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  • I’m leading a double life: I primarily use a Mac, but I just bought a Zune HD. (WHAT THE HECK?!)

    I’m leading a double life: I primarily use a Mac, but I just bought a Zune HD. (WHAT THE HECK?!)

    Posted on September 19, 2009 | No Comments
    While waiting for our music ban to kick in (again, you'll all be receiving letters in the mail shortly detailing when and where you'll be expected to hand over your music-related goods), I spent Thursday thinking to myself: “You know what I really want for some reason? A Zune HD.” Seeing as though I'm strapped for cash—you saw the lengths I recently went to in order to upgrade my three-year-old iMac—spending $236.79 for the 16GB model was definitely a decision I did not take lightly. (I actually had to calculate when my next student loan payment was due before I committed to buying the device! So if you think, as some of you do for some reason, that we're “on the take,‚” I can only reply: lol.) The thing is, I primarily use a Mac, and last I checked, the Zune software—which is great, by the way, and makes iTunes look like an old dog—only works in Windows. What to do? Sure, I have Windows all set up on a separate partition, but I really only boot into it when I want to play, say, Half-Life or Deus Ex for a little bit. That is, I had no intention of switching over to Windows full-time just to be able to use a Zune HD.

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  • Chrome OS gets a second look by Gruber

    Chrome OS gets a second look by Gruber

    Posted on July 10, 2009 | No Comments
    Although John Gruber is an avowed masticator, I do enjoy his take on issues dealing with and pertaining to technology. To wit: his take on Chrome OS which, in a few paragraphs, boils down the entire argument to "We don't know enough yet to decide but things look interesting, although it seems like it might be a certain form of vaporware."

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