It has.
Oops, sorry.
The reports made it seem like the Microsoft response had come later so I didn't look that far back in the thread. 
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Zune 30 Failing EVERYWHERE, All At Once!
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Oops, sorry.
The reports made it seem like the Microsoft response had come later so I didn't look that far back in the thread. 
Imagine if you will: Justin Long and John Hodgman, in the familiar "Get A Mac" white room. Each are wearing in-ear headphones.
"Hi, I'm an iPod."
"And I'm a Zu--"
Hodgman, as Zune, freezes. After a few seconds of awkward silence, Justin looks at the screen of his new iPod Touch, and nods. "Yep. It's December 31, 2008." He walks offscreen, whistling a tune, leaving Hodgman still frozen.
Cut to a still frame of an iPod touch.
...Howzat?
"Hi, I'm an iPod."
"And I'm a Zu--"
Hodgman, as Zune, freezes. After a few seconds of awkward silence, Justin looks at the screen of his new iPod Touch, and nods. "Yep. It's December 31, 2008." He walks offscreen, whistling a tune, leaving Hodgman still frozen.
Cut to a still frame of an iPod touch.
...Howzat?
I am not talking about their computers, I am talking about the .Mac and MobileMe product, which people pay to use as a seperate product from their Mac.
To me, not being able to read your emails for a day and not being able to listen to music for a day are the same thing, and to me at least the email downtime (especially for a paid service) is a much more dire fukup.
Both were caused by flaws in software and software design. Neither should have happened, but they both did.
That would be freaking classic....... I bet half the people out there wouldn't get it thou lol.... But that would be good.
True, however, thanks to the widespread news and media coverage, half the people out there will get it, and those who did get one, will more deeply regret getting it.
We've had our business servers go down before - and lost email for a couple of days. Anyone with half a brain practices redundancy redundancy. Seriously, you should have at least two email accounts just in case. Google's gmail is free, too. Yahoo anyone? Totally off-base analogy in my opinion.
I won't even go into how many .doc's I've lost from Word which would be a fairer comparison. and it still happens....
Oh Zune.
I do own a Zune 30 so my player was affected by the recent "Y2K9" bug- luckily the problem more or less resolved itself, after a bit of stress and disappointment on my part. I also own a 30 gig iPod.
There are definitely advantages to both players in their own right, but also disadvantages to each. Other than this though, I haven't had any problems with my Zune player. Both iPod and Zune players have good and distinct elements that are desirable, so I don't tout one over the other.
Hopefully, the future holds no more mysterious faults in either player, but I might be discouraged from buying another Zune in the future.
I do own a Zune 30 so my player was affected by the recent "Y2K9" bug- luckily the problem more or less resolved itself, after a bit of stress and disappointment on my part. I also own a 30 gig iPod.
There are definitely advantages to both players in their own right, but also disadvantages to each. Other than this though, I haven't had any problems with my Zune player. Both iPod and Zune players have good and distinct elements that are desirable, so I don't tout one over the other.
Hopefully, the future holds no more mysterious faults in either player, but I might be discouraged from buying another Zune in the future.
A little bit more information.
"The Culprit of the Zune Massacre"
http://gizmodo.com/5122659/the-culprit-of-the-zune-massacre
"The Culprit of the Zune Massacre"
http://gizmodo.com/5122659/the-culprit-of-the-zune-massacre
I thought we agreed on this Forum that the image has to do with Ballmer's "squirt"...
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/3059225/
Good question! I wonder the same exact thing every time I see that image.
At first I thought that was a joke with some good PSing.
Depends. How easy is it for most people to RETURN a purchased Zune for a full refund?
I thought we agreed on this Forum that the image has to do with Ballmer's "squirt"...
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/3059225/
WTF?! Is Ballmer really that socially daft that he uses a borderline-pornographic word like "squirt" and utilizes it as a high-tech verb?
Imagine how stupid (and scandalous) it would sound if Steve Jobs made a public keynote at CES, and then claimed that the new Apple iTablet has the brand new ability to "ejaculate" data faster than anyone can imagine!
Fortunately, Jobs is a masterful public speaker, and is crafty with his choice of words, hence that kind of mistake will never happen. Ballmer on the other hand... is just clownish.
At first I thought that was a joke with some good PSing.
Oh no, that is the real Microsoft Zune deal!
Looks like iPod market share is going up. In other news, all 19 zune owners report issues with bricked zunes.
Does anyone know if this impacts the sweet brown model?
Too funny. Thanks