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ITunes 8 a Real Killer App; Taking Down Vista

Posted by timothy on from the da-dum-pshhhhhhh dept.

CWmike writes "Apple 's latest version of iTunes crashes Windows Vista when an iPod or iPhone is connected to the PC, scores of users have reported on Apple's support forum. Plug in and Vista crashes and shows the 'blue screen of death.' The errors began showing up immediately after updating iTunes to Version 8.0, which Apple released Tuesday as part of its iPod refresh. 'I just installed iTunes 8 over my iTunes 7 on Vista [and] now whenever I plug in my iPod, I get a blue screen death. Three times so far. Even if it is plugged in on boot, I get a blue screen," said a user identified as 'sambeckett' on the support forum about 90 minutes after Apple CEO Steve Jobs wrapped up the iPod launch."

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  1. Re:Good Marketing by Malevolyn · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Actually, it does. Not only does iTunes 8 drag my XP machine into the depths of hell-lag (iTunes 7 didn't), it also causes a blue screen if I put a large number of songs in the conversion queue.

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  2. Re:Good Marketing by TheSpoom · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Eh. Kinda. Ultimately I think this is a lack of testing on Apple's part though. I don't think you should be able to code together some drivers and then pass off any and all testing to Microsoft.

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