I have had an interest in a subscription service for a while and never really got into Napster. I already spend way to much money on music and a monthly “all I can eat” may actually save me some money. I tend to always buy complete albums even if I have only heard one song.

I had a Napster account when they first when live with the legal service. They had run a promo when they first started that the first 1000 people who signed up for a year service also got a free player, and it was a nice player. I cannot remember what the player was, but it was real nice and worth more than the year subscription cost. I signed up, got the player in the mail, and had it sold to a co-worker within minutes. I made $50.00 and still got to listen to Napster for “free” for 1 year on my Windows machine that I had at work. After that I canceled the service.

I do have an interest in the Zune, I love Apple and really like my iPod but being a tech junkie, I like to try out what is available, just to be able to compare and play. The Zune has gotten some decent reviews and I read a few Zune Blogs just to keep up. I would most likely (if they offer this) sign up for a year service, if I was given a decent free player.

This would be ok for me for 2 reasons, I have a Windows machine set up that I need and use daily for work and could actually use the Zune Marketplace to at least listen at that machine, and I also have an AUX input in my car so I could use the Zune easily in the car. For that alone it would be worth a years worth of service to really see what they offer.

I do not think that I will ever leave Apple or the iPod but it’s still nice to see what else is there. I live in an Apple house, my wife has a MacBook, I have a Powerbook, we also have 2 Mac mini’s in the house. Also once we replace our bedroom tv with a new LCD or Plasma I will be getting an AppleTV to go along with it. I use iTunes for all my music, a decent amount of TV shows and love to get some music video’s as well and I am sure once Apple offers more movies I will get some more of those as well. So I am an Apple person, some may call me an Apple Fanboy. But I am still open to what else is there.

A free Zune with subscription may be just what it would take to get me to really check it out. Right now I have no interest in paying for a Zune, not worth the money considering I already have 2 Shuffles a nano and an 80gb Video, and no I don’t use all of them, 1 Shuffle sits most of the time, but the other Shuffle get used often and the nano and video get used daily.

Would a Free Zune with subscription get you to buy a membership? And if so what do you currently have and use?

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