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tsuyokunaritai

Windows 7 question

Jul 08, 2009 00:55

I am using Windows 7. I also have an iPod ( Read more... )

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marchenland July 8 2009, 07:37:20 UTC

Are you sure? I thought, "Get a Mac," was the ONLY answer to all of life's little annoying computer issues!

As for the rest, I don't know. My work PC recognizes my iPhone 9 our of 10 times (though the USB on my PC won't charge the thing for some reason), but I'm running XP and it's an iPhone, so I don't know if either of those might be why I'm not having issues.

Good luck. I assume this is just Windows not playing nice with Apple software, which leaves you in limbo.

tsuyokunaritai July 8 2009, 12:39:48 UTC

Yeah, XP didn't have the issue. Vista probably does.

If I got a Mac I'd basically be paying quite a lot for a (very pretty) case and (very nice, but not that much nicer in proportion to what I already have) hardware, only to.... install Windows on it, since none of the games I've put so much money into will run on OS X.

marchenland July 8 2009, 16:19:55 UTC

Well, then, it sounds like the valid answer is, install XP. I assume there's some reason why this won't work?

I've heard tell that Windows runs better on Mac hardware. Given how badly Windows runs on PC hardware, I wouldn't doubt it.

tsuyokunaritai July 8 2009, 16:39:31 UTC

I'd rather the slight annoyance of having to dismiss an autoplay than lose DirectX 10 shininess, which XP lacks :)

alessar July 8 2009, 13:17:44 UTC

I had some USB problems with my Sansa Click lately and found out not all USB ports are equally powerful. Sandisk's recommendation was to try to use the port in the rear of the computer as that tends to be the most powerful one -- for me, it worked.

What's interesting to me is that this happened at work, I had this problem on my spare computer but my main computer (same model, same production batch) is perfectly happy to connect with whichever port I use.

marchenland July 8 2009, 16:20:53 UTC

Weird.

None of mine work. I just bought a cheap aftermarket charger for my iPhone at work, and use it when I need more juice.

tsuyokunaritai July 8 2009, 16:20:47 UTC

Also, does Apple even make desktop PCs anymore? Laptops are even less modular, and having a system I can pull apart and reconfigure if needed is pretty important to me.

marchenland July 8 2009, 16:24:52 UTC

Of course they do. There's a Mac Pro and the Mini which is $800 for a 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 2GB memory and a 320GB hard drive, and the footprint of a desk calendar.

tsuyokunaritai July 8 2009, 16:51:56 UTC

Oh, awesome. I don't really keep up on them, and pretty much all of the stuff that filters down to me is about either the iPhone or MacBooks.

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