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Details of Next Gen Zune Surface
KMG writes "Zune Scene has got a scoop about the next generation Microsoft Zune. There will be two new models; a flash memory based and a hard drive based. Zune with HDD will be thinner and have larger storage capacity while the flash based will feature Wi-fi, video playback. So will we see another try from Microsoft to beat Apple's iPod or it will be another vain attempt from the Redmond guys."
Yes, Apple's got you by the short-and-curlies. That's the beauty of Apple's business model: they get you (and millions of other well-trained consumers like you) to go proprietary all the way by convincing you that stylish components are cool. Just like in the computer world, you're starting to wake up and realize that an all-proprietary solution has disadvantages, which is why it's fun to see second- (or third-) generation competitors trying to open the field.
I still think a Holy Grail for desktops would be an open-source iTunes replacement that snaps off the Apple DRM...anyone know of such a thing yet?
Okay, I'm tired of this. 260,000 MB of mp3s at approximately 1MB/min of music means you have 180 days worth of music if you ran it constantly without ever repeating. Seriously folks, it would probably take at least 5-10 years for you to realistically listen to 260GB of music. I have a hard time believing that you have a) ever listened to all of the music you own and b) have any reasonable use for carrying it all with you on a portable device. 5 days worth of music on constant play with no repeats is a little over 7GB. If that's not enough space for you, then you need a life.
Ladies and gentlemen, the voting for the coveted "Asshole of the Year" award is now closed!
Seriously, every single point in your argument is easily refuted. 1MB/min? Some of us want better quality than that - you're talking about 128kbps files there. All of my earliest mp3's are VBR at around 180kbps average; my newer ones are closer to 250kbps average.
That throws most of your other arguments out the window without even saying anything else.
But let's say you work at a mindless desk job, where you can listen to music 8 hours per day. You also have a 2 hour total commute. That's potentially 10 hours worth of listening, 5 days per week. Yes, some of us do like music that much. So assuming 250kbps, how much storage would we need now for, let's say 2 weeks worth of non-repeating music? What about a month? 2 months?
If we "need a life", then you need a job, because you clearly don't understand how or why people use portable music.
That's not even considering the fact that all proper HDD-based music players are also just portable hard drives. They're mass storage devices (this includes the iPod). Your assumption that we all want to fill up a 260GB drive with nothing but music is faulty to begin with.
You really don't think anyone could ever fill up a 260GB music player with high quality lightly compressed or even losslessly compressed music, *plus* whatever other files we need to carry around with us?
This is NOT A TROLL god damnit.
wtf is with you mods today?
I know I'll get modded 'troll' too but that's just all the more evidence that I'm right about bonehead mods.
It's not a lie. It's the truth with lossy compression.