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1. Brandon LeBlanc

   

   
   Posted on: December 19, 2006 at 1:51PM  

   Awesome stuff - thanks for the heads up Nick!

   Installing now!
2. luke779865

   
   Posted on: December 19, 2006 at 1:54PM  

   I apologize for posting this here, but was not sure where else to ask the question.  I have been a beta tester through beta 1, beta 2, rc1 and rc2 and have sent in various bug reports but did not recieve a copy of Vista like many of the other beta testers.  Are they still sending them?  Should I have already recieved it?

   Thanks for your help!

   Ron Lucas
3. Brandon LeBlanc

   

   
   Posted on: December 19, 2006 at 2:21PM  

   You should have already recieved it by now. Unfortunately folks like Nick (who runs this blog) have nothing to do with the Windows Vista Technical Beta Program hosted on Microsoft Connect. That program was ran by a seperate group of folks at Microsoft.

   Let me see if I can get a answer for you though. No promises.
4. mgillespie

   
   Posted on: December 19, 2006 at 5:45PM  

   Nice to have the update before Vista launches, it's a shame the Zune is such a poor product...
5. Jiffy_No0b

   
   Posted on: December 19, 2006 at 8:14PM  

   I wanted a Zune until I heard it wouldn't be Vista compatible. This is good news.
6. bazanime

   
   Posted on: December 19, 2006 at 9:21PM  

   Please go over to engadget and read their story on this. i really hope the team are taking stock of user experience.
7. Sephiroth

   
   Posted on: December 20, 2006 at 1:50PM  

   Yeah, but aren't we missing something here?  Is Zune compatible with Urge or not?  I don't see any information regarding this.
8. Brandon LeBlanc

   

   
   Posted on: December 20, 2006 at 8:49PM  

   Sephiroth, like Apple's iTunes and iPod relationship - Zune is only compatible with its own online music store. URGE is NOT compatible with the Zune. So no, nothing is being missed here.

   I suggest reading some of the FAQ's over at Zune.net:

   http://www.zune.net/en-US/support/

   Bazanime, the Zune Team is indeed taking note of the user experience issues. Today is just one update but the future holds a whole lot more from Zune.
9. Sephiroth

   
   Posted on: December 21, 2006 at 6:35PM  

   Okay, so let me see if this makes sense.  Forgive me for shooting from the hips here.  Alright, URGE was a collaboration with Microsoft, Microsoft’s Windows Media Player 11 and MTV Networks.

   Then Microsoft comes out with Zune to compete with Apple’s iTunes and iPod, right?

   But then Microsoft may have forgotten that there are tens of thousands of URGE users who probably may want to keep their subscription with URGE and may want to invest in a Zune, but URGE users won’t have that opportunity because Microsoft’s Zune is incompatible, right?

   That’s really great Microsoft, really great!

   So yeah…I think you guys really missed something here.  Sounds like a huge marketing flip-flop to me.
10. Michael_Moor

    
    Posted on: January 31, 2007 at 12:47PM  

    Hey "Nick White",thx for share

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