Oh yeah, I got a Zune… a while ago. There’s lots of smack talk and iPod comparisons going around. I just want to register my own opinion and experience (so far).

I owned iPods first for quite a while and liked them just fine. But I wanted to check out these Zunes and it was on sale. And so far (it’s been a few months), I love my Zune. I don’t know why more people don’t have them. Sure, the whole wireless thing is worthless, right now at least–since so few people have them. But even leaving that aside, I think the Zune is better than the (current) iPods. I’m sure Apple will soon come out with something better or more competetive at least, but the Zunes are all around great.

Features I really like:

• matte-style finish (looks cool and doesn’t scratch as easily)
• customizable user interface
• large LCD screen
• cool colors (the double-shot effect is cool too)
• the Zune software is WAY better than iTunes on PCs (I’ve seen iTunes on a Mac and it runs great, with no lagging), but iTunes runs horribly on PCs

Plus, the Zunes are something new to keep Apple from having a monopoly on the MP3 player market. Sure Microsoft is just another big corporation, and at best we’ll have only two huge corps dominating the market. But, I say that’s better than just one! People should really support the Zune. Besides, I got mine on sale for only $200. That’s $50 less than the competing iPod videos (at least it was when I bought it).

Update: I now have an iPod because I can only control an iPod from my car’s stereo system. I still think the Zune is cool, though.

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