Microsoft Zune

[Kritish]

Forget this downloading TV shows thing. Make an iPod like device that can watch TV live.

 

[Gamma Ray]

The Zune can now be found on store shelves nationwide!

 

[jaguarr]

OUCH!

I :heart: Soledad.

jag

 

[jaguarr]

These people were less than impressed with their Zune experience: Installing The Zune...Sucked. (Honestly, the screenshots are the best part of this article. The models Microsoft picked for pictures in the software itself all look like they are in pain. LOL!)

At least they actually got it to install, though. This guy didn't get it to install at all.

jag

 

[Gamma Ray]

LOL! CNN anchors are the biggest bunch of morons out there. Those two are no exception. The tech guy who actually knew what he was talking about should have just had his own segment without them.


Zune Marketplace is the first place where you can legally get The Beatles:

Unpacking the Zune:

http://ojhernandez.gizmodo.com/gadgets/portable-media/zune-dual-unboxing-nice-package-214494.php

 

[jaguarr]

Dude...that tech guy on CNN was one of the biggest Microsoft shills I've ever seen. At any rate, like it or not, the anchors reflected the larger consumer mindset about this kind of stuff. And nearly all of the tech-savvy people I know are not impressed by the Zune at all, anyway. Engadget is a good example of this.

jag

 

[Gamma Ray]

These people were less than impressed with their Zune experience: Installing The Zune...Sucked. (Honestly, the screenshots are the best part of this article. The models Microsoft picked for pictures in the software itself all look like they are in pain. LOL!)

At least they actually got it to install, though. This guy didn't get it to install at all.

jag

That first one was hilarious! I downloaded the Zune software online to see if it would work and it was just fine for me. It could be their computers or something else, but obviously that's unacceptable. If I end up purchasing one, I'm good, though.

 

[jaguarr]

That first one was hilarious! I downloaded the Zune software online to see if it would work and it was just fine for me. It could be their computers or something else, but obviously that's unacceptable. If I end up purchasing one, I'm good, though.

Yeah, I love the Engadget guys. They're true geeks with a lot of technical knowledge, but they've usually got this really cynical, snarky sense of humor going on at the same time. Am I right about the photos MS chose for the software, though? What's up with the models? They seriously look like they're hurting.

jag

 

[Gamma Ray]

Am I right about the photos MS chose for the software, though? What's up with the models? They seriously look like they're hurting.

Some of them are disturbing... Like one that shows straight up a girl's nostril.

I thought that one was pretty damn funny, though.

 

[jaguarr]

In pain

In pain. Possibly constipated.

Peeping tom?

Driven to beating the crap out of each other by the software installation experience of the Zune?

In pain.

Even the people in their own photos give it a thumbs down. LOL!

The mentally challenged seem to enjoy it, though.

Seriously...is this Microsoft trying to be "cool and hip"?

jag

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

she looks like she's dying of cholera or something....

 

[Gamma Ray]

SARS, actually.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

It was so gross, yesterday they set up a gigantic stage as big as a rock concert arena stage, and a band called Secret Machine played for 15 freaking minutes on it for a Zune promotion, which they filmed, and then Bill Gates came out and gave ONE free Zune out to a chick in the audience, and then they tore down the stage and left.

Now today it's on the front page of the Seattle times, "Celebration in the park as Zune hits stores!"

It was not a "celebration", it was totally a manufactured illusion of an event.

 

[jaguarr]

It was so gross, yesterday they set up a gigantic stage as big as a rock concert arena stage, and a band called Secret Machine played for 15 freaking minutes on it for a Zune promotion, which they filmed, and then Bill Gates came out and gave ONE free Zune out to a chick in the audience, and then they tore down the stage and left.

Now today it's on the front page of the Seattle times, "Celebration in the park as Zune hits stores!"

It was not a "celebration", it was totally a manufactured illusion of an event.

Those Redmond guys really know how to party.

jag

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Those Redmond guys really know how to party.

jag

Yes, it was the Rock equivalent of a 13 year old boy having sex for the first time.

 

[Equint77]

zune = gayer than the gayest gay on the gayest country in the gayest continent on the gayest planet in the gayest solar system in the gayest universe.

 

[Gamma Ray]

It was so gross, yesterday they set up a gigantic stage as big as a rock concert arena stage, and a band called Secret Machine played for 15 freaking minutes on it for a Zune promotion, which they filmed, and then Bill Gates came out and gave ONE free Zune out to a chick in the audience, and then they tore down the stage and left.

Now today it's on the front page of the Seattle times, "Celebration in the park as Zune hits stores!"

It was not a "celebration", it was totally a manufactured illusion of an event.

That's hilarious!!!

 

[jaguarr]

Yes, it was the Rock equivalent of a 13 year old boy having sex for the first time.

More like his dry humping a stranger at a concert.

jag

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

zune = gayer than the gayest gay on the gayest country in the gayest continent on the gayest planet in the gayest solar system in the gayest universe.

I thought that was the Wii.

 

[Equint77]

the more i see the word zune... the more violent I get....

i hope to god I don't see anyone carrying one of those monstrosities.

on a side note... I want a PS3 but if Cartman wanted a Wii.... it's good enough for me.

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

It was so gross, yesterday they set up a gigantic stage as big as a rock concert arena stage, and a band called Secret Machine played for 15 freaking minutes on it for a Zune promotion, which they filmed, and then Bill Gates came out and gave ONE free Zune out to a chick in the audience, and then they tore down the stage and left.

Now today it's on the front page of the Seattle times, "Celebration in the park as Zune hits stores!"

It was not a "celebration", it was totally a manufactured illusion of an event.

if they played any longer they might not have been a secret any more....

 

[jaguarr]

My favorite article so far:

http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2237

Zune incompatible with Windows Vista

By AppleInsider Staff
Published: 08:00 PM EST

Apparently, Microsoft has been so focused on getting Zune out the door in time for the mad holiday rush that it hasn't gotten around to supporting the player under its next-generation operating system.

Though seemingly implausible, the screenshot below tells the story (while raising some questions at the same time).

"This operating system is currently not supported by Zune," reads an error message when trying to install Zune software on the latest versions of Microsoft's own Windows Vista operating system.

In an official Zune support document, Microsoft, which will begin selling Vista to business customers in two weeks, confirms that the system "is not supported at this time."

And for those wondering, the splash screen of three women in distress isn't our contributor's stab at a knee-slapper. It's the official installer backdrop chosen by the Redmond, Wash. folks to appear for each and every customer who installs a Zune.

"We really have the foundation here to ship more and more opportunity to enjoy entertainment experiences,'' Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer explained in an interview with Bloomberg earlier in the day.

In a Q&A session with BusinessWeek last month, Ballmer offered similar sentiments on the wireless capabilities of his company's new digital media player.

"I want to squirt you a picture of my kids. You want to squirt me back a video of your vacation. That's [an] experience," he said.

We don't make this stuff up, folks!

Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer | Photo Credits: AP


LOL! Simply amazing. I'm even seeing guys who are typically hardcore Windows shills like John Dvorak dogging Zune. Dvorak's right on this one, this thing is doomed.

jag

 

[Equint77]

looks like a rape scene.....

zune = rape

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Hahahaha, wtf?

"I want to squirt you a picture of my kids. You want to squirt me back a video of your vacation. That's [an] experience," he said.

Wha...

 

[jaguarr]

Hahahaha, wtf?



Wha...

Dude, it's Steve Ballmer.

The guy wouldn't know cool if he was cryogenically frozen. And anyone who disagrees with me has only to provide an acceptable explanation for this video of Steve having a seizure set to music in front of his employees to convince me otherwise.

jag