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Thread ID: 88273 2008-03-21 11:28:00 Have iTunes? Say Hello to Safari beeswax34 (63) PC World Chat
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651399 2008-03-21 11:28:00 In an apparent bid to rapidly gain share of the online browser market dominated by rival Microsoft, Apple is leveraging its vast iTunes install base to recommend that Windows users also download and install the latest version of its Safari web browser.

Safari Time!!! (www.appleinsider.com ml)

Wow, desperate times call for desperate measures huh? Since even Mac owners hardly use Safari, they HAVE to appeal to Windows owners.
beeswax34 (63)
651400 2008-03-21 11:51:00 Control freaks! :p :angry wratterus (105)
651401 2008-03-21 11:54:00 Doesn't iTunes also install Bonjour on every machine as well?

Just the sort of crap you would want, A network service installed in the background by a crappy media player....
Metla (12)
651402 2008-03-21 11:55:00 Doesn't iTunes also install Bonjour on every machine as well?

Yeah it does. :groan:
wratterus (105)
651403 2008-03-21 14:35:00 Sure, on a mac os safari runs good, but on a windows os it's the hell.
I never saw so buggy software. I don't know how works the new version, but mid 2007 it was unusable on a windows os.
Crow1985 (6683)
651404 2008-03-21 19:19:00 Bonjour takes all of 5 seconds to get rid of.
Turn off the service, it is the top one with #letters etc at the top of the list.
Set it to disabled.
Next reboot you can delete the Bonjour directory
Bantu (52)
651405 2008-03-21 19:42:00 Since even Mac owners hardly use SafariI don't know who you have been talking to, but on the basis of my statistics, around 75% of Mac users use Safari, and if anything, that would be a conservative estimate. maccrazy (6741)
651406 2008-03-21 19:48:00 Bonjour takes all of 5 seconds to get rid of.
Turn off the service, it is the top one with #letters etc at the top of the list.
Set it to disabled.
Next reboot you can delete the Bonjour directory

Thats not the point, at all.

and complete removel causes an error everytime itunes is launched.
Metla (12)
651407 2008-03-21 19:53:00 No it doesnt. I've uninstalled Bonjour, Itunes still works. Disable look for Apple TV, sharing as well. Altho, it shouldnt matter whether these are ticked or not.

I tried Safari, its just as bad as FF, its a memory hog. Too bad it cant block ads

Altho, it looks like FF3 is due to be released soon. Which fixes the memory usage. We'll soon find out
Speedy Gonzales (78)
651408 2008-03-21 20:13:00 No it doesnt. I've uninstalled Bonjour, Itunes still works. Disable look for Apple TV, sharing as well. Altho, it shouldnt matter whether these are ticked or not.

I tried Safari, its just as bad as FF, its a memory hog. Too bad it cant block ads


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