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Oh Apple, you guys crack me up!

Geekitude , Laugh it up, fuzzball.

Those crazy guys at Apple. Look at this wonderful April Fools joke they did.

So. So. Check this out. They modified their Apple Updater on Windows machines to pop up a window, and... I swear, I can't stop laughing... even though I don't even HAVE Safari or iTunes installed, they've put them on the updater list (as a "Software Update" *BWAH*), and automatically CHECKED them! Not only that, the highlighted button on the dialog is to "Install 3 Items", so anyone could easily come along, see the update window "Oh yes, I need the Quicktime update" and... and... BANG! They have another 88 megs of software installed that they probably don't even want!

I tell you, those guys have the best designs, the best platforms, and they make some great stuff, but it's the little tweaks like this, the little jokes, that just crack me up. I mean, cmon. An updater that tried to trick you into installing software you don't have. Hee hee hee!

Thanks Apple, for making my week!

Posted by dbs at April 11, 2008 2:45 PM