308]

Seems to me we all have no life. :p

[thedustin]

Seems to me we all have no life. :p


NO LIFE?!?!? How dare you. There is 17" PB, 10,000 songs, and a "special" 40 gb iPod on the line. THE REST of the world is a bunch of losers!

_thedustin

[HOM]

Watch, the sales are going to completely stall while everyone waits for it to get close to 100,000,000. But if nobody buys now, we'll never get there.

Stop waiting, you're not going to win anyway. Buy the songs now.

:D

[Quagmire]

Watch, the sales are going to completely stall while everyone waits for it to get close to 100,000,000. But if nobody buys now, we'll never get there.

Stop waiting, you're not going to win anyway. Buy the songs now.

:D

How are we going to win anyway. Apple gives all those who purchased or at least downloaded songs, a 30 song gift thing.

[Moogs]

:lol:

I knew there'd be a bunch of us hanging around on the board tonight waiting for the 100 millionth song. Right now my shopping cart / the iTMS loads really fast. Faster than usual I might even say. The web page is loading fine too. Maybe they added some bandwidth?

[Ryan]

How are we going to win anyway. Apple gives all those who purchased or at least downloaded songs, a 30 song gift thing.

:confused:

50,000 to go. I say its gone within 15 minutes at the rate its been going.

Watch, Apple's going to switch it to 99,000,000+ for the last five minutes and people will be buying like crazy.

[Quagmire]

:confused:

50,000 to go. I say its gone within 15 minutes at the rate its been going.

Sorry, I misread his post in all this excitement.

[MacUsers]

:lol:

I knew there'd be a bunch of us hanging around on the board tonight waiting for the 100 millionth song. Right now my shopping cart / the iTMS loads really fast. Faster than usual I might even say. The web page is loading fine too. Maybe they added some bandwidth?

I think if you buy a bunch of songs that are in your shopping cart it still only counts as one order and won't increase your chances... but i'm not sure. I would buy the songs separately with one click.

[HOM]

I think if you buy a bunch of songs that are in your shopping cart it still only counts as one order and won't increase your chances... but i'm not sure. I would buy the songs separately with one click.

From Apple's Rules:

How To Enter. You will automatically be entered into the Promotion by: 1) downloading a song from iTunes (any Free Download Single of the Week will be deemed an ineligible entry); or 2) a free alternative means of sending an email to Apple at itunes100@apple.com via the iTunes “Tell a Friend” feature (a song download or Tell a Friend email will be deemed an “Entry(ies”). The “Tell a Friend” feature can be easily accessed at iTunes by selecting a song, and clicking the “Tell a Friend” link that is displayed for that song. One Entry will be automatically submitted for each song downloaded or Tell a Friend email sent. The Promotion begins following the downloading of the 95,000,000th iTunes song, and ends with the downloading of the 100 millionth Entry (“End Date”). Only Entries submitted in this time period will be accepted.

[MacUsers]

I guess the rules answer all the questions.

woohoo... 99960216

[Paul]

45 minutes... (http://www.itunesdaily.com/countdown/estimates.php)
anyone else going the free route?

[MacUsers]

send in those tell a friend emails soon.. they take FOREVER to get.. send one to yourself to find out.

[Paul]

I have been sending them sporadically ;)

kinda hard to buy songs when you are on a slower then 14.4 k connection over a cell phone :p

[MacUsers]

Look at how it's slowed down.. it's been 15 minutes and it's still in the 99,960,000 area.

I have been sending them sporadically ;)

kinda hard to buy songs when you are on a slower then 14.4 k connection over a cell phone :p

your crazy :)

[oldmacfan]

I wonder how long the lag time is on Apple posting the songs sold to the counter?

[oldmacfan]

Now that I take a better look, it looks like every 5 minutes or so.

[MacUsers]

Note:the actual javascript file is ahead of the apple front page.
http://phobos.apple.com/external_counter.js

Front page showing: 99966427 while file shows 99969578

[oldmacfan]

so, what does that mean?

[MacUsers]

hehe... javascript file not showing anything and front page showing 99,000,000+.. hopefully it will come back any second now.

[oldmacfan]

Note:the actual javascript file is ahead of the apple front page.
http://phobos.apple.com/external_counter.js

Front page showing: 99966427 while file shows 99969578
now the link shows nothing...

[Paul]

its gone... 30,000 songs left (probably near 20,000 now)
get to buying!!! (http://ym.muda.org/itunes/)

[MacUsers]

store is really slow now... or not.

[sCreeD]

so, what does that mean?

It means buy at around 99,997,000... damned dialup.

Screed

[oldmacfan]

99983029 on the script link

[MacUsers]

holy crap.. BUY NOW

99992422

i cant get to my shopping cart.. noooooo!

[oldmacfan]

9992422 script link

[MacUsers]

no use even trying

[HOM]

Well, I just hit buy on my 96 song purchase.

Let's pray.

But it's hung up on accessing music store.

:mad:

[oldmacfan]

I have only one song to buy in about 3 min, it is entitled Jesus Christ by U2.

hopin and prayin

[hmurchison]

I'm buying now. Please let me get that Powerbook!!!

[MacUsers]

It's probably at like 100,100,000 already :p

[oldmacfan]

gone over done...

[MacUsers]

100014607 it's over!!!

[HOM]

And it's over.

100014607

I was buying songs when it crossed over so I guess I'm still in the running.

[FFL]

IT"S OVAR

function count(){ var num = 100014607;return num; }

[hmurchison]

Woooohoooooooo I Won The Powerbook And The 10k Music!!

[MacUsers]

14 thousand.. wow

haha.. i now get to my shopping cart

[Ryan]

Its over. I was only able to get 3 songs in before the server rejected me.

[Quagmire]

Woooohoooooooo I Won The Powerbook And The 10k Music!!


:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[FFL]

wow 5 posts - I think we can all say 1:25 AM was the rollover time

[thedustin]

Woooohoooooooo I Won The Powerbook And The 10k Music!!

Not Funny

_thedustin

[oldmacfan]

Woooohoooooooo I Won The Powerbook And The 10k Music!!
pudding please

[EmC]

100 million

[MacUsers]

cool new apple front page thing

[HOM]

http://images.apple.com/home/images/2004/07/itms100milestone2flat20040711.jpg

Well, assuming I don't win, I got a ton of music that I wanted anyway.

[hmurchison]

cool new apple front page thing


How about a free iPod Apple. You just took me for $3.96 bastiches

[Paul]

holy crap, over 20,000 songs sold in under 5 minutes...
2004-07-12 00:20:01 - 99,992,422 downloads, 9393 new
2004-07-12 00:25:04 - 100,014,607 downloads, 22185 new

[MacUsers]

just when the counter updated with the 14,000 over my first download started.

[HOM]

holy crap, over 20,000 songs sold in under 5 minutes...
They sold over 40,000 songs in less than 7 minutes.

:eek:

[MacUsers]

look at the JS counter... 100033542.. WOW!.. cool.. my 100th post.

[hmurchison]

Damn Apple. 50 thousand songs in less than 10 minutes. Now that I know your servers can handle this I expect these sales everyday. LOL

[DMBand0026]

They sold over 40,000 songs in less than 7 minutes.

:eek:

That's incredible. But is anyone else not surprised? I figured something like that would happen. And now the store has a lot of new customers as a result of this promotion. Props to Apple, a job very well done :D

[Paul]

I bit the bullet and tried to download a song... I got through the "purchasing" part around the right time but I'm still trying to download the song on this horribly slow connection... who thinks I have a shot? ;) :p

[HOM]

Well, it's back to about 4,000 songs every 5 minutes. But I'm sure most of it is from people like me that have aprox 20 songs to go on our downloads.

[sCreeD]

So, ah... where are the next-gen iPods???


Screed

[oldmacfan]

Wow, I wonder if the song I got just before "99983029 on the script link" might be the one...

with the delay in the counter and how far over they went, I think it might have been over before that number was posted.

[MacUsers]

really exciting promotion... it's really cool how all my downloads are playing now. I probably won't be saying this again once I get the email message with the receipt.

[oldmacfan]

Nice movie, what did you pay her for that.

[oldmacfan]

BTW, I was too late with the other song, I just went and bought it anyway.

[Moogs]

Shite. Is it my imagination or did that sumbitch jump from like 99,970,000+ to 100,000,000 in like 10 minutes flat??

[MacUsers]

Nice movie, what did you pay her for that.
Actually i found that link on the front page or AppleNova and thought it was funny so I put it in my sig. The link is hidden in the little circle graphics after "applenova"

[sCreeD]

Stunning when you consider it's only been 14 months (April 2003) since the Store's inception.

All right lads. Keep it up. It's on to a quarter billion. :D

Screed

[thegelding]

i have a chance at least...songs were downloading when apple's page turned to 100,000,000

g

[HOM]

maybe we should should take this to an AIM chat room

Chat room: applenova

Edit:

My last song just downloaded. I was downloading for 3 minutes before the counter hit 100 mill so I seriously doubt that I was even close. I was likely around the 100,001,000 area.

I will be looking at my Junk Mail folder for the next few days just incase.

[Quagmire]

maybe we should should take this to an AIM chat room

Chat room: applenova

Then how come you keep on leaving?

[DMBand0026]

Stunning when you consider it's only been 14 months (April 2003) since the Store's inception.

All right lads. Keep it up. It's on to a quarter billion. :D

Screed

Hmmm...wonder what will happen when they hit 1 billion? Give away a PM or 2 and like 9 iPods? ;)

[oldmacfan]

By then we will have iLife portables and it will be 1000 free movies....a PB G5 3.0 with 4 gigs of ram and a 20 OLED that weights only 5 lbs. lol

[Brad]

Well, Apple hit 100,000,000 some time around 1 AM EST Sunday night/Monday morning.

Thus, this speculation thread draws to a close. :)