Then get the Mac version of VMWare Player. Install the Zune software inside the virtual machine and there you go. Granted it's a pain to go through, but it is possible. You can get away without syncing very often anyway since you can download the music directly to the Zune.
I don't understand why Microsoft doesn't market this feature more. The ability to download directly to the player with an all you can eat music service was what made me rush out the minute I heard about the Sansa Connect and buy it. With the collapse of Yahoo music I've been missing out on this hugely undervalued combo for a while. The 10 downloads a month just seals the deal even tighter that I'm getting a Zune.
HP's Jon Rubenstein told us that his company wanted to veer in a new direction, and veer it surely did -- the HP Veer 4G will arguably be the smallest fully-functional smartphone on the market when it goes on sale May 15th.
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This is actually really awesome. I might just do that. Oh wait, I can't. Microsoft, please bring the Zune to Macs. kthx
Apple's already done that for you. Boot camp ftw if you want to take advantage of the Zune side of things.
Not everyone can afford a copy of Windows and a Zune. I'm a poor college dude, man.
I love the arguments that Mac users have when it comes to bootcamp/ running windows (not you, obviously):
Zune: ZUNE SUCKS OMG, I CAN'T EVEN RUN IT ON MY MAC BECOZ M$ R EVIL EMPIRE!!!!11
Games: STFU M$ FANBOIS, MACS CAN RUN GAMES BECOZ WE CAN RUN WINDOZE!!11
Could've saved money by buying a similarly specced PC.
Sheesh, there are FREE and LEGAL ways to get it to work on a Mac.
Just download the free VM of XP from Microsoft here.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=21EABB90-958F-4B64-B5F1-73D0A413C8EF&displaylang=en
Then get the Mac version of VMWare Player. Install the Zune software inside the virtual machine and there you go. Granted it's a pain to go through, but it is possible. You can get away without syncing very often anyway since you can download the music directly to the Zune.
I don't understand why Microsoft doesn't market this feature more. The ability to download directly to the player with an all you can eat music service was what made me rush out the minute I heard about the Sansa Connect and buy it. With the collapse of Yahoo music I've been missing out on this hugely undervalued combo for a while. The 10 downloads a month just seals the deal even tighter that I'm getting a Zune.