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Ok, this iPod/Mac user shares his two week experience with the Zune…

I’ve only had my Zune for 17 minutes when I encounter a problem: It seems my Zune and my MacBook don’t get along. In fact, I’d venture to say my Mac hates the Zune. It doesn’t even acknowledge that it exists, even when the Zune’s USB cord is plugged in and all up in its business.

You can’t really blame Microsoft (makers of the Zune) for that, though. The higher-ups at Apple don’t want anyone taking iPod money out of their hands, so they make the Zune and the Mac as unmixable as Slipknot and Katy Perry fans. Luckily, my roommate owns a PC (he wears tweed, and is generally lame), so I wasn’t left with a useless Zune.

It wasn’t a total wash though, Andrew gives the Zune props and hits the nail on the head with what the Social is all about for most…

But the Zune is more than the anti-iPod. It’s actually a solid device — and maybe the better choice for people who are looking for a true music-oriented gadget.

For all the dancing commercials and astronomical sales, the iPod has always been about moving the stuff on the iTunes store, not about musical discovery (like Napster originally was) or about trying things out for the fun of it. But the Zune, through the Zune Pass subscription service, is firmly about the discovery process of music.

Read the rest of The lives of others: My two weeks as a Zune user.