[windows2000] Re: OT: Dear Apple... stay off of my desktop, out of my quick launch, and out of my System tray and Registry Run Key!
- From: "Sorin Srbu" <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:12:20 +0200
Jim Kenzig ThinHelp.com <> wrote on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 4:43 PM:
One might think they would've learned from Real and the way they install their
software...
FWIW, I've banned iTunes on the domains I admin and instead run with Quicktime
Alternative and Real Alternative instead, for many of the reasons you mention.
> Ok I don't usually rant too often but I've just about had my fill with
> Apple Software. They have recently released a beta version of their Safari
> Web Browser that runs on Windows <http://www.apple.com/safari/> . Good for
> them.
>
> /Rant On
> On the few Mac's I have used, I'll admit, I really like the Safari browser
> it is quick and intuitive. That being said, Apple decided to bundle Safari
> Beta 3 with its hailed Quicktime media player. The incessant beast that no
> matter what you do plants itself in to your registry Run key and insists on
> reappearing even if you delete it.
>
> Apple feels that it is in their right without even asking you during
> installation, to place icons on your desktop, in your quicklaunch, in your
> system tray and on your start menu not to mention in the root of your start
> menu, not even in its own folder! This combined with the fact their
> Quicktime qttask app getting put on the run key of the registry and can not
> be removed no matter how hard you try, makes this Apple software a piece of
> crap that should not ever be put on a Windows PC.
>
> Yeah, I know it is a beta but here is more crappola, because it included
> Quicktime, the Safari beta uninstalled my version of quicktime that I had
> all set up nicely and had already added my plugins to, and wiped it all out
> leaving me to have to reconfigure quicktime again and go out and find the
> plugins. 1st thing of course I have to do again, is to get that incessant
> icon out of my system tray and quick launch bar. WTF?
>
> Apple, you are supposed to be a major player in the computer industry, why
> can't you learn how the install process works in Windows and not be so
> virulent? Ask users if they want you in all up in their face.. don't just
> assume they do!
>
> Get a clue!
>
> /Rant Off
>
> Jim Kenzig
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