Win7 Can't Play .MOV Files from iPhone—Why?

[silvarios]

WHiiP wrote: So, show me. I know you will. Just make it COMPARABLE.

Does this deal count? I would argue that tower out of the box is a more usable machine than the base Mac Pro.

[mrlynn]

Fer heaven's sake! The Dell she got last June was:

Dell E6520 Refurb
Intel Core i7 quad core
4 gig ram
dedicated 512 MB graphics card
320 gig hard drive
15.6 in screen
5.52 lbs with standard battery; mine will probably be a bit above 6 lbs since we got a bigger battery.

$870 + tax

Here's a similar (if not 'comparable') refurb 15" MBP currently available:

Refurbished MacBook Pro 2.66GHz Intel Core i7
Originally released April 2010
15.4-inch LED-backlit antiglare Hi-Res widescreen display (1680 x 1050 pixel)
4GB (2 x 2GB) of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM
500GB Serial ATA @ 5400 rpm
8x double-layer SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M graphics processor with 512MB of GDDR3 memory

$1,659 + tax

But I didn't mean to restart the perpetual Mac/PC war. She's not trading in her new Dell, which works well for her other video and image files. The question is: Why can't she open the attached .mov file?

We're testing to see if getting it via gmail was a factor.

/Mr Lynn

[silvarios]

mrlynn wrote: But I didn't mean to restart the perpetual Mac/PC war. She's not trading in her new Dell, which works well for her other video and image files. The question is: Why can't she open the attached .mov file?

People would rather blame you for your choice in computer instead of offering a single bit of helpful advice.

mrlynn wrote: We're testing to see if getting it via gmail was a factor.

I doubt it was a problem since VLC also choked on it, but I would make sure QuickTime is up to date. What browser downloaded the file? Any reason to think it specifically is corrupting the download? Can your daughter transfer the video directly to her computer from the iPhone?