Topic: Zune software (Read 1943 times)

Vaj is for Fags · « **on:** November 13, 2006, 09:53:30 PM »

http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/13/installing-the-zune-sucked/

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Thraxy Waxy · « **Reply #1 on:** November 14, 2006, 06:37:31 PM »

What is the zune?

Vaj is for Fags · « **Reply #2 on:** November 14, 2006, 06:42:38 PM »

Check it out here: www.zune.com

Thraxy Waxy · « **Reply #3 on:** November 14, 2006, 06:44:26 PM »

I went to the website but it's too confusing with all the pictures and stuff. Break it down in layman's terms. I'm gonna guess it's a piece of hardware like an audio/video HD playing device like an iPod or somethin? I see commercials but they dont explain.

Red October · « **Reply #4 on:** November 14, 2006, 07:03:06 PM »

How do you like this picture, from an error in Zune installation:

lmao...subliminal messaging? Maybe they want you to connect 'Zune' with 'fun'.

Vaj is for Fags · « **Reply #5 on:** November 14, 2006, 07:30:50 PM »

She looks like she's in an orgy having an orgasm. Sounds like fun to me.

CarpeDiem · « **Reply #6 on:** November 14, 2006, 09:28:53 PM »

I was kinda looking forward to the Zune after reading some reviews prior to this. Hmm maybe Ill have to rethink my mp3 player choices.

Vaj is for Fags · « **Reply #7 on:** November 14, 2006, 09:43:30 PM »

The truth is I love iTunes, but I don't care for iPods that much. In other words, I'm fucked.

PurPLe HazE · « **Reply #8 on:** November 14, 2006, 10:01:08 PM »

yeah, zunes is replacing the ipod or so it's said by most critics. I was able to play with the first zune in Beaver Dam, nobody else there has it but staples. I took it from my managers hand ran away, locked myself in his office and listened to it. It's badass...video is perfect and makes me wet...the screen is 50% bigger then ipods (though apple is responding to this soon i guess), fm tuner, zune to zune sharing (though you can only play the song for 3 times in 3 days. Or i already figured out is just use an output from zune, input into computer record, save, place on zune, you now own the song.

But i am actually thinking of purchasing one in december, i want to wait to make sure their isn't any bugs or issues with it. I actually didn't like the ipod when it came out and got to play with it in the store, the zune it made me wet and wanted to give it to goat where it makes him bellow, "I'm a little tea pot"

Red October · « **Reply #9 on:** November 14, 2006, 10:27:00 PM »

Quote from: 0haze0 on November 14, 2006, 10:01:08 PM

yeah, zunes is replacing the ipod or so it's said by most critics. I was able to play with the first zune in Beaver Dam, nobody else there has it but staples. I took it from my managers hand ran away, locked myself in his office and listened to it. It's badass...video is perfect and makes me wet...the screen is 50% bigger then ipods (though apple is responding to this soon i guess), fm tuner, zune to zune sharing (though you can only play the song for 3 times in 3 days. Or i already figured out is just use an output from zune, input into computer record, save, place on zune, you now own the song.

But i am actually thinking of purchasing one in december, i want to wait to make sure their isn't any bugs or issues with it. I actually didn't like the ipod when it came out and got to play with it in the store, the zune it made me wet and wanted to give it to goat where it makes him bellow, "I'm a little tea pot"

lol, which critics have you been reading? The tech press has been having a field day with how shitty the Zune is. Some have gone so far as to say that Microsoft must have PURPOSELY made it as bad as it is, because there's no way such a big company with tons of resources could make a product this unfinished.

Of course it all comes down to personal opinion. I would go into the store and try them both out, see which one you prefer. iTunes and the Zune software are both free so download them and also take them into account.

Thraxy Waxy · « **Reply #10 on:** November 14, 2006, 11:14:18 PM »

I can't see how iTunes could be improved, it works perfectly for me and has everything I'd want in a music/multimedia player..

Without any testing or reading any comparative reviews I'd go into a store and buy an iPod of equal price to a zune just because I know iPods are reliable and good and they've been around for a while, they've gotta be good. Besides the zune2zune, which sounds just bleh, what does it offer in special?

Vaj is for Fags · « **Reply #11 on:** November 14, 2006, 11:47:26 PM »

Again, I'll pass on both. I'd rather just get something that has a nice screen and I can put whatever I want on it by just click and dragging folders onto it while it's hooked up to my PC. What I like most about iTunes is the organization, and I could easily do something similar just by creating folders and organizing my music myself. My ideal world also has me able to hook up my media player directly to my car stereo, none of this iTrip shit that goes in and out of reception all the time. So, once it can hook up to my car stereo/home stereo easily then I will consider getting one. But until then, forget it.

Red October · « **Reply #12 on:** November 14, 2006, 11:53:14 PM »

You know, if you really wanted to, you could buy a new stereo for your car that undoubtedly could support portable media devices. Or, you could buy a new car

But most of the cars are getting iPod integration anyways, and you don't like iPods. I happen to agree that iTrip is shit and not worth anywhere near the $50 they'll charge for it.

Vaj is for Fags · « **Reply #13 on:** November 15, 2006, 03:56:00 AM »

I would like to have some sort of standard for connecting my media player, ie a USB port or something. But then you probably get into problems with OS's and stuff.

Red October · « **Reply #14 on:** November 15, 2006, 09:36:45 AM »

lmao, I just read an article over on CNet, and guess what? The Zune is incompatible with Windows Vista. GG Microsoft.

Vaj is for Fags · « **Reply #15 on:** November 15, 2006, 03:23:03 PM »

They've got time to fix it.

Vaj is for Fags · « **Reply #16 on:** November 29, 2009, 07:29:11 PM »

The zune software is kind of pissing me off. Why does Microsoft always have to make things so bloated? It barely runs on my netbook and I have 2GB of memory in here.

Agent Orange · « **Reply #17 on:** November 29, 2009, 08:04:30 PM »

Quote from: Vaj is for Fags on November 29, 2009, 07:29:11 PM

The zune software is kind of pissing me off. Why does Microsoft always have to make things so bloated? It barely runs on my netbook and I have 2GB of memory in here.

That may be, but you still have a made-for-netbook CPU, do you not? :p

Vaj is for Fags · « **Reply #18 on:** November 30, 2009, 05:21:54 AM »

I mean, it is one of the top rated netbooks out there. It should be able to handle a fucking audio program. I'm sure it would handle iTunes just fine. It is MS who just can't make a decent program that isn't completely bloated.

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Agent Orange · « **Reply #19 on:** November 30, 2009, 07:01:31 PM »

Quote from: Vaj is for Fags on November 30, 2009, 05:21:54 AM

I mean, it is one of the top rated netbooks out there. It should be able to handle a fucking audio program. I'm sure it would handle iTunes just fine. It is MS who just can't make a decent program that isn't completely bloated.

But its a Netbook...with an Atom CPU. It isn't going to handle anything big. I'm not arguing that Zune software may not be bloated, but I'm just telling you that you bought a netbook. Its just one of those things that you have to deal with, because it has severe hardware limintations....because its a netbook.

Now if you ran Linux and used Amarok to do stuff with your Zune, that'd be a different story

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Vaj is for Fags · « **Reply #20 on:** November 30, 2009, 07:51:57 PM »

I understand your points about the efficacy of a 1.66ghz CPU. I'm not trying to edit movies or play games. I'm not multitasking. I'm using 1 program (with my AV disabled). I'm trying to use a program that is theoretically just providing another way to list the contents of a folder. I can run 10 different tabs just fine in Chrome or IE if I want. I can be watching a movie and have Chrome open and fiddling around in Facebook. I can have 4 different youtube pages going at the same time but I can't scroll and drag and drop items smoothly in a program designed for organizing music?

Agent Orange · « **Reply #21 on:** November 30, 2009, 08:02:28 PM »

All I'm saying is that I'm not surprised. MS generally designs badly and now where aesthetics are more important than function.

You could try Google's new Chromium OS which is made especially with Netbooks in mind.

Vaj is for Fags · « **Reply #22 on:** December 01, 2009, 05:32:16 AM »

I hadn't heard about that. I'm looking into it now. Maybe I'll consider dual booting.

Vaj is for Fags · « **Reply #23 on:** December 01, 2009, 10:30:57 AM »


Google Chrome OS Demo

Looks interesting so far.

Potato Wedge Antilles · « **Reply #24 on:** December 01, 2009, 12:47:54 PM »

you necro bastards just made me waste 4 min of my life reading posts from 2006

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