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[–] alessandro@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Zune, Metro, Copilot+

If you know, you know.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The Zune was amazing. Blew my iPod classic out of the water. I'm still mad it got stolen.

Microsoft just fucked up marketing it.

[–] belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

MS doesnt do "cool". They have been desperate for years to try to capture it and they never have any idea what cool looks and feels like so their adverts for their shit is always so dorky and uncool.

Also they never support anything long after it comes out because the only vision they have is winning sales

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 2 points 1 month ago

They also like to try to shoehorn themselves into an already captured market quite often, but they don't get sales and drop it like you said.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 month ago

I’m confused, the Zune and Metro (pre Windows 8, Metro was introduced with the Zune HD and used in Windows Phone) are some of the better things Microsoft has ever produced.

If you said UMPCs, Cortana, Copilot+ I would understand.

[–] rozodru@pie.andmc.ca 13 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I really liked the Zune AND the Nokia Lumia with Windows. honestly the Lumia was the best phone I ever had.

At one point, Microsoft did make good products. The only good thing they have now is the Windows Terminal which IMHO is one of the best terminal emulators out there, honestly wish I could have it on Linux.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Did your Zune also get stolen? Pretty much everyone I've talked to who had one had it stolen (myself included).

[–] rozodru@pie.andmc.ca 5 points 1 month ago

hah now that you mention it, yes my Zune did get stolen.

[–] SauceFlexr@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I want it for Linux too, but I use Tabby as it is the closest thing I have found to it.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] festus@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No they mean the Terminal App itself. It feels great to use, I use it all the time on my work laptop when running WSL.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

I don't think I have ever used that app. Just cmd and powershell alone, or putty. I have been avoiding windows ssh since they log server and user name that accesses an ssh connection and sends it to microsoft during the connection attempt.

[–] jaselle@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

Métro, boulot, dodot?

[–] HurlingDurling@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

The zune was truly awesome! Its only weakness was that Microsoft actually didn't really believe on it (same with the Kin)

[–] pycorax@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

People give Balmer a ton of shit but most of MS's cool stuff came out during his time.