The Zune is Incompatible with Vista: So What?

You may have heard the rumors or even seen an occasional article shouting that Microsoft’s new Zune media player is incompatible with Windows Vista.

Many people are pointing to Microsoft and asking, “How could you do something so stupid?” I don’t work for Microsoft but I would like to attempt to answer that question.

First, Vista isn’t even available to the public yet (at least, not legally). I know that they have the release to manufacturer code out there but it still does not mean that they will not release a patch to the manufacturers to add to their final images.

Secondly, has the world suddenly forgotten that Microsoft is the king of the critical update? How hard is it to have the Zune installation software go out to the internet and look for updates? Or make the compatibility patch a part of the regular Windows Update in Vista?

The “panic” that is being caused by this so-called mistake just sounds like a bunch of fear mongering to me.

Update: Told you so!