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Apple Update at the Y

Posted September 12th, 2007 @ 08:24pm by Erik J. Barzeski

Seen at the YMCA earlier today on one of the large flat-panel displays they've got running:

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At least half the time I'm there elements of Windows (usually an error message and/or update prompts) occupy the screen. This is the first time Apple's Windows software update has appeared. I didn't even know Apple had a Windows Software Update app.

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    5 Responses to "Apple Update at the Y"

    1. Quote MeMike
      Posted 12 Sep 2007 at 8:57pm #

      Oh yeah. It looks and works exactly like the Mac OS X version.

      I guess that since there are enough Apple programs running on Windows, it makes sense to have a central updating program.


    2. Quote MeJohan Svensson
      Posted 12 Sep 2007 at 9:57pm #

      It's one of those annoying apps that insist on auto-running on boot and always being run in the background, just like the Quicktime thingamabob of unknown purpose.


    3. Quote MeRon
      Posted 12 Sep 2007 at 11:17pm #

      That's gotta be the Glenwood Y - I see things like that all the time there.

      Unless it's not the Glenwood Y, which would mean that they've got another branch with that problem. I think it's pretty funny whenever I see it before going down into the weight room :)


    4. Quote MeMike
      Posted 13 Sep 2007 at 12:43am #

      I've seen it come up in Windows XP under Parallels on my MBP a few times. It gets installed with iTunes, Quicktime, and/or Safari for Windows, all of which I have installed.

      BTW, it's weird having safari running both in OS X and Windows on the same machine :)


    5. Quote MePatrick Quinn-Graham
      Posted 13 Sep 2007 at 2:59am #

      Johan Svensson said on September 12, 2007:

      It's one of those annoying apps that insist on auto-running on boot and always being run in the background, just like the Quicktime thingamabob of unknown purpose.

      Software Update for Windows is run using Windows Scheduler, not always in the background.



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