Almost unnoticed, Microsoft announced that in the upcoming Windows 7 will include support for playback of .mov files. As all “.mov” users know, until now that job do Apple QuickTime multimedia player.

In the new Windows 7 operating system, Windows Media Player for Windows 7 will substitute Apple QuickTime multimedia player as support for file format .mov.

But, all functionality of Apple QuickTime will not be replaced. Still, a large number of users of Apple multimedia devices need to have QuickTime installed because it is necessary to work with iTunes which is not supported with Windows Media Player for Windows 7.

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