OT -- QT 7.4, Day 16: Fun With Quicktime!

	OT -- QT 7.4, Day 16: Fun With Quicktime! by Dave LaRonde on Jan 31, 2008 at 4:56:30 pm On the Final Cut Pro forum -- as you might expect -- there has been considerable consternation about QT 7.4. But Walter Biscardi, one of the FCP forum's hosts, has the right idea: quit bellyachin' about QT 7.4 and get on with life! So in the spirit of his opinion, let's have some fun with the new QT! It occurred to me that a PC company could have an absolute field day with QT 7.4. They could make a commercial like the Mac-PC spots: "Hello, I'm a Mac... I'm a PC"... you know the ones. So here's my TV commercial spoof of the situation: (MAC and PC stand screen right on a white background. PC tries to revive MAC, who is frozen in mid-action. An attractive female FAIRY drops into the scene screen left on a very-visible wire.) PC: C'mon Mac, snap out of it! FAIRY: Welcome to Quicktime seven-point-four, PC! PC: Hi, Mac and I just upgraded our Quicktimes. FAIRY: Yes! Now you can rent movies on iTunes! Isn't it wonderful? PC: Not really! When Mac ran Apple's own Final Cut Pro, he just stopped! FAIRY: Uh-huh.... PC: What? You mean the new Quicktime won't work with all of Mac's programs? FAIRY: No, it won't... but now he can rent movies on iTunes! Isn't it wonderful? PC: Poor Mac. Crippled by his own software. (Dissolve to an Apple Cinema Display over a white background, displaying a Quicktime logo. LOWER-THIRD SUPER: "Works right on PC's.") Mind you, I don't take sides in the ongoing Windows-Mac debate. But say you were in Windows-land -- could you resist NOT having a little fun at QT 7.4's expense? Dave LaRonde Sr. Promotion Producer KCRG-TV Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: OT -- QT 7.4, Day 16: Fun With Quicktime! by Dave LaRonde on Jan 31, 2008 at 5:47:56 pm Boy, you can suck the fun out of anything. But to be honest, I have not personally read about any QT 7.4 problems associated with PC's. Dave LaRonde Sr. Promotion Producer KCRG-TV Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: OT -- QT 7.4, Day 16: Fun With Quicktime! by Ron Lindeboom on Jan 31, 2008 at 6:11:19 pm [Dave LaRonde] "But to be honest, I have not personally read about any QT 7.4 problems associated with PC's." That's because Apple service centers do not do service work on PCs and so there is nothing to be gained by making the PC version carry the same issue. At least that's Bob Zelin's take on the issue. :o) Best regards, Ron Lindeboom http://www.linkedin.com/in/ronlindeboom Publisher, Creative COW Magazine Join the COW's LinkedIn Group Now in the COW Magazine: Commercials. A look at the history, strategy, techniques and production workflows of successful commercials. All brought to you by some of the COW's brightest members. Accept no substitutes! Would you like to be in Creative COW Magazine with your story or contributi... Do you have your complimentary subscription to Creative COW Magazine yet? Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: OT -- QT 7.4, Day 16: Fun With Quicktime! by Dave LaRonde on Jan 31, 2008 at 7:34:02 pm [Ron Lindeboom] "...Apple service centers do not do service work on PCs and so there is nothing to be gained by making the PC version carry the same issue. At least that's Bob Zelin's take..." Wow! I was beginning to think that Apple cared more about money than customers, but Bob takes it to the extreme! Dave LaRonde Sr. Promotion Producer KCRG-TV Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: OT -- QT 7.4, Day 16: Fun With Quicktime! by Dave LaRonde on Feb 4, 2008 at 4:29:19 pm Consider yourself lucky. From now on, I think all Apple users should avoid upgrading to a newer quicktime version unless specifically instructed to do so. Apple's PROPOGANDA (and that's what it is, make no mistake) would make one believe that QT can be all things to all people, which is clearly not so. By the way: I'm on a MacPro running Leopard with AE8. I'm not a PC guy. I'm just not of the mindset that Apple is the gentle, benign, duckies-and-bunnies computer maker and Microsoft is The Evil Empire. They're BOTH out to remove money from your pocket, and the ONLY reason they care about customers is that happy customers tend to keep sales up. So why doesn't Apple admit its mistake with QT 7.4? Because there are a LOT more people who have iPods and run iTunes than there are people who run AE and FCP. So for the overwhelming majority of Apple's customer base, QT 7.4 is just fine. Caveat Emptor! Caveat Emptor!! Caveat Emptor!!! Dave LaRonde Sr. Promotion Producer KCRG-TV Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index