Comments on: iPod – The 5th Generation

By: Johnny Alpha

Johnny Alpha — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 22:32:39 +0000

>Well, regardless- iTunes can�t work without Quicktime.

You’re getting it arse about face. Quicktime can and should work without iTunes, so that’s what I’m taking offence at. If I need both I’ll install both thankyouverymuchapple.

By: Yorkie

Yorkie — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 18:09:55 +0000

You can get rid of the quacktime icon via some menu by right-clicking on it. I’m not sure how to stop the stuff running permanently though.

I’ve just realised that I have a 2.1MB install of QuackTime and yet not spyTunes

By: geofftech

geofftech — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 17:13:30 +0000

That is correct! Just doing a little bit of tightening up .. even if you leave me a false email address, you are now obliged to leave one…

By: Yorkie

Yorkie — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 16:40:19 +0000

When you post a comment on Geoff’s blog, a “Name” is required, and a “Mail” is required. I belive that previously only a “Name” was required.

By: geofftech

geofftech — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 14:15:27 +0000

You can take the line out of your registry startup to prevent the Quucktime tray icon from loading and sitting their doing nothing all the time.

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 08:42:18 +0000

Unlike quicktime, Windows Media player doesn’t sit there in your notification area the 95% of the time it’s not needed.

Does anyone know if these new (or indeed any other colour) ipods can display photos stored in a Canon Raw (CRW) format, or do they just understand Jpegs?

By: Anthony Smith

Anthony Smith — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 00:41:45 +0000

Windows users will HAVE WMP, but will they LIKE it? Will they even USE it? I try to avoid it wherever possible, and there are very few occasions where it’s even necessary. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that it’s a complete wast of time and space.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 23:51:53 +0000

Well, regardless- iTunes can’t work without Quicktime. Quicktime is what decodes the AAC file format, something other players are incapable of doing.

Okay, so quicktime could be released separately. But at the end of the day, windows users will already have WMP, and Mac users will already have iTunes. So it provides PC users with a choice, and Mac users the chance to upgrade.

By: RossP

RossP — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 23:41:53 +0000

Not every is enamoured by the video functionality…

http://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2005/1014.shtml

By: geofftech

geofftech — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 23:31:21 +0000

iTunes rules, Quicktime is obviously needed to play MOV files, but I took think it sucks to force normal plebby users to install iTunes & Qucktime. They should be given a choice. it IS similar to M$ bundling IE with the OS.

And yes, what ARE you talking abour Yorkie!?