LOL, great comment, we are scared to death 7 will obliterate osx!!!!
Can someone at m$ tell what is marketplac?
What is a plac ms?
Hmmmm
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Microsoft Confirms Multi-Touch Zune HD to Compete Against iPod Touch
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LOL, great comment, we are scared to death 7 will obliterate osx!!!!
Can someone at m$ tell what is marketplac?
What is a plac ms?
Hmmmm
You know, left dies a preety good job now with win 7 and SP2 on vista and you still read from misinformed posters about crashing yet Apple, to this day, found out how hard it is to work with exchange and all the business accounts. I remember reading how Apple lost numerous email for .mac/mm and can't help but snicker, not at those that lost anything as that's nit cool, but at Apples inability to laugh one program to do one thing, the whole, "exchange fir the rest of us" which is still not working.
Yet these post continue to show up. Amazing.
I was serious. I don't want apple to die.
Just because Windows 7 is better then Vista and everyone goes crazy about it.
I hope so. That way we can go back into obscurity, and Apple will start focusing on Pros again instead of the iPod.
So all this "windows 7 is a threat", "windows 7 is the best OS, the world has ever seen", "windows 7 is awesome", "windows 7 has the best drivers", "windows 7 is the fastest OS ever", "windows 7 looks best" "windows 7 has the most advanced user interface"
is all promotion. For Microsoft.
is all promotion. For Microsoft.
Polished indeed. Thisnis why I have several target external disks and I updated on OS partition to the latest update, 10.5.7 and I get fpu artifacts on certain programs. Anyone know about this bug? Without time machine, is it possible to revert?
Also find it odd that time machine is still buggy and nowhere close for enterprise use, especially with the size cap being a major hindering problem.
People can bash I suppose but I wish some would get the facts correct, we dotnt know how good the OS is so we can't comment on it. However , 6.5 looks pretty good and new windows 7users will have a much better experience than XP. I have the test beta and am very surpised thaty old d940 duo core runs cooler, the system is faster and boots much quicker and make a great hack desktop too. Who knows. This device could be tied in very well with win 7. Time will tell
I was serious. I don't want apple to die.
Like tuff says above it could be a sobering up from the dizzy heights for some people at apple that think they can do no wrong, and more refocusing on the pros.
That said don't worry they are gonna hype up their copying the dock for a while and get a few xp people to jump on 7 and then snow leopard will blow them out of the water. We have the much much better platform and the much much better community and with the iPhone feeding in the Eco system that brings innovation and vision ms can't match. Look at them they come panting two years after, later than even lg, samsung etc. With an iPod touch first gen clone, and an os in win ce that is the pits in everything, with such inept tec and marketing that they can't even spell and we get marketplac... They are the age old inept clowns they be always been... And to us switchers that we had to suffer through.
Google Sun microsystems project looking glass. Watch the video. A few minutes in you will see things liken quick lookn, 3D desktop and widgets and so much more, years ago.
Just saying.
Just saying.
It was not about multi-touch.
That was for a force-sensitive touchpad layered on top of a touchscreen.
Pretty doubtful that anyone else is going to use the exact same technology. There are many other ways of detecting pressure.
See my other posts about media. Due to iTunes and apple tv, touch and iPhone will never EVER play vidoe content other than quicktime and YouTube.
Jeez, a few pixels of the "e" get cut off the end of the word in a clearly mocked-up screen, and you guys jump on it like the thing's garbage.
Apple CULT victim indeed...
Try sobering up before you post
. But yeah, Apple always takes way more credit than they deserve. When Apple does it, it's "Look at what we INVENTED!!!" When anyone else does it, it's a COPY. You'd think Steve Jobs invented the computer by himself -- what does that guy do besides give speeches and yell at people behind the scenes?
I'm kind of excited for this device...
I really had nothing against the Zune when I bought it, but the software for the PC was really slow on my computer. Plus, I couldn't connect it to the Mac.
I would love to see how they integrate it with the 360, but nonetheless, I doubt it will kill the iPod touch.
But, the back of it looks horrid.
I really had nothing against the Zune when I bought it, but the software for the PC was really slow on my computer. Plus, I couldn't connect it to the Mac.
I would love to see how they integrate it with the 360, but nonetheless, I doubt it will kill the iPod touch.
But, the back of it looks horrid.
No. Windows 7 is an awesome killer OS. In my opinion it's much better than OS X (the OS that is, I have grown quite fond of many OSX only apps). Why would you wish that Microsoft would stifle improvements just to make it easier for Apple to get lazy?
Yes it is butt ugly. The screws lol and seriously CHAMPAGNE??? YUCK. It actually looked kinda nice in the mock-ups when it was silver. Seriously who makes these decisions at Microsoft, a 90 year old woman in a nursing home?
I agree, but it is really because of the seamless ecosystem and user experience with iTunes and all other Apple products.
It won't happen till next year. I am glad this will help urge Apple to push OLED, but they were already planning for next year anyway. Although I will admit we can thank the Zune for Apple increasing the storage on the nanos that came out last holiday season, so competition is good, and with Microsoft it is even better because it is so funny to watch them fail miserably haha!
AMEN!!!
god, microsoft can never get design right. its designed like some sort of darth vador ship, with an evident ipod v. 1 ripoff.
The title of "social" made me laugh alot - not exactly cool or pioneering!
The title of "social" made me laugh alot - not exactly cool or pioneering!
Apple better watch out. this device might steal away as much marketshare from the Touch as the original Zune stole from the iPod.
So true, so true. I didn't realise this was a major project launch.
I thought it was just another forgetable launch from the planet zune. Which it none-the-less is.
So true, so true. I didn't realise this was a major project launch.
I thought it was just another forgetable launch from the planet zune. Which it none-the-less is.
And I'm certainly pretty impressed so far. The HD radio seems pretty pointless though. Now if it had a DAB+ tuner I'd be happier. Probably my main interest is in the whole Xbox integration thing. Will be interesting to see what MS announces in this regard at E3.
Of course MS still refuses to sell this thing world wide, which I find mind boggling.
No kidding! Apple will not add radios to their iPods or iPhone. It is worthless. The entire reason I ever got an iPod to begin with was because the radio SUCKS! And if you like to listen to commercials etc. then download one of 100 radio apps!
It is really sad and pathetic that RADIO is one of Microsoft's one up specs lol.This should be very interesting to see what will happen once Palm releases the Pre and if there is a lawsuit that follows for multi-touch. It's clear that Microsoft is following Palm's lead.[/QUOTE]
I am interested to see how this all unfolds too. Multi-touch is going to expand into the tech market no matter what. Apple can't be the only one using it forever. Makes me wonder why Apple spent so much and was so adamant about patenting it when they are not even defending anything. I guess maybe that was their way of slowing down other people using it as a scare tactic.
I think eventually everybody will just start using it and Apple will have to let it slide since they didn't really invent or patent "multi-touch" anyway.
I will admit, I wish Apple would make the iPhone and iPod Touch etc. all 16x9 aspect ratios. It just makes sense and should have been that way from the beginning!
ABSOLUTELY NOT IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM!!! If Apple ever made anything champagne I would be the first to say WTF!!!
90% of the comments in this thread follow one of these formats:
"Omg, it's so ugly!"
"Way to copy Apple, Microsoft!"
"It's gonna suck!"
"Nice try!"
"I hate it because it's got no Apple logo on it!"
"They copied the first-gen iPhone omg!"
Uuggggghhhh. Ffffffff*ck.
Microsoft-bashing Apple fanboys with bad grammar galore. Nobody knows how to take things with a grain of salt anymore!
There is a simple remedy for this.
IPOD NEEDS a radio....
It should have had one all along...
I don't care how many RADIO apps they create... If you aren't getting a clear 3G signal it sucks... And sadly... Most of the time you aren't getting a good 3G signal driving around Los Angeles... Or in a indoor gym...
When I'm on the treadmill at the gym... The gym tvs have FM radio Tuner numbers on the sets... you are suppose to tune into the station to hear the tv show playing... If you tried that with a Radio App the LAG would make everything off by a minute or so...
CAN'T do this with the IPHONE.... it's annoying... I know you can buy a $50 dollar accessory to let you tune into FM stations.. But an onboard radio chip would still be greatly appreciated...
It should have had one all along...
I don't care how many RADIO apps they create... If you aren't getting a clear 3G signal it sucks... And sadly... Most of the time you aren't getting a good 3G signal driving around Los Angeles... Or in a indoor gym...
When I'm on the treadmill at the gym... The gym tvs have FM radio Tuner numbers on the sets... you are suppose to tune into the station to hear the tv show playing... If you tried that with a Radio App the LAG would make everything off by a minute or so...
CAN'T do this with the IPHONE.... it's annoying... I know you can buy a $50 dollar accessory to let you tune into FM stations.. But an onboard radio chip would still be greatly appreciated...
You're mistaken.If I'm not mistaken, the iPod minis were out around the same time I had the original 30 GB Zune. That particular Zune did in fact look *slightly* better than this particular iPod mini.
This model shown came out in early Jan 2004 and the Zune came on the scene 2 month's shy of 3 years (Mid-November 2006)… so meh.
Regarding the "fugly" iPod Mini
In fact, any time anyone talks about Apple's determination of "keep moving forward", they use the Mini as the example. While most companies would've sold the Mini until it stopped selling, Apple completely reinvented their offerings. In fact, it might've been Steve Jobs in one of his keynotes.
Yeah -- pick on tech that's 5.5 years old! For its time, it was extremely cool and sold EXTREMELY well.that's funny
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In fact, any time anyone talks about Apple's determination of "keep moving forward", they use the Mini as the example. While most companies would've sold the Mini until it stopped selling, Apple completely reinvented their offerings. In fact, it might've been Steve Jobs in one of his keynotes.
