Comments on: Zune user-elect Obama

A reporter in Philadelphia spots Obama using a Zune. Why not an iPod?

[Penguinisto]

...he got it free/gratis from a MSFT lobbyist, or as a present from someone else?

[DrtyDogg]

one thing you forgot, you left out your link to an obscure blog as a reference.

[Kev50027]

Who gives a damn? Are we going to be inundated with stupid stories like "Obama cuts his fingernails on Thursdays" and "Obama admits he's a socialist" and "Obama took a crap today, and it is green!".

I really would rather hear about the politics he's screwing up than his personal life.

[crescentdave]

Yeah. I think we'd all rather hear about McCain's 8 track collection.

[solitare_pax]

I thought McCain had one of those high-tech grammaphones CNET refuses to review.

[pmhawkins]

i think we can file this under "who gives a flying bag of diarrhea?"

regardless of your political stance, this is a bit much. at this rate, we're all going to be obama-ed out before he even takes office.

[Mitchartz]

I think a better question to ask is Why not? Change is inevitable one day it's iPod, tomorrow, that will probably change.

[jollyrogerjonesy]

See Conan O'Brian skit on the Zune.

[solitare_pax]

And how is this tech-related?

[AppleSuxLeo]

It`s well known by people who actually use the Zune that the 3.0 Zune software is much better than iTunes.
I have heard long time Apple iPod users describe iTunes as a "monolithic , bloated , spreadsheet " WOW !
Apple makes bloated , bug-filled software , while the Zune interface is clean , simpler and faster , and also is INNOVATIVE. Funny how MSFT can change when they have to due to competition.

[BingoBearMan]

Considering that Prez-elect Obama & his family use Macs, I find it unlikely that he personally uses a Zune since the software for the Zune is Windows-only. Perhaps he borrowed one because he forgot his own iPod.

According to Microsoft's Zune software system requirements: "Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (Home, Professional, Tablet PC, Media Center Edition 2005) or Windows Vista (all editions)" Note the lack of Mac OS X.