Apple to iPod users: stay away from Vista
By John Pospisil
If you’re a PC user running iTunes software, Apple’s advice is to avoid upgrading to Vista for time being.
Apple: stay away from Vista
Apple has identified a number of compatibility issues that may affect the functionality of an iPod working with the current version of iTunes and Vista. The problems may not affect all Vista users, but the issues are serious enough that Apple has recommended that PC users hold off installing the new operating system.
The key problem, and it’s a big one, is that you may not be able to play music and videos that you buy on iTunes. There’s also a chance that you might corrupt your iPod.
Other problems include slow operation, issues with the calendar and address book synchronization.
Apple says it will release a new version of iTunes that addresses the problems in the next few weeks.
“Although iTunes 7.0.2 may work with Windows Vista on many typical PCs, Apple is aware of some known compatibility issues and recommends that iTunes customers wait to upgrade to Windows Vista until after the next release of iTunes, which will be available in the next few weeks,” the company said in a statement.
The consumer version of Vista was launched last week, while it’s been available to business users since November last year. Vista is now standard on new computers.
What I find interesting about this situation is that Apple wasn’t in a position to anticipate these problems and release a new version of iTunes well in advance of the release of Vista.
You’ve got a situation now where you go out and buy a new Vista-powered PC, and you go out and buy a new iPod, and there’s a good chance that the two won’t work with each other. And what about all those eager-beaver PC users who already have an iPod and have already upgraded to Vista.
You’d think that is a situation that BOTH Microsoft and Apple would prefer to avoid.
It seems that the rivalry between the two companies stops them from working together, even when it’s in both their interests to do so…
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February 3rd, 2007
I think Apple already has the new version of iTunes, and is trying to use FUD to sway the market a little. If Microsoft, who can never ship anything on time, could make software that makes the Zune work for Windows Vista in time for the consumer release, then Apple could do it for the iPod. They are obviously withholding.
February 3rd, 2007
Obviously, this is another miserly ploy by Apple to snatch away Microsoft’s revenues; Apple is the only one at fault here for making false claims as to ‘compatibility issues’.
Right now, I’m running a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate and listening to a few tunes straight off my iPod from my computer. The iTunes software is working great and without any issues because Windows has detected the slight chance of a compatibility issue and is running it in a compatibility mode similar to running the program on an XP machine. In fact, ever since I installed Vista the program seems to be working better than normal on my Dell laptop (it would normally freeze up every time you connected an iPod).
Also, while it took me more than two weeks to configure a built in 10/100 ethernet card and built in sound card on my laptop when I first installed XP after a hard disk crash, Vista automatically found and installed all of the drivers for my computer (without connecting to the internet either) and I was up and running (from fresh install) in less time than the XP install. Overall, I think Microsoft has really earned my respect this time, I always hated Microsoft products in the past.
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