rob says:

pro-apple doesn’t necessarily mean anti-microsoft. i’m about as pro-apple as they come AND i love my xbox AND i use microsoft office on my mac almost daily & microsoft office on my dell pc, umm, sometimes.

badman says:

Get ready for the backlash from fanatic mac fans who know no limits to pouring their wrath on anyone writing something even remotely anti-mac pro microsoft. (whether real or imagined) I’m surprised, I thought you’d learn your lesson Andrew. I suggest you delete all profanity and personal attacks…

Andrew says:

> I’m surprised, I thought you’d learn your lesson Andrew.

Oh, I did. Write about the Mac and get a gadzillion page views… :-)

Have you seen Dvorak’s comments about that?

I updated the main post to make that clear.

Oh, and have you seen my anti-Microsoft column from last week?

Dan R says:

Guess this guy must be an Apple writer, too, huh?

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8LM782O0.htm

Leland says:

The Zune is crippled out of the box. Too much DRM crap.

I can’t seem to find any solid evidence one way or the other, but rumor has it that Zune only accepts the WMA as a valid file. It is in some way crippled when it comes to MP3s.

I find it hard to believe the even M$ could be that stupid when is comes to supporting a common portable format like MP3. But if M$ is that stupid, then they deserve to have this one crash and burn.

Andrew says:

Dan, Dan, Dan — Can’t you tell the difference between a subjective product review like Andy Ihnatko’s and an objective story about sales?

One is like a Toyota magazine giving a bad review to a Ford car. The other is like Car & Driver discussing Camry vs. Focus sales.

Dan R says:

I can tell the difference. But can’t you admit that the sales reports may indicate that Inahtko’s contention that the Zune sucks is based on his experience rather than any alleged pro-Mac bias?

Dorene says:

Andrew, you self-promoting troll! But I say that with great affection and a big smile.

This should amuse me for the next few days. Thanks. :)

gnomic says:

Both my wife and I have iPods and while the hardware is OK (except battery life drops from 10 hours to 2 if use acutually use the video feature), the iTunes software SUCKS. Its’ a pain to use and is basically a bug-ridden adware infested mess. I doubt if Zune could be worse. Luckly, there are a lot more non-MS non-apple choices out there now.

Miranda says:

I love my iPod.

And of the five zillion incarnations of music software that I’ve tried, iTunes is the best. And I’ve gone through musicmatch, winamp, etc…

iTunes has it beaten by a mile. And I’ve not seen any adware… if you don’t want to access the music store, you still have a solid piece of software.

And I’m a Windows user.