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Did a fresh Win98SE install on a friend's system - PIII-440MHz with 128MB of
RAM.

Best fit.

Went to download the latest version of Apple Quicktime (7.0) and found v7
ONLY supports Win2K and XP.....and that all the new movie trailers only
support Quicktime 7.

So I hunted around and managed to find Quicktime 6.5.1 in the Support area
of the Apple site.....and installed that instead....but it only plays the
less recent trailers and other stuff.

I also installed Real Player 10 and Windows Media 9.....which both support
Win98SE.

These people have a perfectly good computer that operates at a perfectly
viable speed for almost everything. They have no plans to buy a new system,
wanting mainly e-mail and web browsing.

The current Windows OSes are poorly suited to systems like this. They were
also interested to see Knoppix/Linux up and running very well on the same
system.....and saw it as their upgrade path.

On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 16:11:51 +1300, steve wrote:

> The current Windows OSes are poorly suited to systems like this. They were
> also interested to see Knoppix/Linux up and running very well on the same
> system.....and saw it as their upgrade path.

What about Mac?

-R

daemon9 wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 16:11:51 +1300, steve wrote:
>
>
>>The current Windows OSes are poorly suited to systems like this. They were
>>also interested to see Knoppix/Linux up and running very well on the same
>>system.....and saw it as their upgrade path.
>
>
> What about Mac?
>
> -R

"These people have a perfectly good computer that operates at a perfectly
viable speed for almost everything. They have no plans to buy a new system,
wanting mainly e-mail and web browsing. "

AFAIK, no version of Mac OS currently available can be installed on a
PC, and it is unlikely that this will change soon.

On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 16:11:51 +1300, steve <>
wrote:

>Did a fresh Win98SE install on a friend's system - PIII-440MHz with 128MB of
>RAM.
>
>Best fit.
>
>Went to download the latest version of Apple Quicktime (7.0) and found v7
>ONLY supports Win2K and XP.....and that all the new movie trailers only
>support Quicktime 7.
>
>So I hunted around and managed to find Quicktime 6.5.1 in the Support area
>of the Apple site.....and installed that instead....but it only plays the
>less recent trailers and other stuff.
>
>I also installed Real Player 10 and Windows Media 9.....which both support
>Win98SE.
>
>These people have a perfectly good computer that operates at a perfectly
>viable speed for almost everything. They have no plans to buy a new system,
>wanting mainly e-mail and web browsing.
>
>The current Windows OSes are poorly suited to systems like this. They were
>also interested to see Knoppix/Linux up and running very well on the same
>system.....and saw it as their upgrade path.
>
That is typical Apple. It seems strange to me that Apple are playing
into the hands of their natural enemy by forcing people to 'upgrade'
the XP. I found the same thing with iPod software. It won't install
on Win98SE.

Have you tried Quicktime Alternative which comes with Media Player
Classic and also Real Alternative?

On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 17:23:52 +1300, GraB wrote:

> That is typical Apple. It seems strange to me that Apple are playing
> into the hands of their natural enemy by forcing people to 'upgrade'
> the XP. I found the same thing with iPod software. It won't install
> on Win98SE.

Remember that Apple got into bed with MS.

On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 16:11:51 +1300, steve <> wrote:

>Did a fresh Win98SE install on a friend's system - PIII-440MHz with 128MB of
>RAM.
>
>Best fit.
>
>Went to download the latest version of Apple Quicktime (7.0) and found v7
>ONLY supports Win2K and XP.....and that all the new movie trailers only
>support Quicktime 7.
>
>So I hunted around and managed to find Quicktime 6.5.1 in the Support area
>of the Apple site.....and installed that instead....but it only plays the
>less recent trailers and other stuff.
>
>I also installed Real Player 10 and Windows Media 9.....which both support
>Win98SE.
>
>These people have a perfectly good computer that operates at a perfectly
>viable speed for almost everything. They have no plans to buy a new system,
>wanting mainly e-mail and web browsing.
>
>The current Windows OSes are poorly suited to systems like this. They were
>also interested to see Knoppix/Linux up and running very well on the same
>system.....and saw it as their upgrade path.
>



Their is a Quicktime alternative from memory..

"steve" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Did a fresh Win98SE install on a friend's system - PIII-440MHz with 128MB
> of
> RAM.
>
> Best fit.
>
> Went to download the latest version of Apple Quicktime (7.0) and found v7
> ONLY supports Win2K and XP.....and that all the new movie trailers only
> support Quicktime 7.
>
> So I hunted around and managed to find Quicktime 6.5.1 in the Support area
> of the Apple site.....and installed that instead....but it only plays the
> less recent trailers and other stuff.
>

Not only that, but I refused to download QT on my new box because now it's
only available with iTunes... I never used iTunes, and apparently it's a
pain to remove or change extensions after this is installed.

--
Mauricio Freitas
www.geekzone.co.nz
Microsoft MVP Mobile Devices

"Mauricio Freitas [MVP]" <> wrote in
news::

> "steve" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Did a fresh Win98SE install on a friend's system - PIII-440MHz with
>> 128MB of
>> RAM.
>>
>> Best fit.
>>
>> Went to download the latest version of Apple Quicktime (7.0) and
>> found v7 ONLY supports Win2K and XP.....and that all the new movie
>> trailers only support Quicktime 7.
>>
>> So I hunted around and managed to find Quicktime 6.5.1 in the Support
>> area of the Apple site.....and installed that instead....but it only
>> plays the less recent trailers and other stuff.
>>
>
> Not only that, but I refused to download QT on my new box because now
> it's only available with iTunes... I never used iTunes, and apparently
> it's a pain to remove or change extensions after this is installed.
>

You can get quicktime without itunes;

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/standalone.html

SteveM

In article <>,
Gordon <> wrote:

> On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 17:23:52 +1300, GraB wrote:
>
> > That is typical Apple. It seems strange to me that Apple are playing
> > into the hands of their natural enemy by forcing people to 'upgrade'
> > the XP. I found the same thing with iPod software. It won't install
> > on Win98SE.
>
> Remember that Apple got into bed with MS.

Yawn.... FUD.

In article <>,
GraB <> wrote:

> >
> That is typical Apple. It seems strange to me that Apple are playing
> into the hands of their natural enemy by forcing people to 'upgrade'
> the XP. I found the same thing with iPod software. It won't install
> on Win98SE.

yea, how disgusting, refusing to support a dead OS 7 years old.