brak666: (AnnoyedBrak)
brak666 ([personal profile] brak666) wrote2008-09-12 02:46 pm

WTF itunes?

Any of you mac lovers out there care to explain to me why the new version of itunes is insisting on running in two windows?

*iz annoyed*

new itunes

[identity profile] windysame.livejournal.com 2008-09-13 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
Hi, Brak. Lanchid ordered me to NOT dl the new iTunes until she checked to see how mussed up it might be. Now I read your post and am glad she warned me. I'm sorry it's weird. I hope it can be taught to behave.

[identity profile] testiculo.livejournal.com 2008-09-13 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
are you running vista?

itunes 8 is supposedly fucking up tons of shit on vista.

be careful

[identity profile] brak666.livejournal.com 2008-09-13 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, I am running vista. What sort of things have you heard? The only thing I've noticed so far is the two window operation and that it slows stuff down a lot while it's open.

Re: new itunes

[identity profile] brak666.livejournal.com 2008-09-13 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I wish she'd given me the same warning. It's really annoying me. It's not just the two windows. It's slowing everything down too.

[identity profile] testiculo.livejournal.com 2008-09-13 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
apparently you got it light

worst case scenario was a BSOD (blue screen of death) but Apple seems to have fixed it with a new update. BUT
you need to uninstall itunes 8 first and reinstall it to your computer

sucks i know

here's a better explanation from the kids at Cnet
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10040578-83.html?tag=mncol

[identity profile] brak666.livejournal.com 2008-09-13 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Seems like all the problems have to do with device interface, and I don't actually use itunes for that. Plus I just downloaded it last night, so I may even have gotten the vista-friendly version. I don't know. I think the new version might just suck.