[Aaron Roma]

Originally Posted by Darius Wey

Although the question remains: can you keep your Zune offline (that is, set up a Zune without a Zune.net account / Passport)?

I'm 99% sure you can, but if I get a chance tomorow, I'll test it. I'll reset my Zune and connect it to an offline PC and see what happens.

Originally Posted by mcsouth

This will probably sound like a dumb question, but humour me please, since I have never purchased a large capacity MP3 player in the past. Does the software assume that you will want your entire music collection installed?

You do have the option when you install to NOT automatically scan and import all music (or video, or pictures) on your hard drive. You can then selectively import into the library (in the Zune software, you add a folder at a time, in iTunes, a single item or entire folder).

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Jason: I know you're not an iPod user, but it might be a worthwhile comparison to install iTunes and run the same import on your music and photo libraries to compare the time and process.

[Aaron Roma]

Originally Posted by Darius Wey

Although the question remains: can you keep your Zune offline (that is, set up a Zune without a Zune.net account / Passport)?

I'm 99% sure you can, but if I get a chance tomorow, I'll test it. I'll reset my Zune and connect it to an offline PC and see what happens.

Originally Posted by mcsouth

This will probably sound like a dumb question, but humour me please, since I have never purchased a large capacity MP3 player in the past. Does the software assume that you will want your entire music collection installed?

You do have the option when you install to NOT automatically scan and import all music (or video, or pictures) on your hard drive. You can then selectively import into the library (in the Zune software, you add a folder at a time, in iTunes, a single item or entire folder).

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Jason: I know you're not an iPod user, but it might be a worthwhile comparison to install iTunes and run the same import on your music and photo libraries to compare the time and process.

[Janak Parekh]

Originally Posted by Aaron Roma

Jason: I know you're not an iPod user, but it might be a worthwhile comparison to install iTunes and run the same import on your music and photo libraries to compare the time and process.

I talked to Jason about this; the problem is, unless you have an iPod, it won't touch your photos. The photo transfer options only appear under a tab when you select the iPod in the left column in iTunes.

We did observe that it does tell you the counts and whatnot up front, making it easier to choose out of the box.

--janak

[ucfgrad93]

Originally Posted by Aaron Roma

Jason: I know you're not an iPod user, but it might be a worthwhile comparison to install iTunes and run the same import on your music and photo libraries to compare the time and process.

Jason, seeing how you just dumped a fortune to come to the states and get several zunes, perhaps you could spring for an iPod and do a comparison of the two. I'd love to see a head-to-head review from you.

You can always sell the iPod afterwards.