Regarding the Zune/Vista Incompatibility
You may have heard about this from The Register or some other source. The Microsoft Zune device is shipping without support for Windows Vista. What does that mean?
In case you don't know, I am a Microsoft Regional Director and are therefore privy to information the public doesn't usually get. The real story is that even though Vista has been released to manufacturing, it is only available to beta testers and those with MSDN Subscriptions. It will not be available for consumers until January or February. The Zune team's deadline for shipping Vista-compatible software for the Zune is that time. This makes sense to me. I don't know what all the hub-bub is about. If you're on the bleeding edge you have to deal with timing issues like this. It comes with the territory. The anti-Microsoft hype is "Zune doesn't support Vista." The reality is quite different.