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Obama's "ZuneGate"

Posted by kdawson on from the et-tu-barack dept.

theodp writes "Barack Obama supporters were left shaking their heads after a report surfaced that the president-elect was using a Zune at the gym instead of an iPod. So why would Mac-user Obama be Zune-ing out? Could be one of those special-edition preloaded Zunes that Microsoft bestowed on Democratic National Convention attendees, suggests TechFlash, nixing the idea that the soon-to-be Leader of the Free World would waste time loading Parallels or Boot Camp in OS X just to use a Zune."

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  1. Re:Jesus... by NoisySplatter · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I thought Candlejack was the g

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  2. Re:so? by CRCulver · · Score: 0, Redundant

    there's a bazzilion players out there that play Ogg Vorbis and FLAC right out of the box. If these free codecs are so important to you, why not buy the device that actually already does what you want

    Read my post again. The iPod is not the only device that plays those formats, but only a certain class of player will get you those benefits. The generic Chinese MP3 players the German poster above is probably thinking of do not offer such support.

  3. Re:so? by CRCulver · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Slashdot doesn't represent the "vast majority of people".

  4. Re:oh my god by nurb432 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Impeachment now!!

    I second that.

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  5. MP3 player is an MP3 player? by RudeIota · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Understand that isn't the issue here. The issue is that Obama is a Mac user and Zune requires proprietary software to load it with music. That software is not Mac compatible.

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