No More Windows Media Player for Mac
Jan 16

No More Windows Media Player for Mac

Microsoft to stop developing media software for Macs: No Windows Media Player for Macs? Egads! How will you ever survive?

Microsoft will stop developing a version of its Windows Media Player for Apple Computer’s Macs, and will instead offer free technology that lets people play Windows Media files using Apple’s own software.

Too bad Macs are so bad at media. You guys are screwed, man.

by Deane   January 16, 2006 9:04 PM   |

Comments

by Dave,   January 16, 2006 9:36 PM  

How will you ever survive?

Quite well, thank you. My bet is that Apple will soon announce that QuickTime will read .wmv (and probably do it much better than WMP ever did.)

Too bad Macs are so bad at media.

You're joking, right? Apple wrote the book on media -- audio, video, graphics, you name it (or it may be more accurate that the guys who wrote the book on media did it with Macs.) The only place media on the Mac sucks is with Windows Media Player. And you can't blame that on Apple.

by Deane,   January 16, 2006 10:10 PM  

You’re joking, right?

Um, yeah. Totally.

by Dave,   January 16, 2006 10:21 PM  

My bet is that Apple will soon announce that QuickTime will read .wmv

Oops. Spoke too soon. That trick is already done; Flip4Mac adds .wmv support to QuickTime for free. I just installed it, and it does run much smother than WMP.

Who needs Bill anyway.

by Dave,   January 16, 2006 10:23 PM  

You’re joking, right?

Um, yeah. Totally.

Took the bait pretty well, didn't I? I should know better by now.

by Deane,   January 16, 2006 10:24 PM  

Flip4Mac adds .wmv support to QuickTime for free.

What a bunch of copycats. There's no innovation going on in the Mac world at all. You just copy what everyone else is doing.

by Dave,   January 16, 2006 11:14 PM  

There’s no innovation going on in the Mac world at all. You just copy what everyone else is doing.

Nope. Not sayin' nuthin. Once bitten, twice shy.

by Tomas,   January 17, 2006 3:42 AM  

When will the sarcasm end? I'm really confused.

by Colin D. Devroe,   January 17, 2006 6:31 AM  

You're just askin for it! Flip4Mac, 'nough said.

by Don,   January 17, 2006 4:07 PM  

The sarchasm is thick. :-) I know Deane is a closet Mac-lover. (wink)

by Tarquin,   September 7, 2006 3:38 PM  

Why Windows really dominates, is that its easy to install "media" players and other unsigned s/w. Macs seem to be fussy and strict on what will run...that can be a good and also a bad thing. Now that Intel is behind Apple, will the public switch to Mac? Hmmm...not if you have Quicktime Player ...which find so anoying!...as their main media player! The only thing Quick time does very well is display JPGs!!!! Whoo hooo and it seems to want aplause for it!

by Lance,   January 28, 2007 8:31 PM  

I think macs are awesome. The only thing I don't like about them is quicktime. it's stupid.

by Tiko,   October 28, 2007 1:32 PM  

I am using mac now, yes u`re right mac are awesome. And just agree that windows media player on windows is better than quicktime.

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