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Microsoft Zunes Committing Mass Suicide

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-bet-a-bricked-zune-is-still-warm dept.

jddeluxe writes "There are multiple reports springing up all over the internet of a mass suicide of Microsoft 30GB Zune players globally. Check Zune forums, Gizmodo, or other such sites; the reports are spreading rapidly, except apparently to the Microsoft official Zune site."

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  1. If a Zune falls in the forest by elrous0 · · Score: 0, Troll

    And no one owns one to notice...does it really die?

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  2. Y2K? by ZirbMonkey · · Score: 0, Troll

    Sure, it's 9 years later. But there's no reason to count out Microsoft from being behind the curve.

  3. Get used to it. micro$oft sucks. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    If you bash 'microsoft' you run the risk of being sued for any number of things if the lawyers decide to go after you for something.

    If you bash 'micro$oft' the risk goes down. And it really points out that they are a greedy shit company who doesnt give a damm about the end user and only cares about the money.

    It fits perfectly.

  4. Solution by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Buy an iPod Touch v2, or an iPhone...

  5. Re:Xbox,HD-DVD,Zune...Anyone Admit To Owning All 3 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Xbox 360 - the dominant video game system in the US.

    HD-DVD - Who cares?

    Zune - Some particular models are failing?

    I have a Zune and 360, both of which I got for free, but I happen to like both of them very much. I wouldn't trade my Zune for an iPod, ever. I don't like Apple forcing DRM on me and my music, and if you want to get into buggy hardware, we could write a book on iPod problems. They are junk.

  6. Re:Value did get lost :( by fireheadca · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...but MSFT employees are still human, right?

    Muhahahahahaha. That's just what they want you to think.

    Actually, if you think about it, it's more likely that they are from an alternate dimension where Microsoft products work flawlessly and as designed.

  7. Re:3 bit years should be enough for anyone. by BazilBBrush · · Score: 0, Troll

    You have never seen ms source code have you???

  8. Re:Laughing Stock In Both Consoles And Music Playe by windex82 · · Score: 0, Troll

    They are already the laughing stock of the console gaming world with their poorly designed Xbox consoles and the massive Red Ring of Death hardware failures. Psstt.. the only place this sentance is true is here on slashdot.

  9. Re:Bzzzttt!!! by PJ1216 · · Score: 0, Troll

    The attachment rate is about 50% higher than the PS3's. 8.1 compared to 5.3 (as of Nov 2008). They were at 2x the PS3 attachment rate was after the PS3 was out for a year. Its now been 2 years and its no longer 2x. Please stop quoting old figures.

    http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=20988

  10. Re:Suicide? by Mononoke · · Score: 1, Troll

    One doesn't have to be a Microsoft fanboy to notice that the iPod supports a relatively limited number of audio formats...

    AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, WAV, and AIFF. Oh, I feel so limited.

    Also, last I checked, it's impossible without the help of 3rd party software to (easily) recover music from your iPod in the event of your computer's hard drive failing.

    You don't back up your hard drive? Then you lost much more than your music.

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