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March 28, 2007

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Vista + iPod = Love. Thanks, Microsoft.

Posted Mar. 28, ’07, 4:41 PM PT by Thomas Gagnon-van Leeuwen
Category | Windows

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Now, we hope that if you’re reading this blog, Vista is not your primary operating system. We really do. But if it’s your second choice, or if your neighbor hasn’t seen the light yet, you might want to know that Microsoft has issued a patch for Windows Vista that fixes a pesky iPod issue. Apple had done some work with iTunes 7.1.1 to improve the Vista-iPod love, but now Redmond brings you more.

Here’s the deal: you can now use the Safely Remove Hardware command from the system tray to eject your iPod without risk of corrupting its data. Aren’t you thrilled? This is going to be huge. All jokes aside, kudos to Microsoft for stepping up and fixing a bug that affected a competing product — yeah, they still sell those Zune things. Or at least they try.

Apart from the iPod issue, Microsoft has also fixed the wreckage of Canon raw photos, video quality in Vista on your TV, the OS’s narcoleptic tendencies with dial-up connections, and more. By now, I’ve fallen asleep, just like Vista when it has a dial-up connection.


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