iPhone is not compatible with Windows Vista and XP 64 bit

Apple 's highly anticipated technology product, iPhone phone, is not compatible with 64 - bit variants of Windows Vista and Windows XP. However, Apple did not announce this information to customers.

Just like Boot Camp, iPhone phones can only be "integrated" with 32-bit versions of Vista and XP. On the iPhone's official specs website, Apple did not mention that 64-bit Vista and Xp users will receive special offers.

In the ' Requirements for Windows system ' section, Apple only describes: ' PC with USB 2.0 port; Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, Enterprise or Ultimate Edition; or Windows XP Home, Professional SP2 or higher and iTunes from version 7.3 and above . '

Photo: gizmodo Ask how users can deduce from those lists that their iPhone will not work with Microsoft's 64-bit operating system versions?

Essential for the iPhone to be 'integrated' with the 64-bit Vista and XP operating systems is iTunes 7.3. Version 7.3 is designed to ' activate the service and sync iPhone with music, movies, TV shows . '

However, iTunes is not currently supported in Windows XP Professional x64 Edition or any 64 bit version of Windows Vista. Features may operate incorrectly, such as reading or writing to an optical drive (CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-RW). It is also possible that iTunes for Windows cannot be successfully installed.

Apple only mentioned that the iPhone will not work with 64-bit versions of Vista and XP in the 'system minimum requirements' section for the device. According to Engadget's report, there is only one comment on the support page: '64-bit versions of Windows are not supported .'

Importantly, Apple is still slowly offering support for Windows Vista. And even if 64-bit versions of this latest operating system are supported, Apple's negligence with Windows will probably have consequences.

Nguyen Nam