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Gah! Why don't they make the Zune mac compatable?

mcarnes said:
They don't allow iPods at work. Google it.
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Umm....so? If I ran a business, I wouldn't allow a competing product into my workplace either. How would it look if you walked into a McDonalds and all of the employees on their lunch break were sitting down eating Burger King?
 
mcarnes said:
They don't allow iPods at work. Google it.
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Ok, I tried. I got this:
http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mac/commentary/cultofmac/2005/02/66460

Which says:
"About 80 percent of Microsoft employees who have a portable music player have an iPod," said one source, a high-level manager who asked to remain anonymous. "It's pretty staggering."

The source estimated 80 percent of Microsoft employees have a music player -- that translates to 16,000 iPod users among the 25,000 who work at or near Microsoft's corporate campus. "This irks the management team no end," said the source.

So popular is the iPod, executives are increasingly sending out memos frowning on its use.
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Frowning on != banning. Do you know of a change in that policy since that article was published in 2/05?
 
overanalyzer said:
Huh? MS was founded just under exactly one year before Apple. And Apple definitely led the technology advances early on. Did I miss something? Perhaps I'm too tired to catch sarcasm?
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Back in 1997 when Apple was headed down the toilet, it was MS who bought some Apple stock and invested around $150 million, effectively saving the company.
 
yg17 said:
I've met 8 year olds more mature than you.


If it wasn't for Microsoft, Apple wouldn't exist.
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Agree on both points.😀

Some MS bashing is tolerable, but when it gets like this, it's too much.

Microsoft's products are usually of fairly good quality, especially their mouses and keyboards.
 
When Apple made the iPod Windows compatible people who had never used a Mac were now using Apple hardware (the iPod) and software (iTunes). Many of them found these to be superior to other hardware and software and subsequently switched to Macs.

If Microsoft make the Zune Mac compatible there will not be a corresponding shift to Windows. The software would be the usual MS bloatware and the Zune is at best no better than anything Apple makes (or by the look of thing, worse).
 
yg17 said:
Back in 1997 when Apple was headed down the toilet, it was MS who bought some Apple stock and invested around $150 million, effectively saving the company.
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I think it was actually the promise to keep developing software for the Mac for the next five years that saved them. The $150 million was a help to be sure, but having Microsoft Office was a big help.
 
mcarnes said:
Considering that MS does not even allow it's employees to have iPods, I'd say Zune/Mac compatibility is a minor issue.

Ballmer even forbids his kids from having iPods, or anything Mac related.
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So, what do the Mac Developers for MS Office Mac allowed to use?
 
Microsoft making the Zune work with OS X would be about as pointless as developing Internet Explorer for Linux.
 
Cromulent said:
I think it was actually the promise to keep developing software for the Mac for the next five years that saved them. The $150 million was a help to be sure, but having Microsoft Office was a big help.
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Yep, the $150 million was just a guarantee signature, the promise to keep developing Office for the Mac kept Apple alive long enough to develop the iMac and OS X.

GSMiller said:
Microsoft making the Zune work with OS X would be about as pointless as developing Internet Explorer for Linux.
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Like Safari for Windows?
 
Cassie said:


Yep, but it sounds like you're criticizing me for stating my opinion, even though you stated your own.
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no sorry, i wasnt critisizing you. i just think that safari in winblows is quite exceptional for a bunch for mac coders who were asked to write the program in windows code.

yg17 said:
Safari is a piece of crap in OSX, I can't imagine how bad it is on Windows.


Firefox > * 😀
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u really think so?? wow ok.. what kind of experience is that from? a bad one lol?
 
DoFoT9 said:
no sorry, i wasnt critisizing you. i just think that safari in winblows is quite exceptional for a bunch for mac coders who were asked to write the program in windows code.



u really think so?? wow ok.. what kind of experience is that from? a bad one lol?
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Yes, I've found it to be slow and clunky and doesn't have nearly the amount of customization abilities as Firefox does. Maybe Safari's improved since the last time I've used it, but I don't plan on using it ever again.
 
yg17 said:
Yes, I've found it to be slow and clunky and doesn't have nearly the amount of customization abilities as Firefox does. Maybe Safari's improved since the last time I've used it, but I don't plan on using it ever again.
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oh ok tahts fair enuf. i find safari to be really resposive, albeit running flash on it will slow down a tad...but never drop frames or anything.

i used FF for a while on my mbp, found it to be quite lousy and slow.

but yea personal opinion.
 
Cassie said:
I wouldn't mind having a Zune, they're not crap, people. You're entitled to your opinion after you try it (cough*DoFoT9*cough)


But right now I have my eye on a 4G 20 GB iPod this time.
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Exactly! I don't feel they're crappy. They don't suit me, and that's why I have my iPhone.
 
xodonniedarko said:
Seriously.


Since when does Microsoft make anything Mac compatible?


That's what I thought. 🙂
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Ummm....Office, all their keyboards and mice, Virtual PC, Internet Explorer (last 2 are discontinued, but still...), their Sidewinder gamepads (do they still make those?) and probably more stuff
 
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