I have a new 120 gig model so mine still worked all day Wednesday. But I've written date code and it sucks. I figured that was the issue as soon as the posts started. By the way, I've always debugged that way — just have known sort of intuively what is wrong.
Speaking of which I do have a bit of a hardware issue that started with the Zune. I have a refurbished Compaq and I get a blue system of death sometimes when I connect my Zune to it. Happens with a few other USB devices so I think it might be related to disk size. Doesn't always happen. I like the Wireless sync anyway.
I have listened to more music on the PC then on the Zune but that's pretty normal for me. What I really like on the Zune is audiobooks and podcasts.
I have a subscription to Audible books and have for a long time. I do a lot of driving — once a week to agility class, and every few weekend to trials, so I really like the Audiobooks for that. Right now, I'm in the middle of the Ann McCaffery "Freedom Series" so have been listening to it even during short trips.
I have also started listening to Zune Marketplace Podcasts. I am a huge fan of Scott Hanselman and have read his blog for years — just started listening to the Podcasts, and so far they rock. Yeah, I'm a geek, I'm a fan of both Scott and Clint Rutkas (i've gotten to meet him) and some of the other Microsoft engineer types.
Can't wait to take it to school. I already have a spare set of speakers, so we'll see how it goes. In years past I've played my own music softly while the kids listened to their own with headsets. I don't think I should be using a headset, especially our noise blankers. In fact, I got really ticked off at a teacher using my room who did use them. Don't see how you can know what is going on around you.
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