I’m not a big Apple fan myself but I’m rather addicted to QuickTime trailers. In addition, I think Apple has done a great job with the iTunes interface but, with the default download from their iTunes site, I’m stuck downloading a combination iTunes/QuickTime package.
Either way, I’d typically be stuck having to install the overwhelmingly-bloated QuickTime media player. Fortunately, there are a couple of ways to enjoy those trailers (and other QT files) as well as iTunes without ever having to install QT.
First and foremost, if you’re wanting to view those .mov files on your PC, you can install QTLite (formerly "QuickTime Alternative"), the download for which weighs in at under 10mb compared to Apple’s ~30mb version.
Second, you can enjoy the also-bloated but fantabulously-beautiful (believe it or not, it’s actually a little difficult for me to say that "out loud") iTunes music store without installing QT with it. The dotNETwizard has an article on how to install iTunes w/o QT. It involves the extraction of the iTunes download package but, in my opinion, it’s well worth it.
FYI: QuickTime isn’t the only application I’m strongly opposed to installing. Java’s the other one. Man, oh man… I do loathe Java.
