When I used to work in music promotion, we talked a lot about pre-loading PCs or other devices with music videos and songs. Sippey did the best job of describing it, and now the Mac rumor sites are saying that Apple's going to announce a U2 preload next month.
iPod preloading
18 Oct 2004
Posted on Monday, October 18, 2004 at 3:38 PM
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iTunes on desktop Macs used to come pre-loaded with a variety of music, audio books (Harry Potter comes to mind) and other content. Dunno if it still does.
Winamp comes loaded with the llama mp3!
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