I'm not sure what possessed me to do so, perhaps it was the boredom, perhaps the perpetual need for 'new', but for whatever reason I had some sort of strange craving to get a new MP3 player today. Now, to be fair I've had my previous
The Zune in question. player (a Zen Micro) since about 2005, so it's been a little while and it's definitely showing it's age in terms of looks, features, etc (e.g. it doesn't have a color screen and I can't file my taxes on it :P). On the other hand though it's worked fine and with my Napster subscription I've actually used it quite a lot over that time, but I just 'needed' something new...so I got a Zune 80 via a wonderful soul over on Ebay. I payed a little more than what I wanted I guess, but I'd say $200 plus shipping isn't bad (considering anything close iPod -wise and size-wise is going to be $250; being as iPods are the standard these days). Also I guess the fact that Zune and Xbox account stuff is so closely integrated and the promise of more connectivity between those two devices seems like a good investment. Besides, I never do stuff like this, and I guess more importantly, I can't let my parents have a 'cooler' MP3 player than me, I mean that's crazy talk.
Oh, and I obviously haven't received it yet, but when I do I'll be sure to let you know how that goes along with anything else that I feel like going on about.
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