Comments on: Okay folks… 3… 2… 1… http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2007/02/08/okay-folks-3-2-1/ Specializing in Bovine Fecal Detection Since January of 2002 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:29:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Vinny http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2007/02/08/okay-folks-3-2-1/#comment-191923 Vinny Sat, 10 Feb 2007 13:05:00 +0000 http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/?p=3273#comment-191923 Never said that I was, but at least I can look at things objectively. If you're going to razz Apple for not being able to play your purchased music on Vista because Vista's been in their hands for so long, what of Microsoft? Sorry, but that's either a blatant double standard or hypocrisy. I'll leave you to decide for yourself which. Never said that I was, but at least I can look at things objectively. If you’re going to razz Apple for not being able to play your purchased music on Vista because Vista’s been in their hands for so long, what of Microsoft?

Sorry, but that’s either a blatant double standard or hypocrisy. I’ll leave you to decide for yourself which.

]]> By: Linoge http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2007/02/08/okay-folks-3-2-1/#comment-191922 Linoge Sat, 10 Feb 2007 12:53:00 +0000 http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/?p=3273#comment-191922 Unfortunately, I had to install iTunes on my computer, such that the computer could talk to an iPod my wife won (the fact that iTunes was necessary to accomplish this was just the start of my aggrivation for the day). Granted, my computer is only a 1.7Ghz, 1GB RAM machine, but the program literally sucked half of both of those resources into keeping it running. Even when minimized to the taskbar and not doing anything, it sucked 10-25% of system resources. Suffice it to say, I uninstalled this program very shortly after it was no longer necessary. *shrugs* Fanboyism is fanboyism, and you certainly are not free of that shortcoming yourself. Unfortunately, I had to install iTunes on my computer, such that the computer could talk to an iPod my wife won (the fact that iTunes was necessary to accomplish this was just the start of my aggrivation for the day). Granted, my computer is only a 1.7Ghz, 1GB RAM machine, but the program literally sucked half of both of those resources into keeping it running. Even when minimized to the taskbar and not doing anything, it sucked 10-25% of system resources.

Suffice it to say, I uninstalled this program very shortly after it was no longer necessary.

*shrugs* Fanboyism is fanboyism, and you certainly are not free of that shortcoming yourself.

]]> By: Vinny http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2007/02/08/okay-folks-3-2-1/#comment-191921 Vinny Fri, 09 Feb 2007 07:18:00 +0000 http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/?p=3273#comment-191921 Yes it does, but not out of the box, and apparently Zune Marketplace music is a problem. Problem not even remotely close to solved. As for having months and months, see comment number 1. iTunes never performed "terribly" for me and my last machine was an AMD Athlon XP 2000. Not exactly a high-end machine. I highly doubt we'll see a WPF-based version of iTunes. I don't think Apple is inclined to rewrite iTunes for Windows users, particularly when there are more me's than problems. Yes it does, but not out of the box, and apparently Zune Marketplace music is a problem. Problem not even remotely close to solved.

As for having months and months, see comment number 1. iTunes never performed “terribly” for me and my last machine was an AMD Athlon XP 2000. Not exactly a high-end machine. I highly doubt we’ll see a WPF-based version of iTunes. I don’t think Apple is inclined to rewrite iTunes for Windows users, particularly when there are more me’s than problems.

]]> By: Nicholas http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2007/02/08/okay-folks-3-2-1/#comment-191920 Nicholas Fri, 09 Feb 2007 01:04:00 +0000 http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/?p=3273#comment-191920 The fact is, the Zune works with Vista, and had a patch ready before Vista released to the public. If you install it out of the box, it finds an auto-update to fix the Vista problems. Problem solved. Apple has had months and months to get iTunes working correctly under Vista. I've already blogged <a href="http://www.pdsys.org/blog/2006/12/02/iTunes7WindowsXPAndVistaAndTerribleDiskPerformance.aspx" rel="nofollow">about how much iTunes sucks under XP and Vista</a>. From totally inefficient disk access to terrible GUI performance... iTunes is starting to be a dud, requiring major rewrites on Windows. Hopefully they implement WPF soon? The fact is, the Zune works with Vista, and had a patch ready before Vista released to the public. If you install it out of the box, it finds an auto-update to fix the Vista problems. Problem solved.

Apple has had months and months to get iTunes working correctly under Vista. I’ve already blogged about how much iTunes sucks under XP and Vista. From totally inefficient disk access to terrible GUI performance… iTunes is starting to be a dud, requiring major rewrites on Windows. Hopefully they implement WPF soon?

]]> By: Nicholas http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2007/02/08/okay-folks-3-2-1/#comment-13314 Nicholas Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/?p=3273#comment-13314 The fact is, the Zune works with Vista, and had a patch ready before Vista released to the public. If you install it out of the box, it finds an auto-update to fix the Vista problems. Problem solved. Apple has had months and months to get iTunes working correctly under Vista. I've already blogged <a href="http://www.pdsys.org/blog/2006/12/02/iTunes7WindowsXPAndVistaAndTerribleDiskPerformance.aspx" rel="nofollow">about how much iTunes sucks under XP and Vista</a>. From totally inefficient disk access to terrible GUI performance... iTunes is starting to be a dud, requiring major rewrites on Windows. Hopefully they implement WPF soon? The fact is, the Zune works with Vista, and had a patch ready before Vista released to the public. If you install it out of the box, it finds an auto-update to fix the Vista problems. Problem solved.

Apple has had months and months to get iTunes working correctly under Vista. I’ve already blogged about how much iTunes sucks under XP and Vista. From totally inefficient disk access to terrible GUI performance… iTunes is starting to be a dud, requiring major rewrites on Windows. Hopefully they implement WPF soon?

]]> By: Vinny http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2007/02/08/okay-folks-3-2-1/#comment-13315 Vinny Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/?p=3273#comment-13315 Yes it does, but not out of the box, and apparently Zune Marketplace music is a problem. Problem not even remotely close to solved. As for having months and months, see comment number 1. iTunes never performed "terribly" for me and my last machine was an AMD Athlon XP 2000. Not exactly a high-end machine. I highly doubt we'll see a WPF-based version of iTunes. I don't think Apple is inclined to rewrite iTunes for Windows users, particularly when there are more me's than problems. Yes it does, but not out of the box, and apparently Zune Marketplace music is a problem. Problem not even remotely close to solved.

As for having months and months, see comment number 1. iTunes never performed “terribly” for me and my last machine was an AMD Athlon XP 2000. Not exactly a high-end machine. I highly doubt we’ll see a WPF-based version of iTunes. I don’t think Apple is inclined to rewrite iTunes for Windows users, particularly when there are more me’s than problems.

]]> By: Linoge http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2007/02/08/okay-folks-3-2-1/#comment-13316 Linoge Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/?p=3273#comment-13316 Unfortunately, I had to install iTunes on my computer, such that the computer could talk to an iPod my wife won (the fact that iTunes was necessary to accomplish this was just the start of my aggrivation for the day). Granted, my computer is only a 1.7Ghz, 1GB RAM machine, but the program literally sucked half of both of those resources into keeping it running. Even when minimized to the taskbar and not doing anything, it sucked 10-25% of system resources. Suffice it to say, I uninstalled this program very shortly after it was no longer necessary. *shrugs* Fanboyism is fanboyism, and you certainly are not free of that shortcoming yourself. Unfortunately, I had to install iTunes on my computer, such that the computer could talk to an iPod my wife won (the fact that iTunes was necessary to accomplish this was just the start of my aggrivation for the day). Granted, my computer is only a 1.7Ghz, 1GB RAM machine, but the program literally sucked half of both of those resources into keeping it running. Even when minimized to the taskbar and not doing anything, it sucked 10-25% of system resources.

Suffice it to say, I uninstalled this program very shortly after it was no longer necessary.

*shrugs* Fanboyism is fanboyism, and you certainly are not free of that shortcoming yourself.

]]> By: Vinny http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2007/02/08/okay-folks-3-2-1/#comment-13317 Vinny Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/?p=3273#comment-13317 Never said that I was, but at least I can look at things objectively. If you're going to razz Apple for not being able to play your purchased music on Vista because Vista's been in their hands for so long, what of Microsoft? Sorry, but that's either a blatant double standard or hypocrisy. I'll leave you to decide for yourself which. Never said that I was, but at least I can look at things objectively. If you’re going to razz Apple for not being able to play your purchased music on Vista because Vista’s been in their hands for so long, what of Microsoft?

Sorry, but that’s either a blatant double standard or hypocrisy. I’ll leave you to decide for yourself which.

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