![]() ![]() iTunes has a few known Vista bugs, butthey relate to iPod sync and using the iPod as a hard drive. If you said, "but iTunesisn't officially compatible with Vista", you would be correct,but that isn't the issue. The problemis that as soon as I try to either download or play a video fromiTunes, my computer just shuts down, either immediately or after ablue screen. I can play musicin iTunes with no issues. In fact, whilethere were far more serious compatibility issues with iTunes andVista last month, they have mostly been resolved. ![]() Now iTunes isn't essential for business, and even if it were,there are plenty of alternatives for media playback. ITunes - more specifically, the QuickTime Video Player thatiTunes uses - is my only issue. Vista even helps by providing a "compatibility mode"that allows the OS to mimic earlier versions of Windows. I didn't upgrade my applicationsoftware, with the exception of things like disk utilities andsecurity that are OS-specific, but kept on using my 4-year-oldversion of Microsoft Office and numerous other pre-Vistaapplications. Of course, none of that matters if the applications you use on adaily basis don't work or the hardware or software areunstable.Īs far as business productivity goes, I've had no issueswhatsoever with Windows Vista. ![]() Here is my most recent example, though by no means is this anindictment of Apple, Microsoft, Toshiba, or any other individualcompany, just of the commodity nature of the industry today and ofsoftware complexity in general.Īnyone who has read my recent columns knows that I own a Tablet PC and have installed Windows Vista on it.Tablets are quite cool technology that allow computer use in anumber of environments where a conventional laptop is just deadweight, and Windows Vista greatly enhances the tablet-specificfeatures like handwriting recognition and speech recognition. ![]() It doesn't matter if you're using a Mac, a PC running Windows orLinux, or any other computerized device, the result is the same - ajumble of multiple companies you turn to for support, each blamingthe other for the problem. After installing the program you wantto use, it either doesn't work or causes something else tobreak. ![]()
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