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ITunes 8 a Real Killer App; Taking Down Vista
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."
"iTunes ain't done 'til Vista won't run"
Vista ain't done, till iTunes won't run.
Where did I hear that before?
Excuse me, but please get off my Pennisetum Clandestinum, eh!
The only thing that should be able to cause a full system crash is a memory fault or hard disk error. Why should shuffling bytes in and out of a USB port have any effect on the OS?
When our name is on the back of your car, we're behind you all the way!
It would not be MS's fault if the application crashed itself, but left the OS running.
The fact that it manages to take the OS down with it is entirely MS's fault. A well-designed OS doesn't go down when some top-level application dies.
How in God's name can an application crash the most secure operating system on the market? All joking aside, how can Vista crash based on one application?
It's the combination of iTunes 8, Windows Vista and the latest mailer virus that overloads the RAM causing the blue screen.
Solution:
Buy an OS that can control its own RAM and not freak out when an app runs away. (i.e. OSX, UNIX, LINUX, blah blah)