Windows Media Player for Mac 9.0

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Publisher's description of Windows Media Player for Mac

From Microsoft: Introducing Windows Media Player 9 for Mac OS X. Sporting a new brushed steel skin for Apple's newest operating system, this new version of our player opens the world of Windows Media 9 content to Macintosh users, enabling them to access the best audio and video on the Web. New plug-in support added for Internet Explorer, Netscape and Safari enables playback of Windows Media files right from the browser.

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Editor's review of Windows Media Player for Mac

While you may need a player for Windows Media, this is probably not the program you want. It features a brushed metal Aqua interface and complies only with older Windows Media files (this app was released in 2003), but the video quality is not what Mac people are used to. When you move the playback window, quality degrades. What's worse, this free program wants an administrator password when you install it. Although Windows Media files are smaller than some popular alternatives, this particular player is strictly for those who have no other option. VLC Media Player is a much better choice.

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  Windows Media Player for Mac

  Pretty crappy & pointless

  by: PCCRomeo on 22-Oct-2006 06:48:48 AM

  Pros: It matches the native Mac interface...

  Cons: ALL it does is play Windows Media and that's it. No AVI, MPEG, MP3, NOTHING. I don't even think it plays those files in Safari or any other web browsers either. It's quite a waste.

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  Windows Media Player for Mac

  Classic

  by: zali04 on 06-Nov-2007 08:41:21 AM

  Pros: download WMP 11from

  GO-GULF.COM

  Cons: NOT BAD AT ALL

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  Windows Media Player for Mac

  What is Popular must not be good!

  by: macjoos on 21-Nov-2006 02:25:03 AM

  Pros: Very popular.

  Cons: Not too much features.

  Control.

  Stream connections.

  Design.

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  Windows Media Player for Mac

  i cant get it to play videos on the msn site or yahoo??

  by: digitallysick on 22-Aug-2005 09:15:53 PM

  Pros: its free, i guess, i see no pros

  Cons: i download and installed it, went to yahoo and it will not play any videos, on the msn site it says i dont meet system requirements, maybe its because of firefox?? who knows, but i hate it

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  Windows Media Player for Mac

  Absolute crap - sums up Windows!

  by: Nicholas Hall on 01-Dec-2005 03:38:50 AM

  Pros: You can move it to the trash simply enough!

  Cons: This is absolute rubbish and if it is windows' showcase for the mac there it certainly wont have users switching any time soon! Don't download it as it will just quit on opening. This means that many streaming files are impossible to view. I also had difficulty with the installer just hanging. When visiting this site I realised that I wasn't the only one!

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