Which one is better? I would assume that the Zune would be better for those who have a PC, but I'd like to hear from people who have actual experience with either the Ipod or the Zune before I decide on what I'm going to buy.
Also, if there is some other player that's better than the Ipod or Zune, I'd love to know about those as well.
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Not-Anonymous2006-11-19 17:10
Lets take into consideration that I never plan to buy my music legally. Which would be the better option?
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Anonymous2006-11-19 20:01
Zune = instafail. Not saying iPod is all that great (it's not, really), but Zune is just a rebranded gigabeat with extra fail.
Do some research, faggot.
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Not-Anonymous2006-11-19 20:41
I am, that's why I'm asking people who actually own Ipods or Zunes you moron.
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Anonymous2006-11-21 16:17
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Ipod.
The only online bought music you can put on the Zune is from the Zune store. If you buy music from any other online store, you will be unable to put it on the zune
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Anonymous2006-11-21 16:21
Conversely, music bought from the iTunes store can only be put on the iPod (unless you're using the OSX version, and even then your choice only expands to a limited range of Creative and Sonicblue players). Damn DRM lockins.
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Anonymous2006-11-21 17:47
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Yea, but at least you can put music from other stores on the ipod
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Anonymous2006-11-24 2:16
Hey have you ever heard of cnet.com
Its this website where they do reviews of things... its so amazing... people who own the product actually post reviews about thier experience with the product.
I have a zune. It's made of megawin. I download tons of illegal music and put it on there, have some weaboo anime series episodes on it and I can actually read the subtitles on them, and I joined their music store, which actually has a VERY large selection of music which downloads at incredible speeds, for finding more obscure titles that might not be on BitTorrent. I love my Zune. Welcome to the social.
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Anonymous2006-11-25 16:07
HAHA OH WOW.
Obvious plant is OBVIOUS.
I know four people with Zunes. All of them regret purchasing it. One of them broke it on purpose to get a refund it was so shitty.
That's what all plants say....JUST BEFORE THEY GET YOU
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Anonymous2006-11-28 4:02
sandisk's players > iPOD>>>>>>>>>>>loony zune
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Anonymous2006-11-28 11:41
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In terms of value, maybe. And then, even only on flash-based players.
But in terms of industry support (and aesthetics, etc.), iPods are king. Third-party accessories are the domain of the iPods, because of their ubiquity.
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Anonymous2006-11-28 14:43
I was going to help you, then I saw your faggot comment about not ever planning on getting your music legally.
It's ok to download to find out about an artist, but that's how they make their money. I hope if you ever own a buisness, everyone steals your shit and you fail and go bankrupt.
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Anonymous2006-11-28 14:58
copyright infringement is NOT STEALING. that said, copyright infringement is still illegal, regardless of whether anyone likes it or not. if you're like me, lobby to your congressman to get the terms of copyright to make it sane again. anything longer than 12 years is stealing (it is being deprived) from the public domain
The music sharing thing seems to be really gimmicky. Of course, I could be wrong, but I'm just not that interested in the Zune. I really think Microsoft should just try to stick with what they already have (Window's and Xbox as well as whatever) instead of trying to take over a market that is already fairly saturated, and fairly well dominated by a single corporation.
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Anonymous2006-12-18 15:54
Microsoft is having some problems reinventing themselves, which the Zune is a pretty clear hint at. People already mentioned it, but it's actually just a customized version of some other player. The WiFi thing would actually have been awesome, but the music industry has Microsoft completely pussywhipped, I mean not that they're much against DRM anyways.
As a product in itself, I'd check out the "original" rather than the Zune. I mean stat wise it seems decent, though I'm more of an 2nd gen iPod shuffle kinda person. I don't know about other iPods, but with that there has been no problems at all and I never buy music anyways.
If I were you, I'd go talk to someone at a store, preview it, hold it, use it a little bit in the store if you want, or find someone IRL who has it. Trust those impressions more than some random stuff you hear online.