Coming from the Apple side of the country, iTunes and the iPod can feel strange to those living in PC Land. After all, don’t Apple and Microsoft represent opposing world views, a kind of red state vs. blue state technological battle? Not so much, as it happens, anymore. The truth is, Apple’s done a pretty decent job in its first major foray into Windows software. All you have to do now is sit back and enjoy the music.

How to stock iTunes with your PC’s existing songs?, add new songs by buying them from iTunes Music Stores; copy songs from CDs or from your PC’s folders; and transfer data, contacts, appointments, and notes to your iPod.