Comments on: Mac apps on Windows suck. Here's why.

iTunes and Safari do not make Apple the friend of the PC.

[Sylectra]

I've tried both and I like iTunes better

I guess you could say I am more of a PC user than a Mac user, but I have spent about as much work time on both platforms and prefer PCs. Because of my bias, I bought the PC-based 30 GB MP3 player "iRiver" and used it with Windows Media Player for about a year. What I learned was that it froze up a lot and that WMP was not easy to use. What's more, the songs I bought on iTunes couldn't be used on my iRiver because of proprietary formats and DRM. After DRM caused a couple of lockups during sync that required the formatting and reloading of all the songs on the iRiver, my husband gave me a 30 GB iPod and I switched to iTunes (still on a PC). I love it. Not a single problem - ever. Period. Not one lockup, not one complication. I store my songs as MP3 format because I hate the whole idea of DRM and proprietary file format. Anyone that says iTunes for Windows is terrible probably isn't using the software as effectively as he could be. Sorry. As a PC lover who reluctantly came to Apple hardware, I have to say I am happy!

[xxdesmusxx]

Apple apps are pathetic on Windows

iTunes on Windows is a slow, bloated, and clumsy resource *****.

Safari is also slow (it is no quicker than IE7 or Firefox 2), it's painfully lacking in features, and it's clear text display is horrendous. Text looks terrible in Safari for Windows.

Lets completely ignore the fact that Apple is apparently incapable of designing a Windows native application. Remember that Apple is the same people who would throw a fit if you did not follow their UI guidelines for OSX apps. Why is it then that Apple is arrogantly incapable of following the similar UI guidelines for design native Windows applications. Yet another reason why I hate Apple. "Do as I say, not as a I do." ...yeah, right.