Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 1st Sep 2008 08:55 UTC, submitted by Dan Warne
A common topic of discussion in the Windows world - in fact, in any operating system - is boot performance. Many systems take a long time to reach a usable desktop from the moment the power switch is pressed, and this can be quite annoying if it takes too long. In a post on the Engineering 7 blog, Michael Fortin, lead engineer of Microsoft's Fundamentals/Core Operating System Group, explains what Microsoft is doing to make Windows 7 boot faster.
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RE[7]: Comment by Kroc
by Thom_Holwerda on Mon 1st Sep 2008 10:40
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Member since:2005-06-29
Because QuickTime/iTunes/Safari are awesome on Mac OS.
The biggest problem with iTunes on Windows is that it's really, really slow, and installs all sorts of services for iPods and iPhones - which I don't have. WinPatrol intercepts them, but it ruined it for me. I don't use any of Apple's applications on Windows. iTunes only makes sense if you actually use the iTunes service and own an iPod/iPhone. For strictly listening to music, it is overkill and slow.
The other big problem is of course Apple's inability to design Windows applications as Windows applications. God, they're ugly on Windows.
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2005-06-29
No problem for me, as I use WinPatrol which blocks things like qttask (services, startup programs, etc.) before they are added
http://www.winpatrol.com/
Of course, like all Apple software for Windows, Quicktime sucks total ass, so I don't install it at all.
Anyway, it's Apple's fault, not Windows' or Microsoft's. A good tray applications allows you to quit it from the tray.
Edited 2008-09-01 10:33 UTC