Caption this photo of an odd Apple iPod – Microsoft Zune juxtaposition

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Caption this photo of an odd Apple iPod – Microsoft Zune juxtaposition that was shot by MacDailyNews reader Larry Fransson on December 29, 2006 at a Costco store in Tukwila, WA (a suburb south of Seattle):

Related articles:
CNBC: Apple to sell 17 million iPods in US alone in holiday quarter – December 13, 2006
Microsoft expects to sell 1 million Zunes by June – December 06, 2006
Microsoft Zune plummets to 5th place in U.S. digital media player market share with 2.1 percent – December 04, 2006

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  2. Masa wrote:

    Are they talking about Soviet Union? There wasnt any real competition and most of the products sucked. Just like Microsoft. I was their customer for 8 years and after I saw a Mac, I felt cheated. The company promises they’ll give you moon and stars from the sky and closest they’ll ever get is what seems like reaching when they lift their hands while yawning.

    This reminds me of a Japanese story I read once about a monkey reaching for the moon. (Put Ballmer instead of monkey and oddly enough, it still works.) The monkey tried to catch the moon’s reflection in the surface of the pond and only succeeded in drowning.

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  7. “Sold Out Of Zunes, so stack all the unsold iPods on top of the Zune rack.”

    Uh, I think you mean – “Not selling Zunes, so send them back to the manufacturer to make room on valuable floor space for products that do sell.” You can’t sell out of a product that doesn’t sell. If by some strange chance in some alternate reality you did sell out, there would be 50 trucks lined up outside Costco ready to restock that mythical Zune selling display.

    Zune Tang – Welcome to the Reality.

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  9. Caption Entry:

    At Electronic MegaBox International we know that people are choosing iPod over Zune. So that’s what we give them – iPod over Zune.

    Caption Entry 2:

    Once again, Microsoft shows its support for Apple.

    Caption Entry 3:

    Microsoft still builds the strongest display stands.

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  11. Here’s the math. Apparently Apple sells about 1.3 million ipods a week for the holiday season so in the time the Zune was available, Apple sold approximately 5.2 million ipods. Zune managed to grab a 9% market share for one week and then settle down to 2% for the remaining 3 weeks or sell approximately 38,000 Zunes … since MS was quick to brag they had over 30,000 places selling the Zune …

    http://twice.com/article/CA6390750.html

    so that pretty much works out to ONE per store … if you’re selling Bentley’s, that’s a great ratio and a great Christmas … selling a $250 product – one per store – uh, no so much (and that’s presuming there aren’t a slew of returns).

    I think the ipod is available in 10,000 outlets … you can do that math.

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  12. I went to a dinner for breakfast this morning and under one of the table feet was a Zune. It was stopping it from being wobbly.

    I thought to myself good idea, I always hated when people wasted a good pack of matches to do that.

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  13. I saw a Zune on display at Target today. It was the brown one. The fact that they chose this color for their display proves how out of touch Microsoft is. But here’s something you probably don’t know.

    The edges of the brown Zune are translucent, and have a greenish tinge when light passes through. The effect is a brown case with a sickly green border. Yup, brown and green. No wonder it’s the worst-selling model. Who wants a music player that looks like diarrhea?

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  16. I hadn’t yet seen “A’s” caption back up the thread before writing my entry above. But now that I’ve had a chance to read the full thread more closely, my vote for best caption so far belongs to “A”. Good one… short and sweet, with just the right amount of insult to MS.

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  23. Love it, and in Seattle no less!

    Welcome to the social (disease)!

    And speaking of quixotic product references, just love the Vista disc boxes with the prominent words on it being “ready for a new day” . . .WTF?
    Sounds like a slogan for a duche or pms product.

    Someone is seriously spiking the reefer they smoke there.

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