November 29, 2007 10:27 AM PST

Custom Zune 80 now available

by Donald Bell
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Photo of Zune Originals web site.

Microsoft is finally allowing the 80GB Zune to be directly ordered and customized from its ZuneOriginals Web site. We reported about the ZuneOriginals launch earlier this month, when Microsoft was offering orders for only the smaller Zunes 4 and 8. The laser-etched designs being offered for the Zune 80 appear to be identical to the Zune 4 and 8 designs, only bigger, and thereby, way cooler. The service costs nothing, and the shipping is free.

Donald Bell is CNET Reviews' senior editor for MP3 players and portable audio, and one half of the MP3 Insider blog and weekly podcast. He also likes getting his hands dirty with digital audio tools for musicians and DJs.
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Who cares about the customized etching?!
by jimbothedriver November 30, 2007 5:26 AM PST
When is the Zune 80 gonna finally be available in stores again?!!!!!!
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Many people want a distintive machine
by nutjob November 30, 2007 12:51 PM PST
I for one want a machine that sounds good but is also distintive.
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flippin hilarious
by boopiejones November 30, 2007 3:50 PM PST
i just clicked on the link for this website and got the following error message "express install is not supported on windows vista by this version of the flast player."

i am nowhere near an apple fanboy, but it sounds like vista really *********** worse than i thought - MS's own website rejects it. sheesh.
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You just need to update your Flash player
by heygrimey December 2, 2007 8:58 AM PST
It seems pretty obvious you have an old version of Adobe Flash not designed for Vista. Do a simple search and you find a solution.

http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb401030

This is clearly not a problem of a Microsoft website rejecting Vista or a problem with Vista at all. If you put the tiniest bit of effort in, you can can update your Adobe software to be compatible with the OS you are using.

Of course, it is more fun to blame someone else.
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More CNet selling out
by Kaiser.a December 2, 2007 2:32 PM PST
Instead of Eidos Now Ms
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