Well, I had an iPod Nano (1st Gen, 4Gb) for around a year when we started hearing rumours about Microsoft entering the market, obviously, I was a tad excited.
Saw the device and read the spec and realised that - considering they're the same price, this was just better than anything Apple had on show.
Slightly downhearted when they only launched in the US, I decided id import one anyway - and I was probably one of the first people in the UK to get one, think I recieved it about a week after US release. Ironically, importing a Zune with the exchange rate at the time, still turned out significantly cheaper than buying a new iPod over here - im planning to import a 8Gb Draco when they hit, and now the exchange rate is even better, im ready to make a killing :P
Anyway. I am a fan of Microsoft, being a techie and using Microsoft software day-in day-out, writing my own applications to customize etc, you get used to some of it's quirks and often find out how to fix them. I don't think you can truly appreciate and understand why Microsoft software has security holes etc unless you are a developer. Some mistakes they made over a decade ago have meant that now - after they've broken the 100 million lines of code in Windows Vista - they're next to impossible to undo, unless someone wants to trawl through all that ****.
Anyway im rambling.
I also want to work for Microsoft in the future, so even if the Zune is discontinued in a few years when I try to apply, walking in with one is bound to score me some points lol.
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