Oh boy here we go again. As if one Bitchmeme wasn’t enough for “Apple-Auto-Checked-The-Box Gate”, Ed Bott sees fit to weigh in on the topic today with what can only be described as a dissertation on why Windows is awesome when it comes to updates. Great topic for a few thousand word piece! Zzzzz.

It’s not even that I entirely disagree with what Bott and other’s are saying – yes, Apple should make updates opt-in – it’s just the fact that this is such a stupid thing to go and on about (especially days after the initial blow-up), and now a lot of those pent-up Windows folks are using it as a platform to proclaim the “evils” of Apple.

Take Bott for example. He speaks about how he bought his wife an iPhone almost as if it were like giving a Jewish grandmother a crucifix for Hanukkah.

“I helped her set it up, gritting my teeth at the mandatory installation of iTunes on her PC , but accepting it and turning on Apple Software Updates to make sure she keeps up to date on the many, many patches for iTunes.”

Bott no longer has teeth from too much gritting and apparently patches are a bad thing – no real surprise in his line of thought there given how quick Microsoft is to patch various problems (slow).

He goes on:

“So I was stunned and angry when I saw Apple Software Update pop up on her PC last week.”

Stunned AND Angry. He’s right. This is a travesty! Something to get really upset about.

“Ironically, an excellent model for how this update program should work already exists. It’s called Windows Update, and it embodies all the principles that Apple should follow.”

I was just thinking the other night what a model of perfection Windows Update is. It’s just so imaginative – especially when it used to crash my Windows work computer about once a month. Brilliant stuff.

I’ll stop there so I don’t bore you to death, but know that is only a few paragraphs into a story of about 20. Then of course there is the comparison image gallery (which I can barely decipher what Windows is asking you to do in most screens). It’s enough to make any Apple user cry.

Ed – I have a fix. Pay close attention, it’s a little difficult. UNCHECK THE DAMN BOX. It takes one second.