Microsoft Zune Mac Support?

Posted by Chris Leckness on 05/14/08

It's amazing how much speculation can be pulled from within a single one minute video. A couple weeks ago, a video promo for Microsoft showcasing Live Mesh popped up online. In this video, many noticed that a HTC Touch was featured in the video. This Touch had what many suspect to be WIndows Mobile 7. It's a short clip around the 32 second mark of the video.

Well, that's not why I am posting today. One of the GotZune.com readers, Jaxim, saw something else odd. I noticed the Zune in the video the couple times I watched it, but didn't notice what it appears to be hooked up to. Read on for the video and the screen grabs...

In the airport, the father of the little girl gets a live snapshot of his kid playing right. He gets it on a Mac (in a Microsoft video even). Well, after that, he looks down at his Zune that shows that it is syncing. Well, Macbook in his lap and Zune by his side. Hmmm.... (click the images below for larger view)

If you look below the Zune, you will see what looks like a mac accessory as well.

So, does this mean that the Zune is able to sync to the Macs? I know that the screen on the Zune in the video looks like it's syncing, but it might not be. It might be a static screen too. Who knows. This is all speculation, but it sure is fun to think about it.

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8 Responses for "Microsoft Zune Mac Support?"

Jason Rasmussen May 14th, 2008 at 11:17 am 1
Likely the Mac is running Windows via BootCamp so then he can sync with the Zune.Â With worldwide Mac marketshare at 3%, Microsoft should first focus on making the Zune and Zune software the best it can be before going multi-platform.
Chris Leckness May 14th, 2008 at 11:46 am 2
I think I agree 100% It’s good to hope for changes that will get the 3% to stop using that as a con though.
jack May 14th, 2008 at 2:25 pm 3
The guy in the video is using a MacBook Air and it does seem to suggest that he would be syncing via BootCamp or Fusion, but the screenshot shows iTunes so I think it’s just marketing glitz and nothing to do with reality.
adamross55 May 14th, 2008 at 5:26 pm 4
Well the screen shows Mac OS X 10.5 and thats what i have on a couple computers so i dont know. I dont even know why microsoft would put a mac in one of their commercials.Â
timmmmm Choi May 14th, 2008 at 6:44 pm 5
did you guys know..
that you can play games
and listen to the radio at the same time
steveballmer May 14th, 2008 at 8:23 pm 6
That was NOT a Mac! You did not see that!
Callous Catboy May 16th, 2008 at 1:02 pm 7
I think OSX Support should be the next step for Microsoft’s Zune. Even though Apple has a small marketshare in the computer market, a lot of those Mac users have iPods because nothing else works as well on their Macs. Zune sales are slowly creeping up on iPod sales because on Windows the integration with the music library is just as good as the iPod’s, and of course the hardware itself is fantastic and easy to use. So if they add OSX support to the Zune I’m sure plenty of Mac users would leave their iPods and give the newcomer a try. Plus it would be awesome to see Zune eat some of iPod’s lunch.

Just this catboy’s 2 cents.
Aden Fraser May 21st, 2008 at 3:04 pm 8
If you look closely it seems like its sending a file wirelessly, but could be just a static image being shown (as a photo), which is often the case with things like this (to gain a better photo / video).