Si and Aaron's Windows Vista Hate Thread

azcn2503 · Fri Mar 30, 2007 1:54 pm

No. Have you never used iTunes? It's much better than Windows Media Player Razz

Lord Metritutus · Fri Mar 30, 2007 3:27 pm

It is? I'll have to try it. Wink

However, I've also been using Media Player Classic (also known as Real Alternative).

As the name in brackets suggests, this is an alternative to real palyer, but it also plays pretty much anything else, as long as you have the correct codecs. Cool

azcn2503 · Fri Mar 30, 2007 3:53 pm

Is this mplayer2.exe?

Skillers · Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:34 pm

I stick with WMP, it's familiar. Plus I have lots of WMA for reasons beyond my control 9cant get mp3s of the same song)

azcn2503 · Fri Mar 30, 2007 8:47 pm

iTunes will convert them in to MP3's or AAC's when you import them Smile

Skillers · Fri Mar 30, 2007 9:02 pm

Well AACs = no go. And I don't like re-encoding. And it would take forever.

azcn2503 · Sat Mar 31, 2007 1:25 pm

Connected wrote:

I opened iTunes on Saturday after reformatting, and look what I saw Shocked

(look in top right of itunes window)

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y151/c ... itunes.jpg

and before you comment Aaron, I'm not running that many apps for me (yes, even on Vista) Cool

Looks like it's a feature in v7.1 of iTunes.

Here's my screeny...

[img]http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a324/azcn2503/itunes.jpg[/img]

Lord Metritutus · Sat Mar 31, 2007 1:41 pm

[quote]
mplayer2.exe
[/quote]

No, it's called mplayerc.exe

Skillers · Sat Mar 31, 2007 2:16 pm

Is that Vista or XP, Aaron?

azcn2503 · Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:05 am

Tis a screenshot of iTunes in Vista.

Skillers · Mon Apr 02, 2007 5:42 pm

What is it like in XP?

azcn2503 · Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:08 am

Almost identical; the buttons at the top right are smaller and less shiny on XP.

Skillers · Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:35 pm

Hmm, strange move by Apple...

Lord Metritutus · Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:37 am

Why strange? Is this because they're MAC orientated?

azcn2503 · Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:06 am

I guess that considering the fact that they made the Mac, they are quite Mac orientated.

Lord Metritutus · Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:32 pm

It could just be random, or maybe they did 'a deal' with Microsoft. Shocked

Skillers · Wed Apr 04, 2007 3:08 pm

Hmm, no, it's strange because it removes the iconic identity of many mac programs... the 3 coloured buttons is part of the whole Mac appearance. For Apple to loose some of their identity on Windows seems odd...

azcn2503 · Thu Apr 05, 2007 11:45 am

Anybody willing to invest in my opinion?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0111559099

I'm sure you'll like this Laughing

Skillers · Thu Apr 05, 2007 12:27 pm

Nah, I don't need to pay for your opinion!

Lord Metritutus · Sat Apr 07, 2007 10:17 am

Don't we already know his opinion?

I mean, the thread is called Windows Vista hate. . .

EDIT: And you've had 0 bids thus far. Razz

Skillers · Sat Apr 07, 2007 5:45 pm

That's why we don' need to pay...

azcn2503 · Mon May 21, 2007 8:04 pm

The start menu is very slow in Vista...

Skillers · Mon May 21, 2007 10:19 pm

Isn't everything slow in Vista?

azcn2503 · Tue May 22, 2007 7:09 am

But [i]especially[/i] the start menu. Use the start menu for more than about 10 seconds and it starts to become hellishly sluggish.

Skillers · Tue May 22, 2007 12:45 pm

Wow, must be slow if it's slower than everything else!

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