@Captain Bringdown:

Yep, pony tail. It's "nice?" to see a larger version of the image to clear that up.

No Zune for this guy, although I do agree that the iPod SHOULD have a radio built in...

ChuckBlack

@rb4dv: Good point

snitch29

Yes, no.

berbar

Why oh why people want FM radios on their ipods, when they have and can control on demand every song they like already on the device, remains a total mystery to me.

rb4dv

@Sam_Zebian: Crap. you beat me to it.

smackswell

So, he started with a POS Zune and decided on the Classic?

It's called the classic cuz it's O-L-D. He couldn't at least pick up the Touch or iPhone? You'd think staying in your mom's basement would allow you to save up a little scratch or something...

smackswell

@Captain Bringdown:
i thought so too. it looked like a rolled up ponny tail

I own a zune 30g. In case you guy cant tell.
Of late I've been contemplating getting a touch.

Zune's are cool and all, but its big and clunky, and doesnt feel right in my pocket. my friend has a touch and i like the thin sleekness.

im probably not going to get one at all, but i never know.

mr30gZune

If I didn't have a mac, and I Microsoft released compatible software, I'd switch to a Zune

NeoXY

@MastaFalse: I'm waiting for higher capacity touch models. A 60+ version would have me in an instant.

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

The 80GB Zune is Nice, although i took it back for a refund, but it is a really good ipod alternative, the 4 and 8GB zune look and feel kind of cheap though, but again i'll say the 80GB model is a class A product

snitch29

@RudeandRude: You can press the center button on an iPod once to change the scrolling function from volume to time. You can FF through 2 hours in about 10 seconds.

PollockRoc

Aren't we due for the next iPod? >.>

MastaFalse

So that's what an attention whore looks like.

At least he could have bought something good, like a Cowon product, or hell, most anything else.

justhesh

I'm quite happy with my iPod and see no reason to switch.

I've had two iPods, a 40GB B&W model that lasted me 3 years, and my current one (a 60GB Black Video) which is just over 2 years old.

Considering how much effort I've got into converting videos to the iPod format, and making custom playlists for it, and how much I like the sync between my iPod and iTunes, it'd take a hell of a lot to convince me to switch.

I'm happy with my iPod, and I don't desire an MP3 player to be anything more. So if my iPod died today, and I was in the market for a new MP3 player, I'd probably just pick up another iPod.

I know it, I'm familiar with it, and all I'd have to do to get it going how I want it to, is plug it in and wait for it to transfer.

A new one has the benefits of
-Being everything I want in a music player
-Just plugging it in to make it work(no new software to install)
-No learning curve

For me to switch, the Zune, it'd have to make me want something in a music player that I don't have now, and at the moment, I can't think of anything that I'd want that I don't have. The wireless sharing things seems kind of cool, but I don't know anyone else who has one that I could share music with that way.

eskimo81

@RudeandRude: Here's a tip for you iPodders out there that want to scroll quickly through movies. Press the center button once, then use the clickwheel to scroll through the timeline. This works a lot faster than FF.

The Zune fastforwards quicker than the iPod if you hold the button, but I find that the iPod is better at allowing you to pinpoint moments in the video, because you can "crank" it, so to speak.

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

What a fucking idiot... he buys an ipod, and it's the classic?

Sam_Zebian

The only reason I bought a Zune was because it was dirt cheap on the Woot.com sale. It's actually a good device, and solid all around, but its level of simplicity isn't keying into my interests. I found myself liking the notes and contacts function, which I use more often than I thought I would. UMS capability came in handy on numerous occasions, and I don't have to use VMware or dual boot to use it. If I format it for Windows, it's virtually system agnostic.

I gave my Zune to dear ol' Ma who won't care for the stuff I do, and she loves the thing and uses the radio a lot.

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

@Franklin Comes Alive!: Holy shit Franklin is alive.

"It ain't easy being white,
It ain't easy being brown.
All this pressure to be bright,
I got children all over town!"

Captain Bringdown

I knew it! he's going to become the greatest apple fanboy now!

hu_hu_cool

I have a Zune and I like it. I use it to download radio shows that I miss while I'm at work. The reason I like it so much is because it fast forwards EXTREMELY quick. I tried an Ipod and Samsung, but it takes 3+ minutes of holding down the FF button to get through 2 hours. With the Zune, it takes about 30 seconds max.

It works fine, no problems. Its just really bulky.

RudeandRude

@OMG! Ponies!:

Well, there are always anomolies.

Cormier6083

i would never buy a zune. i will admit i was a little bit curious about it for a split second, but i mean who isn't? at the end of the day though, i want to come back home to an ipod with its click wheel, intuitive UI and beautiful design.

why am i getting flashbacks to my first year of college...

AciSpades

the newest zunes are pretty nice. i think they edge out the ipods, but only slightly. what might still make me get an ipod (if i weren't already a clix fanatic) is that the zune is still way too bulky. gotta love that screen though...sexytimes!

spuntyb

@Captain Bringdown:

Nope. In fact, I didn't realize it *wasn't* a ponytail until I read your post.

Franklin Comes Alive!

coming from someone who is not a fan of apple and macs etc, i love my ipod and prefer it to a zune. but i hear that new game lips for the 360 lets you singalong to anything in your zune library, and we'll probably see more integration with zunes and 360 gaming in the future which is a plus for zune users.

Kartune

I bought a Zune with more then 4 or 5 ipods under my belt and i gotta say i like the style but overall the iPod for me was a better device. But those days have passed and my iPhone surpasses the greatness that was the click wheel.

Bantam

I owned 1 iPod and it died on me less than a year, so after that I never bought another one However I owned a Macbook Pro and both iPhones. I'm just not pleased with the iPods at all.

Derek Devine

I'm happy with my old Toshiba Gigabeat running RockBox open source firmware....but I'm not getting/removing a tattoo over it.

comp_wiz101

I owned 2 ipods (2nd gen, and the 60gb video), and as my latest broke I bought a Zune on ebay, still waiting for it to arrive.

I chose Zune over the ipod classic as it's got a bigger screen (for video), and I've played with the ipod classic and the UI seems more like a downgrade than an upgrade to me.

We'll see if I regret my choice when the Zune arrives ;p

shinchan

@OMG! Ponies!: I must thank you for your continued classic warnings. I was in the market after my old-school one died. And I just got my brand new iPod today...

..A white 80G 5.5 Gen. (And I love it.)

As to Jesus' question? Really, are we such little schools of fish that you think you can just throw the food out there and watch us swarm at the bait? (Hey iPod owners, do you like the Zune????)

At least put some effort into it! We like to believe that if we are fish, than we are at least giant Marlin that must be captured by jumping out of a helicopter and tackling us while we digest our lunches.

92BuickLeSabre

Zuners get the last-laugh; he is now an embarrassment to iPoders.

Everytime I see that round thing to the right of the back of his head, I think it's a pony tail. Is that just me?

Captain Bringdown

@jbdyson:
What could ge better w/ monkey boy than a fat slob? They're like the Reese's cup of the tech world.

rexplex

Sorry about the double-post. I was so enraged with the prospect of someone buying the iPod classic that I forgot to answer the question.

I would heartily change to a Zune from an iPod classic.

The classic lacks the polish of the iPod video 5.5 or the zen-simplicity of the ClickWheel 4G. Moreover, for its size, the damn thing should have a radio built into it. It's not hard and every other PMP has a radio built-in. It's poorly engineered and reveals the age of the iPod platform.

The only thing stopping me is my library, 95% of which is in AAC 256 format, and of those, ~500 being protected.

God made the pretty girls pretty because he likes them more

Say it ain't so, Zune Guy! Next Mac from the commercials will announce he going Linux on us!

"Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling!"
"Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes..."
"The dead rising from the grave!"
"Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!"

wild homes loves you but chooses darkness!

I don't think Zune needs a fat slob promoting it anyway.

jbdyson

Ouch. Sorry msoft.

snakepliskin

First he buys a Zune. Then he buys a classic?

What the hell?! The classic is arguably the biggest piece of crap in the iPod line. The UI is laggy and button presses regularly don't register. Coverflow is useless and the hierarchy simply can't handle 1,500 artists in a usable manner.

FWIW: I just got my "replacement" iPod classic back from Apple, shipped to me from Shanghai as is standard procedure for all things from Apple.

Also, word of warning - Apple support is some of the most asinine, tits-on-a-bull useless "support" I've seen from a tech company. Someone with Six Sigma training needs to give that company a once-over.

God made the pretty girls pretty because he likes them more

@SeattleTed: "Feel", I meant F-e-e-l.

SeattleTed

You like the weight and fell of the ipod huh?

SeattleTed

Quick Microsoft, give that guy a new Zune!

Anyways, he has plenty space to shove whatever logos he might want to. :P

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

Hmm; I would switch but I have a mac...

And in case you were wondering, I have a curve on tmobile and NOT the iphone. No plans to get the iphone either.

sdf632

@Kartune: Um, I thought I would point out that they actually announced that feature will work with both a Zune AND an iPod.

moo083

Regarding the fat slob comment, that's not nice. Maybe he has an eating problem... like consuming more calories than he burns.

supesguy

I'd never switch to Zune, I am however not buying an iPhone, and I'm actually switching to T-Mobile and getting a Blackberry Curve...

Josh_Geyer

Why does this guy bother having them removed? He's got acres and acres of untapped advertising space on that slovenly frame of his.

homerjay

I checked out a Zune for about a minute in a store once, there's no way I would get rid of my iPod in favor of a Zune.

snowtires

What happened to his plans to change his official name to "Microsoft Zune"? (No joke, do a google search for the story).

Will he try to change his name to Steve Jobs? or Apple Inc?

Decisions decisions!

CutePuppyz

I think he's more upset about the lack of features that can be used for the XBOX360 - on the Zune.

Oh well, maybe he's angry bc he paid MSRP. I am happy w my Zune30, i only really paid $120.

As for questions regarding the FM radio - I like to listen to NPR and PBS once in a while - I could have Podcasts set up. But I am too lazy for that.

nakmario

Great. Give the fat slob more attention. Awesome.

I'd own anything besides an iPod except for the storage capacity (nothing else with more than 100gb). If either Zens or Zunes could manage a couple hundred gigs of storage, I'd switch over in a heartbeat.

Because fuck iTunes.

willentrekin

Stop reporting this. Your encouraging his pathetic antics. (Please).

bmoctta

thank god the rest of us don't need brand-conscious tattoos in order to purchase things.

dedalus987

What does it take for someone to be so crazed about a product as to brand themselves with its logo and link its identity to his own, and then abandon it because it's missing a feature or two? It's like he got a sex change operation and then changed back cause he missed ball itch.

frigg

@rb4dv: Because new music doesn't spontaneously generate on an mp3 player. One of the main purposes of radio broadcasting has always been to introduce new music to consumers. Also, because people listen to more than just music on a radio. It's not beyond understanding.

justhesh

Praise Jeebus!
[raises arms]
Welcome, brother!
[jazz hands]
He has shrugged off his sin!
[closes eyes, sways]
He is born again!
[nods]
Can I get an A-MEN?
[looks skyward]
...
+crickets+
...
Anyone?
[shrugs]
[leaves]

ninjagin

@eskimo81:
The most honest commenter on here. I'm not a fanboy but I feel the same about windows. It's always msoft vs apple. I can't find a thing apple can do that msoft can't. Maybe that is why EVERY comp. I have bought hasn't been apple. You should get a star just for that comment.

TerryinSt.Paul

Hopefully he didn't get it at an Apple Store. Steve would catch a fit. They're not supposed to let his kind in...

MrHaroHaro

Zune forums actually exist?

justinsane

@God made the pretty girls pretty because he likes them more: I think you need a hug.

chonnes

I just disassembled my 80 gig Zune, just to see what was in this piece of crap. I'm like this guy going back to the iPod.
The Zune has potential, but it's tied to Microsoft's crappy Zune store number one, number two the thing is slow and bloated.
Try playing music on it and then pulling up a slide show, it chokes and stutters. Never had a problem with any of my iPods.
As far as the Zune, um....ipod...well....Zu-pod guy, who really cares what he buys or uses. He only got the tattoo to try and get a few bucks from Microsoft me thinks and now that they won't give him another tour of HQ, he's moving on.

Shenzhov

**Zune, what the hell is that?? **

!! Long live iPods !!

** Note the sarcasm

Domogeek

I have a 5.5g iPod but am getting a Zune in a few weeks. The battery is fading, you see, as it usually does 18 months after buying it. Playing around with all the options, the Zune is the best HDD MP3 player on the market. The iPod Classic is slow and buggy. However, if the iPod touch came in bigger capacities and cost less I would get one of those. They are very nice and the best all-around MP3 player.

coketown

Yay, I didn't want that slob promoting the zune anyways, after a 2nd gen ipod and a 4th gen ipod video, i was sick of apples BS and shitty products,

Guess some people CAN de-evolve, going from a zune to a ipod, then again, I don't really care, hope apple doesn't have fun with this idiot

Maybe he's gonna call jobs and ask if he can change his legal name to "Apple Ipod"

Fused7

As a Zune owner, you guys can have him.

The iPod Classic's not bad (although Coverflow is a fine example of Apple eye-candy for the sake of eye candy - its functionality is worthless.) But the UI on the Zune is absolutely top notch and FAR more versatile than the iPod classic's. The Zune software's improved considerably with recent updates, but still needs some tightening up and better integration with things like Xbox/MediaCenter. A lot of people obviously love (or at least are entrenched knee deep) in iTunes now so that's still a major draw I guess.

Ron-Mexico

@God made the pretty girls pretty because he likes them more: About those 500 protected AAC files, you should run them through Requiem 1.7 before Apple wises up.

spaceman37

@jbdyson:

LOL.

What a lop.

Awesom-o

Got a 3rd gen iPod still kicking. Looking forward to the new touch (come on Sept)

BiZarRroBALlmeR

WEAK!!

Somadis

Seeing as my whole album is in WMA format...I guess that rules out iPods?
(Yeah, I'm wierd, and I like to save my HD space...)

They're all f---ing expensive when I compare em to my Phillips 8gb video/audio mp3 player...

Sorry Apple, and MS. To me, you both lose :(

aR-Tard

zune hardware is really slick. but it doesn't sync with macs, and i don't want to host my entire music library on parallels. too bad because with the zune i probably would have used an mp3 player again. it was the 8g

wilcheung

Whether he has a Zune or iPod, I'd still hit it. :)

DW

I love my Zune 8, don't think I'll be touching Apple any time soon. Maybe Cowon.

Metkis

Come on, guys, I expect better than this. Just because he "freely admits" to something in some forum doesn't mean that it's true. I'm sure this guy just craves attention and he certainly succeeded in stirring the pot. If this guy REALLY bought a classic IN ADDITION TO his existing Zune, well, I think there's been enough coverage about him to last a lifetime.

drewkkake

No, no, nooooo thats just not right. I bet he will return it and say how the Zune is way better. Its all a MKT ploy. If he really wanted to go for the best, iPod Touch would have been the right choice.

Ken_Darrow

Losing the tats?

But then how will we know him?

strider_mt2k

Wow the Classic Hate is staggering. I have an 80 gig classic-- at the time I bought it my 21 gig collection could not be stored on a touch. This is my second ipod-- first was a 3G (touchwheel with the 4 buttons). It was good for 3 years (with a self-done battery replacement); however its biggest issue was losing bookmarks in audiobooks-- a real pain in the neck. I really like the classic-- perfection on audiobooks & podcasts, perfectly adequate for watching dvd rips in small doses, and since the firmware upgrade the UI is fine (although I agree coverflow is useless, and the fact that you can't get a fullscreen of an album cover is staggeringly stupid). I would not have bought it if there had been a 32 gig touch available, but it's usable and in my opinion it is the high point of the old form factor. I'm sure that fat slob will enjoy his more than a crappy zune.

rosalindavenue

@God made the pretty girls pretty because he likes them more: you can get converters

pellier

@rb4dv: Talk Radio?

Personally if either one had AM or played FLAC I would get it in a heartbeat. I am not too picky about menus and such. For now I make do with my Dell Jukebox (freebie) and 2nd gen Nano. The new nano looks like a little piggy, the touch is too big (though very cool). If anyone came out with a Nano w/64 GB I would be all over that. Well, I want FLAC, AM/FM. Maybe I should build my own.

JChristopher

@strider_mt2k: May God turn the hearts of our enemies. And if He cannot turn their hearts, may He turn their ankles so that we will know them by their limping.

The Irish have the best sayings.

God made the pretty girls pretty because he likes them more

My assistant picked up a Zune when her iPod's hard drive died. She adores the thing. No tattoos yet though.

HeartBurnKid, creepy morbid freak

Just buy a Zen Vision M

Ariel_Wollinger

Ok that was a little mean :s Sorry Zune guy, or should I say Ipod guy.

Roboscan

I tell you what he should have bought, some running shoes and a treadmill.

Roboscan

Allright, here's my rant. This gy is a tool, an apple tool. I just ditched my 3g iphone for my verizon razr and my 80 gig zune. These things have worked better than any apple peice of garbage ever has. I think I made the poor guy kill himself. Fuck you apple...... fuck you.... WHERES MY ZUNEPHONE!?!?!?!?!

fucking iphone cant teven load up the apple discutions page that FUCKING PEICE OF SHITTTTTTTT

etaripamai

it's been established that this guy makes poor decisions.

config6

I would NEVER go to the Zune. I've messed with one once at Best Buy and hated it. Plus with the iPhone carrying a Zune would just make me have more things to carry around.

ttech10

First, the Zune Guy totes the Zune, and the Zune brand seems like a joke to the iPod fans.

Second, the Zune guy switches to the iPod, and the Zune brand still seems like a joke to the iPod fans.

Microsoft can never win, right?

@ttech10: Hmm, so Best Buy doesn't do a great job displaying the Zune, and you hate it? I've used it, and had no probs. What's to hate? Are you sure it's not the way it was displayed?

quikboy

I <3 my iPod Video 5.5 30GB with Rockbox.

markarian

That circle behind his head... I keep seeing it as a douchey pony tale..

I like my Zune, the device is fantastic. The actual Windows-side software is poop and I hope someone gets an alternative firmware on it soon (Rockbox or otherwise, I want SOMETHING).

sugardeath

@OMG! Ponies!: Honestly, what would you expect him to buy when Apple does not offer any of their other players with even close to that much available space. Until the touch is available in 40GB or higher, and at a decent price, the Classic is the best way to go.

EE

I sure hope tons of fun bought the ipod for when he will be working out on the treadmill.

blackacidevil

3 iPods (3rd gen 10GB, 5th gen 60GB, 1GB Nano) and 1 Zune 80GB.

Hands down, I like the Zune more. The 80GB form factor is nowhere near as bulky as the 30. Screen size is an obvious plus, and in my experience, the battery on the Zune seems much more resilient. And the casing on the Zune is like tank armor compared to the butter-soft plastic of the iPods (I've treated every iPod I've ever owned with great care, and they still scratch like hell). I've also had two faulty HDDs on the iPod 60GB, requiring replacements from Apple.

Still, the Zune lacks certain higher end functions that the iPod covers. Things like volume limits (God does the Zune need that. My cat stepped on my player the other day and cranked the volume on me. Ouch), automatic playlists (Recently Added, Recently Played, etc.), system integration (I can plug my iPod directly into my car and get a harddrive read, but for the Zune, I have to go through the AUX port). These are all sore spots for the Zune.

If the Zune had the aftermarket support of the iPod, I'd be a one-player man. But the reality is that the world is much more ready to work with an iPod right now. So, it's Zune at work, iPod in the car, either/or with the Xbox 360/home audio.

KeyanReid

I'd use both. I have a silver 80gb Classic at the moment, but I'd buy a Zune and carry both. Zune for videos, iPod for music. That way I could carry a full 160gb of content all the time. I know it'd make more sense to just get a 160gb Classic in the future, but the Zune has a big sexy screen. As soon as I see some Mac compatibility, that'll happen.

videoCWK