Anticool

I bought a Zune today. So far I really like the thing. Much better than the old IPod.
I sound like a trendy waste, but in that realization I wondered about something else.

Mac grew in popularity because it wasn't Microsoft. Oh sure there are the arguments for ease of use, powerful editing software etc ad nauseam. But the reason most people buy a Mac (or Apple product) is to be anti-establishment.

Apple is becoming the establishment. The average latte-drinking coffee house denizen couldn't give two whits about BSD architecture or Intel migrations. They just don't want a "PC". The anti-trend is the trend.

Everyone has an IPod. Ultimately, if your IPod makes you happy than everyone else be damned. But will there come a day when Microsoft becomes so malinged that Apple will eventually be labled sell out and Gates becomes underground cool again?

I bought a Zune today. So far I really like the thing.