Zune headquarters mini-tour
By Ryan Block 
posted May 9th 2008 12:24PM
posted May 9th 2008 12:24PM
posted May 9th 2008 12:24PM
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They have sold 2 million Zunes in two years. In that same time Apple sold 76 million Ipods. See here:http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/05/09/zune-sales-still-in-the-toilet/
Office decor aside, I love my Zune. 'Nuff said.
I dig the retro look...hehe...
photo number 18 looks to have a powerbook or macbook pro on the table.
http://www.engadget.com/photos/zune-hq-mini-tour/796556/
So your saying because you work at Microsoft you can't use Apple? Why don't people understand that not everyone is a fan-boy. IT IS POSSIBLE TO USE BOTH PRODUCTS. You don't have to shove all your money into one corporation.
Is this where they're working on the NBC Copyright Cop filtering?
That never happened. It was just a rumor. Check out the details at the zuneboards website.
Looks like someone or something puked while on LSD!!!11ONEone11
Hahahaha Zune headquarters... Wow.
Wow. I seriously feel like inspiration has been sucked out of me. At first, it looks new and different, but when you look closer it's totally a facade. No one plays mix-mastah at the zune mix table, and the lame posters would get old after like three days.
I agree. This has all the signs of "trying" to be cool, but when you look closer, you see the same old corporate crap. It very representative of the product that is coming out of it. The packaged cubicles they specified scream mediocre. In MS's defense, this is a temporary workspace from what I've read. I hope the current Zune is also as temporary.
"Ever wonder where Zunes are designed?" No, I already know where - Cupertino.
I've never worked for Microsoft, but I get the distinct impression that aside from Windows and Office, the company is an anarchic mess of renegade, half-hearted pet projects with no unifying strategy other than "own every market on the planet."
You sir have given me the perfect combination of words to describe mine own station of employment
I literally thought the zune was farting rainbows and sprinkles in the first pic...
All you youngin's, don't let the shiny colors and hip toys confuse you... I've worked in environments like this in the past (circa 1st dot.com erra), and it was still depressing as hell to work in this little tiny cube, sometimes sharing with others. You might be able to cover shit with frosting and jelly beans, but it's still shit.
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/05/zune-hq-mini-tour-43.jpg
Ahh. I was always looking for an explanation to the lack of removable batteries and Flash media in modern 'walkmans'...and lack of 2-way native Mass-Storage drag-n-drop and FLAC support. http://flac.sourceforge.net
Too many of these.
That's some groooovy furniture in the Zune Lounge. Like, Brady Bunch groovy.
What about a picture gallery of the zune's counterpart in Cupertino?
Ahh, so that is where all the Zunes Microsoft has claimed to sell. They are hanging on the wall with their insides out. Where is the picture of the iPod stash. ;-)
So that's where that giant dump I took ended up. It mutated, rose from the sewers and named itself Seth A.
They sure are trying hard to make it feel like a cool place to work. The branding all over everything, awful interior design, and the corporate mottos plastered around still give it away, though. Seriously, who thinks framing the word "authenticity" on the wall is actually going to accomplish anything? Maybe I should scratch the word "money" into my night stand and check it in the morning.
This is basically an office full of marketing people, the only engineering going on there is social. Don't buy into it.
Yeah they should post apple's headquarter pics.
Im afraid i'll be a white room with picture frames of "El Jobso" and his biography together with all the products designed at apple.
Or it could be a whole bunch of chinese guys..... with one hand they are assembling the latest ipod touch and on the other hand at the same time they are sewing the latest nike sneakers.
What-ever. I still think my Zune rocks.
That is a ridiculous amount of overhead.
There is a lot of Pro Apple comments mad on anything microsoft. To a point where it's a little annoying to always have some comparison. Fact is the Zune is not a horrible product, the ipod is just too much a Giant for it to go against right now.
Where's Zune Guy's tattoo parlor??
Great pics guys. Really appreciate it. Looks like they got a common theme and look that isn't very Microsoftie.