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iPod Amnesty Bin

I'd bet rent money this "brilliant" idea originated from Steve Ballmer. I think this comment below sums it up best:

"Only someone stupid enough to buy a Zune would be equally stupid enough to not sell their discarded iPod on eBay"
 

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What a waste. What's interesting is that it seems that all of the iPods in there are of the same model/generation. My bet is that they were purchased specifically to be tossed in there after the bin sat empty for a few weeks.

Might not be a bad idea for one of the employees to scoop them up and put them on eBay. I'm sure they'd get enough money from the sale of one to buy 5 used Zunes that have actually been tossed for good reason!
 
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Thats sad, I dont like to see that. Apple stock went down 2.2 points today.
 
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Has anyone actually seen a zune in real life?

I mean. Brown??

What were they thinking?
 

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Has anyone actually seen a zune in real life?

I mean. Brown??

What were they thinking?

Yeah, seen, used the brown Zune. Don't like the color. The Sliver or Black one is ok. I prefer an iPod to it overall but it's not bad, but the Brown one, Ack!! :D
 
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Well, I guess I'm going to Microsoft: for free iPods. :D
 
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Has anyone actually seen a zune in real life?

I mean. Brown??

What were they thinking?

Got to admit I was starting to think these things were fakes. I've not seen one, nor do I know of any friends of friends that have one (or seen one for that matter) I did wonder if the Zune was a photoshop job :D

Still from what I've read I don't think it sounds too bad, but I think I'll be sticking to my iPod personally :)
 

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Still from what I've read I don't think it sounds too bad, but I think I'll be sticking to my iPod personally :)



Thist is the one thing about the Zune, at least for right now, if you are an OSX user, no support at all. Nada. I guess it would work with Bootcamp/Parallels but a lot of bother just to sync your Zune. Otherwise I think it's a nice unit (the White and Black, not the Brown) but I much prefer the controls while walking or busy on the ipod.
 

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