The battle has started. Microsoft is all out to tackle Apple and make people forget iPod. Zune a threatening name as it looks right now, seems to be a device with which Microsoft wants to take market share of portable entertainment, the share which sony lost to Apple in 2001. It may be cool and it may be priced well, but I wouldn’t buy one till a million others already have, since I dont want a message saying “Error 4203:Program terminated incorrectly.” when I’m streaming videos on my Microsoft-iPod-Killer-Device. Microsoft has finally realized, probably for the good that, OSes aren’t money-makers. They may become popular among a group of few geeks but no more than that.

Talking about killing the iPod, most of us iPod-owners know what quality Apple gives us and that has turned us from Customers to Fanboys and real loyal ones too. I for one, wont go and buy the Zune unless the iPod at that time has been beaten by the competition (which it never has, if I should remind you). I would much rather replace an existing iPod with another one. If Apple decides to release their ultimate OS X Leopard later this year for PCs, Microsoft will be the one company that will be left in the dust. Even now I am using OS X because I cannot stand Windows for more than 2 hours actually and the last time I used Windows was 5 days back. I think Microsoft should start focusing more on the XBox gaming platform, as they have done a good job with the 360 this time. People have stopped reporting problems of heating, etc long back. They would also certainly have a bigger collection of HD games when the PS3 releases and a much better one too. The Wiimote has been fascinating on Nintendo’s website. And for me, Nintendo Wiimote+ XBox 360= UberGaming!

As you can guess, I have come back from Blogger Hibernation and am posting more regularly. It turns out that everyone on BlogConnect has gone on hibernation since the govt decided to Ban and Unban Blogger.com. Damn! For writing so much about Apple, I think I deserve a free iMac from their side. Here it costs 1.2 lacs(including custom upgrades necessary for me). It looks as though Dell can do a better job with my money than Apple at this time with those stunning XPS Laptops they have updated on the Dell India website.

~xAbhishek
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