I had a roommate in college who, at one point, was looking to buy an MP3 player. He solicited a few of my friends for advice, and, since it was 2007, the feedback was pretty much unanimously pro-iPod. But, attracted to the sheen of the newer, more novelty-laden Zune, he ended up purchasing the brand new Microsoft device. So, for him, who was never really a contrarian outside of this one specific issue and who actually used the product in a manner that played to its strengths like using its radio tuner, I mourn today, as the Zune has been discontinued. Sure, it will most likely forever be known as a device shoehorned into an iPod-dominated marketplace despite glaring technological disadvantages and impossible-to-top competitive market share, but let me put it this way: Would you rather hang out with the dude who tattooed the Zune logo onto his skin, or someone who got an Apple logo tattoo? I pick Zune dude, every time. And now, his beloved product can enter into nostalgia, where all good stuff ends up anyways.
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I always, always preferred the Zune. Shitty software, but excellent everything else. Fuck the scroll wheel.
It’s called a click wheel you ignorant boob! lol. jk.
I am hoping for an HP Touchpad-like fire sale.
OH MY GOD, WE’RE HAVING A FIRE… sale.
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(Sorry, maybe this is more of a Vgum comment, but I HAD TO. It’s almost like a reflex.)
Steve Jobs took this news harder than I thought he would.
(RIP to both.)
Even in the news of the Zune’s demise, Apple finds a way to outdo Microsoft at death.
R.I.P. Steve Jobs
The Cassette Tape Is King.
this comes a day after my own zune met its demise after one drop too many
Goodbye to one of the most awesomely underdog inventions of the aughts. I will rock my Zune proudly today. Even if it is a bulky mofo, I love it like one loves the pudgy, disheveled family cat.