Hilarious PC vs. Mac

I was perusing the Zunescene forums and came across this gem posted from VooDoo X87 on the PC or Mac thread.  Its has some crude language but if your fine with that laugh away, i know i did :)

http://tv.truenuff.com/mac/

Zune Photos

Came across a plethora of Zune pics on Paul Thurrott's Super Site for Windows, they're a little bit fuzzy but you get some great close-ups of the Zune doing Video, FM, Pics, and Music, Enjoy!

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Is brown the new black?

With the launch of the Zune looming ever so closer, Zuniacs, myself included, are all picking out the color of our future portable mediatopia, as well as all the tasty accessories we're going to snag. Will you buy black, white, or um.... well... brown?

When I first read the color scheme a month or so ago, the usual suspects were on it, black and white, that was just a given knowing the general populous like those colors, otherwise the iPod wouldn't have had an entire AC/DC add campaign centered around a black iPod, but then my eyes came across what iPod enthusiasts might call the ugliest color in the rainbow, next to maybe chartreuse or flaming hot pink......Brown.

I started to ponder on the idea and a single question came to my mind. What the hell is Microsoft thinking? Honestly, its as if they picked the absolute last color anyone on earth would pick, but that flicked that idea switch in my head, brown = unique. To the best of my knowledge you can get a portable media player in most common colors with the exception of brown. Honestly if you can find a pic of another player in brown (not photoshop'd) let me know on the Zune Forums, I'll post it up.

Going down this tangent of using brown as one of the Zune's launch colors, could this be the secret to the upcoming Microsoft marketing campaign? Brown being the new black. I have to admit, wether you like brown or not, you will at least remember that a Zune comes in brown, no matter if your buying or not.

Its common enough that people can remember the color and odd enough that it'll stick with you, almost like Apple's fascination with the color white on anything and everything. You see some electronic in white with maybe a little silver trim you think Apple, almost a reflex even though it might be a toaster or a toilet bowl cleaner. Its that lasting mental link that has the potential to catapult a product from the mundane to the "gotta have it". That quirky autoresponse we have to the odd and out there that makes us want to have it over another product. You could call it the "furby effect" for lack of a better phrase.

What does this all mean, we'll want a Zune because its brown? No, you'll want a Zune because its better (Large Screen, WIFI, tight integration with the Zune Marketplace, great menu system, etc see Zunescene.com for more) than the competition, but you'll want brown to set yourself apart.

Up and Running...

Hey just got the blog up and running, check back later for some product reviews, and the going ons on the scene. Till then checkout www.zunescene.com for all the product info on the Microsoft Zune and accessories.