[Golden Eagle]

Ah, here that little rascal is, the "Apple Software Update" utility that installed itself when I installed Quicktime. Let's see, right under the Edit menu, then Preferences, I see the following:

You can select to check for updates automatically. If you do, Apple Software Update will notify you when an update is available. How often would you like to check for updates?

Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Never

Is this the "datamining" you were accusing Microsoft of? How in the world could Apple do such an evil thing as well?

[George W. Bush]

You can select to check for updates automatically. If you do, Apple Software Update will notify you when an update is available. How often would you like to check for updates?

That is not what the Vista license is about. It does identify you and they reserve the right to scan every file and delete anything they want. GO READ THE ARTICLE.

As for Apple, I've already said I don't let them scan me anyway. It's not Microsoft scanning everything on my disk that I object to. It's ANYONE trying to honeypot a license to get the right to scan my disks. But Apple doesn't do that. Microsoft spells it out right in the license.