Anyone know where the Zune amnesty area is?


the store shelves...

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@Damien:

hahahaha... nice.

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:)

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They are already coming out with a 2nd generation Zune to make those few first generation buyers upset - just wait till the 6G iPods show up later this year - they'll blow the socks off Microsoft's Zune and their little bin. The 2G Zune is going to copy the iPod click wheel - I guess it was/is better because if they copied it, it must have been better. I love how Microsoft and their supporters claim that their stuff is better at the same time they copy someone else's products.

What interface will the 6G iPod use? LOL!!!

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I'm not an iPod worshipper by any stretch of the imagination, but that is sick. What an odd bunch they must be.

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I heard some folks on the Zune team wanted new iPods, so they floated this idea to their management claiming they would have to buy some iPods to put in the bin (since, of course, they don't have any). Now the team member's old iPods are in the bin and their management is none the wiser.

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RE: #5, gsol - come on, it's a competitive marketplace, this kind of stuff is old news, and tame.

People have been doing this kind of thing since the dawn of man. You don't think people in Detroit smash up Japanese cars? Or Burger King people mock McDonald's? Or Mac people mock "windoze" or "Micro$oft"?

It's all part of the game. I'd be more disappointed if they *didn't* do something like that... it would mean they are lifeless...

And there is nothing like having someone nipping at (or trying to nip at) your heals to keep you ahead of the game. If MS or Samsung or Creative or others weren't pushing Apple we'd arguably still be at iPod 2g.

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I do think this is really clever for Microsoft. I mean, if (god help me) I was a Microsoft fan, I would love it. What an obvious anti-Apple slogan. "Bite Me". I love Apple, but I still have to laugh a little.

Damien, LMFAO.

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I always enjoy a solid jab at staged photography such as this. Especially when it involves Apple.

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I'd bet the iPods in this bin are all from Ballmer's kids. And they weren't happy about it.

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I just think it's funny because it's probably been there for six months to a year, and they've only collected like ten iPods. Considering how many ipods are out in the world, and how many go through those doors everyday (I'm sure of it), I'd say the enormous size of that acrylic box was a little optimistic.

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Oh, and taking off the protective case before throwing it AND the iPod in the bin just to try to fill up more embarrassingly-empty space is pathetic as well.

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to me, microsoft comes off looking childish and silly with this thing. they should hold the ipod as the benchmark that they want to dethrone.. so far they've only crapped out a (literally) brown turd with the zune. just makes them look like sore losers

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Aw, it's just a joke. It's an internal thing. It's like when I worked at CompUSA (I know) and when we'd go to the bathroom we'd say we're going to Best Buy, or calling Best Buy "Worst Purchase". It's not biggie, everyone does it to their competitors.

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I count 7 iPods, (I think I have almost that many in my family)...somebody better buy a few more iPods to fill that bin.

Looks like a promo that back fired...only 7 iPods need Amnesty, 7 out of 100 million units on the street!

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Right... someone is actually gonna switch from an iPod to something made by Microsoft... yea... uh huh... I believe it. Sure I do.

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If an Apple fanboy speaks in a forest and no Microsoft fanboy is there to listen, does he make a sound?

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If Steve Ballmer speaks with the worldwide press in attendance, does anyone take him seriously anymore?

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I think abandoning an iPod full of music counts as illegal distribution.

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Almost as pathetic in it's jabs at the competition as "90 hrs/wk and loving it."

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