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"Slimming down the bloated iTunes 8 installer": http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=554

Thanks for the link, but my point was more that Apple should really watch their step here. They're creating a crappy product that pushes stuff you didn't ask for to potential buyers. And it inflicts heavy damage on their otherwise good reputation.

Is it possible that Apple's blind to the Quicktime problem because it's working on the Mac so well? I remember loathing Quicktime on the PC, but since I've moved over to OS X it's moved very quickly at all times. It's possible that its reliability on OS X makes Apple less quick to move and fix things, which is a tad disappointing.

VLC media player: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Irony: I can't view this link on an iPhone

You can always use mplayer for windows

On Windows, I prefer VLC. It's an easier install though YMMV.