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Zune Not Compatible With Windows Vista

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the dungeons-but-not-dragons dept.

danimrich writes "According to a report by AppleInsider and a Microsoft support document the software for the Zune player is not compatible with Windows Vista."

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  1. That's ok... by Nefarious+Wheel · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...because I'm not compatible with Vista either.

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    1. Re:That's ok... by StikyPad · · Score: 1, Funny

      Zune zune zune!

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    2. Re:That's ok... by Salvance · · Score: 5, Funny

      Hehe ... apparently Steve Ballmer isn't compatible with Zune: "I want to squirt you a picture of my kids. You want to squirt me back a video of your vacation. That's [an] experience". Does he even know how the Zune works? There should be a rule against putting the word 'Squirt' in a sentence with Steve Ballmer ... ugh, nasty.

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    3. Re:That's ok... by rucs_hack · · Score: 5, Funny

      steve ballmer squirting at me?

      Thanks for that mental image :-(

    4. Re:That's ok... by dolson · · Score: 2, Funny

      Oh man, I hope they hire the Zoom-Zoom kid that Mazda did!

    5. Re:That's ok... by bobdotorg · · Score: 4, Funny

      Hehe ... apparently Steve Ballmer isn't compatible with Zune: "I want to squirt you a picture of my kids. You want to squirt me back a video of your vacation. That's [an] experience". Does he even know how the Zune works? There should be a rule against putting the word 'Squirt' in a sentence with Steve Ballmer ... ugh, nasty.

      In other news, Balmer's secretary's Zune was RMA'd today when a chair was forcefully squirted at it.

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    6. Re:That's ok... by nschubach · · Score: 2, Funny

      No thanks, the 1% porn content of the internet is already keeping those tubes fully "squirted".

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    7. Re:That's ok... by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 4, Funny

      "I want to squirt you a picture of my kids. You want to squirt me back a video of your vacation."

      That's such an odd choice of words, and really sounds forced - I'll bet this isn't random. I bet Microsoft has been trying to come up with a catchy term for the wireless sharing, in the hopes it'll make Zune seem more trendy. But c'mon - "squirt"? How much did they pay a marketing team to come up with that?

      Or am I just behind the curve? Is this a case of "Duh! We've all figured that out already!"?

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    8. Re:That's ok... by 7Prime · · Score: 2, Funny

      Same marketting team that came up with the name "Urge", as in "I'm currently doing an Urge Squirt". This is from marketting commity "C", who are just nasty and should vengence be set upon them by His wrath. Rumor has it that they also came up with "Long Horn" but someone in the PR department screwed up and accidently condensed it into one word.

      Marketting commity "B" came up with "Zune" and "Vista". Beware the power of conservative old foggies with thesauruses!

      Marketting commity "A" have largely been ignored, and are thinking of going to work for Apple or Nintendo.

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    9. Re:That's ok... by Tibor+the+Hun · · Score: 4, Funny

      I know, if I was to say that i've got the Urge, and I'd like to squirt you the picture of my kids, I'd prolly get arrested. But if he says it, MSFT shares jump up 7.5%.

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    10. Re:That's ok... by db32 · · Score: 3, Funny

      This is the same team that gave us Windows CEMENT XP, the Windows Cement Experience, turning PCs into paperweights one desktop at a time. Let us not also forget WinCE because when its what you will do when you find out your latest project must run on it.

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    11. Re:That's ok... by Scarletdown · · Score: 2, Funny
      This is the same team that gave us Windows CEMENT XP


      Is this the same Windows CEMeNT you are referring to?

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    12. Re:That's ok... by chrish · · Score: 2, Funny

      The word you're looking for is "Schadenfreude"...

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  2. Well... by AltGrendel · · Score: 5, Funny
    Looks like Vista will be a Zune killer app.

    Yes, i know that Vista is an OS, not an app.

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  3. wow, comes with soft porn included. by yagu · · Score: 4, Funny

    Disclaimer from the article:

    And for those wondering, the splash screen of three women in distress isn't our contributor's stab at a knee-slapper.

    Cool, Zune comes with it's own soft porn.

    All seriousness aside, I think I'd already heard Zune wouldn't work with Vista immediately. Is that really a big show stopper? I'm guessing they've laid plans to have it ready to go by the time the OEMs are rolling out Vista-installed machines. An embarrassment perhaps, but Microsoft has many bigger and better gaffes to be proud of (say Clippy, and Microsoft Bob!).

    Oh, and back to the soft porn, it must have been approved by the Ballmer himself, just look at the quote from his quoted Q&A session from Business Week in the article:

    "I want to squirt you a picture of my kids. You want to squirt me back a video of your vacation. That's [an] experience," he said.

    I think Steve's been spending a little too much time on-line.

    1. Re:wow, comes with soft porn included. by uradu · · Score: 3, Funny

      >> And for those wondering, the splash screen of three women in distress isn't our contributor's stab at a knee-slapper.

      I'm not so sure they're in distress--it looks like the one on top is squirting the one on the bottom...something.

    2. Re:wow, comes with soft porn included. by Bugs42 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Funny... first we learn the internet is only 1% porn, now we learn that it's packaged with the Zune. Perhaps MS is trying to up the percentage?

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  4. all's not lost by gregtron · · Score: 2, Funny

    You can still use the Zune! You'll never want for DRM restrictions again!

  5. Re:WTF ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Those Zune developers really should have talked to Microsoft when writing their software. I'm sure Microsoft would have given them some sort of corporate discount on a software development kit.

  6. Re:As If... by diersing · · Score: 5, Funny

    BG - OK guys, are we ready for the Zune launch?
    Lackey - yes sir
    BG - and we completed ALL of our testing?
    Lackey - yes sir
    BG - make it so
    ~~~~ 24 hours later ~~~~
    BG - WTF guys, you assured me we tested it!!
    Lackey - we did, but we test against, you know, released systems people are using
    BG - ...
    Lackey - can we work it into Vista SP1?
    BG - we'll have to, push back SP1 release to 4Q 2009

  7. Re:Not yet... by Andy_R · · Score: 4, Funny

    You'll never be able to actually buy Vista, just a very limited licence to run it.

    Not that anybody sane would want to...

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  8. Compatible with Vista by kaoshin · · Score: 4, Funny

    By the time Vista is released, the only things compatible with it will be in museums.

  9. Steve Balmer wants to squirt you his pictures??? by Jabrwock · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I want to squirt you a picture of my kids. You want to squirt me back a video of your vacation. That's [an] experience," he said.

    I'll bet it is. I think I'll pass though. I don't want Steve Balmer squirting things at me.

    Honestly, what strange part of his brain thinks that even SOUNDS right?

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  10. Re:Come on, feel the sarcasm... for Sure (TM)? by ksheff · · Score: 4, Funny

    I guess this person hasn't been following MSFT very long.

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  11. Is that him wanting to be someone else? by remmelt · · Score: 5, Funny

    I always wondered if that was the sound of Steve Balmer wanting to be someone else... You know the one. He's also called Steve.

    1. Re:Is that him wanting to be someone else? by tverbeek · · Score: 4, Funny

      Ballmer wants to be Steve Irwin?

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    2. Re:Is that him wanting to be someone else? by McFadden · · Score: 4, Funny

      Ahh - you're clearly referring to Steve Dobbs,the acclaimed horticulturalist. Wow! I never would have guessed.

    3. Re:Is that him wanting to be someone else? by Anonymous+Freak · · Score: 4, Funny
      Ah, yes...

      The king of all Geeks.

      Woz.

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  12. Discussion by Daemonstar · · Score: 2, Funny

    What I think is funny is the discussion about the article on the article's site is not about Vista and the Zune, but whether Oriental or Asian is correct (or offensive) to describe the girls in the picture. :P

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  13. Dirty old man! by bstempi · · Score: 3, Funny
    FTA:
    In a Q&A session with BusinessWeek last month, Ballmer offered similar sentiments on the wireless capabilities of his company's new digital media player.
    "I want to squirt you a picture of my kids. You want to squirt me back a video of your vacation. That's [an] experience," he said.

    Am I the only one that finds Ballmer's quest to "squirt" me his kid...um...disturbing?

  14. Going after Apple... by Threni · · Score: 3, Funny

    "But boss - you said copy Apple, and Apple made sure their expensive little box didn't work on Microsoft Operating Systems..."

  15. Squirt You by Foofoobar · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hope he isn't going to squirt all over the developers, developers, developers, developers.

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  16. Re:As If... by Foofoobar · · Score: 2, Funny
    Of course, there are already enough good reasons to avoid Zune, so it's rather a wash.
    I'd wash too with all the 'squirting' Steve Ballmer is doing. YECH!
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  17. Furthermore... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who really considers looking at pictures of someone else's kid or vacation to be an entertainment experience? Now sending goatse wirelessly to all nearby Zunes - there's an entertainment experience! It could be even more entertaining to repeat such a transmission several times during the course of an overseas flight.

  18. Re:FUD! by jbrader · · Score: 4, Funny

    A small but hardcore minority are actually dorks.

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  19. Re:Steve Balmer wants to squirt you his pictures?? by dreamlax · · Score: 5, Funny
    Honestly, what strange part of his brain thinks that even SOUNDS right?

    Most probably the squirting part.

  20. Re:Steve Balmer wants to squirt you his pictures?? by Tibor+the+Hun · · Score: 3, Funny

    Honestly, what strange part of his brain thinks that even SOUNDS right?

    The big, sweaty part that keeps yelling at the little part that only wants to read a book.

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