by Nicholas Head
24. May 2007 20:48
Found a flickr account with this
photo from inside Microsoft’s Zune department, of an “Amnesty” bucket with some iPods in it. Reading
the comments is hilarious.
I love how Apple supporters are so defensive. God forbid there should be competition
in the marketplace! Or that the Zune team should poke fun at Apple. Because Apple
never does
that.
<sarcasm>Yes, we should all own an iPod and do the exact same thing. Clearly
iTunes is the best software out there.</sarcasm>
Ugh. This is the sort of fanboy-ism that I hate. It’s the same thing that
drives Mac vs. PC debates. Look, use whatever OS/platform you want. I don’t
care. What’s ironic is that Apple totally advertises that you can run Windows
on your Mac, yet makes fun of Windows/PCs constantly. Which is it, Apple?
If you follow my blog, you know I sold my iPod a while back and bought a Zune. I did this because I was fed up with iTunes
being a complete performance joke. Argue with me all you want, but
plenty of other people are running into similiar problems with iTunes on Windows.
I really like my Zune, but it isn’t without its faults. I wish the Zune team was a little more
“open” to communication about their software, as there are some fairly
simple tweaks they could make that would help immensely (see my post for some examples.)
I have even more bulletpoint items that I don’t like about the Zune, but overall,
I’m more happy with it than I was with my iPod.
And one thing I noticed when I first listened to my Zune was how crisp/fuller songs
sounded. These were the same format (AAC) being played on my iPod and my Zune..
and the Zune would almost always sound better. According to this YouTube video and this forum post, maybe I’m not crazy. It appears
the Zune does have better sound quality in general than the iPod. Yay Zune.
I am looking forward to what the future holds for both Zune and iPod… competition
can only be a good thing in this area. Do you really only want Apple-based digital
audio players out there on the market? (And before someone mentions Creative and
the other companies with DAPs… yeah, right, like they’re even in the
same league as iPod/Zune.)
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