[TechGuy]

http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/2008/0...-no-longe.html

His reasons basically boil down to:
1. The installer is 80MB in size.
2. MobileMe -- installed by default, but most (Windows) users will never use it -- until they get an iPhone.
3. Bonjour -- secret program installed by default... for what?
4. Safari -- why is its installation accepted by default by the update program? (This one I agree with completely.)
5. Outlook Add-In -- so that you can sync your contacts with your iPhone (or iPod), but perhaps should be optional?

[RootbeaR]

Originally Posted by TechGuy

http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/2008/0...-no-longe.html

His reasons basically boil down to:
1. The installer is 80MB in size.
2. MobileMe -- installed by default, but most (Windows) users will never use it -- until they get an iPhone.
3. Bonjour -- secret program installed by default... for what?
4. Safari -- why is its installation accepted by default by the update program? (This one I agree with completely.)
5. Outlook Add-In -- so that you can sync your contacts with your iPhone (or iPod), but perhaps should be optional?

Update it? It was one of my first removed apps from XPSP2 OEM install.

[JohnWill]

Never installed iTunes in the first place, so this isn't an issue for me.

[Chrismichael]

So can I uninstall Bonjour and still use Itunes?

[TechGuy]

Yup, that's my understanding. (Although I haven't bothered to do so.)

[valis]

Originally Posted by RootbeaR

Update it? It was one of my first removed apps from XPSP2 OEM install.

great minds....