Does Apple purposely slow down software they make for Windows?

0	Does Apple purposely slow down software they make for Windows? It seems like it, because it takes me forever just to even launch iTunes / Safari. windows itunes safari asked Sep 02 '10 at 15:02 Windows7 (suspended)

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Apple are just crap at making Windows software...

Microsoft are crap at making Mac software too, so despite the two companies having a great relationship when it comes to development, they just can't make software for each others platforms...

answered Sep 07 '10 at 17:53

Lee Wood
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Makes sense, good answer.

(Sep 07 '10 at 19:51) Windows7

4	I don't think they do. They just know how to develop Mac software better than Windows software. answered Sep 06 '10 at 12:09 ryebread761 6.1k●184●210●274 Yeah, that's true. Good point. (Sep 06 '10 at 12:19) Windows7

Apple has no experience when creating an app for Windows. iTunes is rubbish in Windows and so is Safari. They are both terribly slow on Windows. On iTunes 10, they should focus on the speed not the looks and feel.

answered Sep 06 '10 at 12:11

WindowsMojave
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agreed completely, rubbish.

(Sep 06 '10 at 12:14) Phoenix7

No they don't. They just don't have as much experience with Windows. That said, why would they even want to slow down their Windows products intentionally? Most of their iTunes revenue comes from Windows computers, and Windows holds the majority of the market. If their Windows products sucked, people would just go with other software and hardware, like the Zune.

answered Sep 06 '10 at 14:21

chadt4
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Yeah, that's true. I was just wondering, it is indeed a serious question. I do however agree with you though, great answer! Thumbs up from me.

(Sep 07 '10 at 17:51) Windows7

I don't have that issue at all with Safari on Windows, it launches within 2 seconds on first allocation then about 1 second every other time. Safari being my default browser in Windows 2000, XP, Vista, and 7... and yes I got Safari 3 working in Win2K. iTunes on the other hand... I haven't used it in Windows, but on the mac side it has always been bloated, especially on PPC Macs. When it comes to others like Quicktime, Microsoft has themselves actually tried to make the Windows version function improperly in the hopes of gaining more market for their own products while tarnishing Apple's image.

answered Sep 02 '10 at 15:15

Granit
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iTunes on Mac works good since a few months ago, and even better now with version 10.

(Sep 02 '10 at 15:36) BrunoMCP

I have used iTunes since version 1 on Mac OS 8.6, every version has gotten more bloated and slow... version 10 was the first one to actually feel lighter and faster than the previous one.

(Sep 02 '10 at 15:48) Granit

iTunes 9 was the first one that felt faster to me. iTunes 8 was terrible.

(Sep 02 '10 at 18:04) Peter Murphy

0	No they don't. They do however run the Mac OS X version of these apps in a compatibility layer - rather than rewrite iTunes for Windows, it's run in an emulated Cocoa environment! Javawag answered Sep 06 '10 at 12:05 javawag 351●3●8●13

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