http://www.informationweek.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=197002833




Windows Vista May Corrupt iPod Music Players, Apple Says Upgrading to Vista may result in the inability to play songs purchased from the online iTunes store; other problems 'may corrupt your iPod,' Apple warns.

Apple Computer is warning customers who use the Windows version of its iTunes software to hold off upgrading to Windows Vista until it can release a patch to fix a number of serious compatibility issues, one of which could result in a corrupt iPod player.

Apple, in a statement posted Thursday on its Web support forum, says upgrading from Windows 2000 or Windows XP to Vista may result in the inability to play songs purchased and downloaded to the desktop iTunes player from its online iTunes store. Worse, however, is the problem that iPod users could encounter if they try to eject their digital music player from a desktop port using the "Safely Remove Hardware" feature found on the Vista system tray. That, Apple warns ominously, "may corrupt your iPod."

Oh my that would be the first time windows corrupts something.... (do you sense the sarcasm there....)

Of course the question is did MS do something wrong or is it Apple that did something they shouldn't have? I was talking to a lady yesterday about an issue she is having with installing the latest version of quicktime on her Windows XP computer which I guess is required in order to use the Ipod on the PC and from what she found out is it isn't an isolated problem.