I bought a 30Gb Zune in Orlando (for about £100) at Christmas and I'm delighted with it. My 20Gb ipod was problematic from day one, the battery failed just after the year's warranty was up and the hard drive failed soon after. When I bought replacements the ipod just died. It is now sitting on my desk in pieces. When it worked, it was a nightmare to get working, and syncing, with my pc and the drm was a mess. Almost everyone I know that has an ipod (of any type) has had problems with theirs.
In comparison, my Zune was a doddle to setup on my pc and is recognised immediately by my 360. It syncs wirelessly via my wireless router and drm is not an issue.
I always get people at work an the gym asking what type of player it is and they just look in wonder when I tell them "it's a Microsoft Zune". Almost all have never heard of it but again, almost all would buy one at the price I paid, if only M$ sold them outside of the US and Canada.
This post has been edited by MickRick: Yesterday, 04:38 PM