Buy it - Take it apart

imported_Jack Cook · 11-13-06, 10:24 PM

WOW! I'm so glad someone else wants to do this type of stuff ... what was that old adage about Curiosity and a Cat? (ott-rot, you remember that one don't you?) <a href="http://www.mobilitysite.com/blogimages/BuyitTakeitapart_13B28/unboxing3.jpg" atomicselection="true"></a> Well, in any event, as I was browsing through the posts at Zune Thoughts tonight and I saw a couple ofposts that really caught my eye. One was on the <a href="http://www.gearlive.com/index.php/news/article/first-microsoft-zune-unboxing-video-1113/" target="_blank">First Microsoft Zune Unboxing Video</a> by Andru Edwards. This is not a run of the mill unboxing but rather a very decent presentation of two Zunes - one black and one brown. If you are planning on picking one of these up when they launch tomorrow, be sure to check out the video to see everything you get inside the package. <a href="http://www.mobilitysite.com/blogimages/BuyitTakeitapart_13B28/disected3.jpg" atomicselection="true"></a>And the other item that really caught my eye was the <a href="http://www.gearlive.com/index.php/news/article/gallery-microsoft-zune-dissected-1111109/" target="_blank">Gear Live Gallery: Microsoft Zune Dissected</a>. BTW, they did say that there were "No worries, the Zune wasnâ€™t harmed in the least, and is now back together, fully functional"....whew! via <a href="http://www.zunethoughts.com/" target="_blank">Zune Thoughts</a> (did you catch the brown color for the Zune)

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Doug Smith · 11-14-06, 01:16 AM

Nutz... The guy is Nutz....

If ain't broke, leave it alone!

Pocketbrain · 11-14-06, 01:39 AM

Now, there's a man after my own heart. Break it down, build it up. And get documentation while you do it! It's good to have a video of a disassembly; that helps you to figure out where the "extra" parts go.

Kulnet · 11-14-06, 09:18 AM

Yeah, there is no way that I would take a new device apart like that. I would never have the nerve. I'd be pretty ticked if I put it back together and it didn't work. I guess I'm glad that there are people out there who do this though.

mental ambiguity · 11-14-06, 10:28 AM

I'm just crazy enough that I'd do it. Of course, that's only if I had the money to replace it with a functioning one if it didn't work when I put it back together. :)

Pocketbrain · 11-15-06, 01:46 AM

Heck, I once blew a motherboard and HDD doing something really stupid. Well, I learned, now didn't I? Probably good to make your connections and perform disassembly while it's powered off. Outside of that, you'd have to be really careless to actually break something!