Apple's Windows Apps Not Ready For Vista

narramissic writes "A new Apple technical support document confirms that none of the company's Windows Applications are compatible with Vista. Affected applications include: 'QuickTime, the iPod shuffle reset utility, Bonjour for Windows, AirPort for Windows, the iDisk utility, AppleWorks for Windows, and Apple Software Update for Windows. The stand-alone iPod updater for iTunes 6 for Windows also isn't ready for Vista.'" The article refers to an Apple tech support document dated "today" (02/08) — without providing a link — but a search turns up only this one from 02/02.

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Not Ready

[drooling-dog]

With so few 3rd-party applications available, it would appear that Windows Vista is simply not ready for the desktop.

They're in good company....

[edwardpickman]

I'm not ready for Vista.

hmm...

[slashes]

Do I smell sabotage? It's quite ironic that all these Apple programs are "broken" in Windows Vista. Why not other programs? Maybe I'm thinking a bit to farfetched, but I wouldn't be surprised if somebody from the Microsoft side deliberately told its software engineers to somehow break compatablity with Apple programs.

Re:Not exactly accurate

[Gropo]

I have to say that iTunes is butt ugly on Vista, much like it was on XP.

And yet unsurprisingly it shines on Windows 2000 like a software Tek Jansen, sent from the future to save me from assured ugly GUI demise.

12 executions of iTunes in unison: "GO THAT WAY!"

Re:There are two possibilities ...

[drinkypoo]

If that was really their intention, why would they release a temporary fix?

Misdirection.

The question isn't whether you're paranoid, it's whether you're paranoid enough.

Of course!

[Reality Master 101]

I'm pretty sympathetic to Apple on this score... after all, Microsoft has rushed Vista to the market so quickly, NO ONE could possibly have kept up with Microsoft's torrid pace!

Cut the poor Apple engineers some slack!

FWIW

[Yaztromo]

For what it's worth, I'd like to note that none of Microsoft's Vista applications are Mac OS X compatible, and it's API has been stable for far longer than Vista's has been.

Yaz.

Re:without PC users Apple is finished

[dloose]

Good, than they can go bankrupt. At least 80% of the iPod and iTV sales will be coming from PC consumers, they control Apple now.

So, in your mind, this is what will happen when people are deciding whether they want to upgrade to Vista:

Potential Upgrader: Hmm... this new Windows Vista sure is getting a lot of hype in the press. Bill Gates was on The Daily Show and he said I should buy it. Bill Gates sure is smart. I better do what he says.
<p>
*PU goes to the local Best Buy and encounters Best Buy Employee*
<p>
PU: Hi there, BBE. Bill Gates told me I should upgrade to Vista. What do you think?<br>
BBE: Vista is absolutely amazing. It's secure, fast, and pretty. I recommend everyone upgrade to Vista!! There is a problem though... Do you have an iPod?<br>
PU: Of course I do. What do you think I am? Some kind of loser?<br>
BBE: Unfortunately, iPods don't work with Vista right now.<br>
PU: Hmm, that's not good.<br>
BBE: But don't worry! I can turn that frown upside down! Why don't you pick up that >$100 box of software and accompany me to our super MP3 department. I'm sure we'll find a nice alternative to the iPod.<br>
PU: BBE, you're my hero!

That's interesting, because in my mind, it goes more like this:

BBE: But don't worry! I can turn that frown upside down! Why don't you pick up that >$100 box of software and accompany me to our super MP3 department. I'm sure we'll find a nice alternative to the iPod.<br>
PU: Uh, hold your horses there, cowboy. I just spent $200 on an iPod and another $50 on songs from the iTunes Store. Now you're telling me I have to buy a new MP3 player and then find all of those songs again? This >$100 upgrade just turned into a >$300 upgrade. <br>
BBE: Actually, you'll probably want to upgrade your video card too -- better tack another $200 on to that total.<br>
PU: No thanks, I think I'll stick with XP.

Hell, the company runs Intel. The think different campaign has passed as they are owned by Intel now.

You might want to double-check your sources on that one. I don't think Intel owns Apple.

PC users will never buy OSX (period), they do not want to pay a luxury tax for a system that they can do less with.

"Can do less with"? Wow. I never thought of it that way, but you're absolutely right. There are so many things I can't do with my Mac. I can't have a meaningful conversation with it, toss the frisbee around, wear it as a jacket, or use it to trim my nosehair. Excuse me while I go throw it in the trash.

Please. Macs can do the same things Windows & Linux PCs can. Sure, there are some applications that are better/actually existent on one platform or another, but for most users they all accomplish the same thing: mail, web, photos, word processing. Grow a real argument.

If I was Apple I would just switch to selling nice PC boxes with Vista (or Linux) and can OSX.

I'm sure when Jobs retires you'll be first on the shareholders' list.

I'll start feeling sorry for Vista users

[skingers6894]

when I get my Universal binary version of MS Office.

Re:There are two possibilities ...

[dreamlax]

b) Microsoft intentionally submarined Apple's software, specifically iPod/iTunes, because they want they Vista upgraders to consider dumping their iPod in favor of a Zune.

But the Zune doesn't work with Vista either!