Title: My Zune gave me a black eye, but saved my life? Post by: stegerman on November 27, 2006, 03:35:09 PM Quote Yes, Microsoft's new Zune digital music player is just plain dreadful. I've spent a week setting this thing up and using it, and the overall experience is about as pleasant as having an airbag deploy in your face."[/quote] http://www.suntimes.com/technology/ihnatko/147048,CST-FIN-Andy23.article Title: Re: My Zune gave me a black eye, but saved my life? Post by: dystopia on November 27, 2006, 03:42:32 PM Wow, that is a really harsh review. I thought it was a standard blog rant at first, but it's on the Sun-Times. ;D
Title: Re: My Zune gave me a black eye, but saved my life? Post by: spacey on November 27, 2006, 03:43:12 PM Quote That might not be Zune's fault. After about a year of operation, it's almost as if a Windows machine develops some sort of antibodies that prevent it from recognizing new hardware. But what's Microsoft's excuse for everything else? [sm_rolling] After a little bit of research, I've come to the conclusion that there are vastly cooler options available to the non-iPod crowd than M$'s latest offering. Title: Re: My Zune gave me a black eye, but saved my life? Post by: Uisce Beatha on November 27, 2006, 04:15:10 PM This is not a rhetorical question... have any of you seen a single positive Zune review?
This thing, seemingly by all accounts, is currently garbage. Now Microsoft has the luxury of being able to support a dog product for ages while they try to figure it all out. Perhaps in a few years it'll be a decent player. But I wouldn't hold my breath. I'm an iPod guy. We just went to three in the household (well, come 12/25). But I can understand some of the reasons people don't want to go that route. As Spacey said, if you don't want an iPod there are other choices out there. Don't go with a Zune. $0.02 Title: Re: My Zune gave me a black eye, but saved my life? Post by: Aske on November 27, 2006, 04:31:37 PM zen is where it's at.
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Domain servers in listed order: NS2.BT.ES VIGIA.SISTELCOM.COM 195.82.150.101 DNS.SISTELCOM.COM 195.82.150.100 Title: Re: My Zune gave me a black eye, but saved my life? Post by: Aske on November 27, 2006, 05:22:47 PM Quote Listado de directorio denegado Este directorio virtual no permite listar contenidos. ::) How lame is that? what. ? C'mon Aske, you can figure it out. ;) oh, i can read it, but I don't get what site you're talkin about Grrrrr... you disappoint me. [sm_devil] So here you go and I'll repeat, "how lame is that?" http://www.zune.com jon:~ jon$ whois zune.com Whois Server Version 2.0 Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net for detailed information. Domain Name: ZUNE.COM Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC. 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Domain servers in listed order: NS2.BT.ES VIGIA.SISTELCOM.COM 195.82.150.101 DNS.SISTELCOM.COM 195.82.150.100 hahaha, got it now :bricks: Title: Re: My Zune gave me a black eye, but saved my life? Post by: spacey on November 27, 2006, 05:40:37 PM zen is where it's at. 8) Which zen do you have? I've got the 40gb Zen Touch, but I'm looking for something smaller (disk and physical size) for kicking around. Thinking MicroPhoto. Title: Re: My Zune gave me a black eye, but saved my life? Post by: Aske on November 27, 2006, 05:59:31 PM zen is where it's at. 8) Which zen do you have? I've got the 40gb Zen Touch, but I'm looking for something smaller (disk and physical size) for kicking around. Thinking MicroPhoto. old 30 gb zen nomad nx. with a completely dead battery i need to go to ebay and replace ASAP 8) |