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Engadget Podcast 169 - 10.31.2009
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jeff Lewis @ Oct 2nd 2007 11:18PM
Oh for the love of...
Look. Apple had to make the iPod *Windows* compatible because at the time Apple had 3.5% of the market while Windows had 95%.
Currently, Apple has 5-6.5% (depending on who you talk to) or 22M users (from WWDC 2007 - those are Jobs' own numbers). Windows still has 90-92% of the entire computer installed base.
Even if it WERE compatible with MacOS, very, very few Mac fans are going to buy a Zune. Have you been reading the comments they've been leaving about it? They're a pretty hostile bunch.
So, let's put it gently: MacOS (or Linux)compatibility plays almost no part whatsoever in the Zune's success or failure. None. Zip. Nada.
Get over it.
It's possible that Microsoft might make something to bring support to MacOS, but there's very little incentive to do so.
Thank you for playing. Have a nice day.
Alex @ Oct 2nd 2007 11:29PM
But what about those people who have a mac and are tired of ipods? If you have a mac and you don't like the ipod for whatever reason, you're pretty much screwed.