and in certain culturally influential circles it was becoming fashionable to listen to Top 40 hits on the nation’s most popular consumer electronic device. But more importantly, Microsoft was a poor tool for countercultural reaction. Its computers were far more ubiquitous than any of Apple’s trendy devices, even more corporate, and deeply uncool.
Link: 10 years after its demise, a requiem for the Microsoft Zune, the little gadget that couldn’t
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