Apple Thoughts

Apple Thoughts - News & Reviews on all things Apple

Be sure to register in our forums and post your comments - we want to hear from you!


Android Thoughts

Loading feed...

Laptop Thoughts

Loading feed...

Digital Home Thoughts

Loading feed...




Go Back   Thoughts Media Forums > APPLE THOUGHTS > Apple News

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1 (permalink)  
Old 10-27-2009, 06:00 PM
Executive Editor, Apple Thoughts
Jeff Campbell's Avatar
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 2,937
Default Subtle Joke on Ballmer

http://www.macdailynews.com/index.p...t_of_apple_mac/

"Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer appeared on NBC's Today Show on Thursday to shill his company's Vista service pack, er, "Windows 7" and spent the entire segment in front of an older model (note the latches above the screen) Apple MacBook Pro (courtesy of an NBC graphic designer - Mac user, no doubt - who must have a wicked sense of humor)"

Funny isn't it? Wonder if the NBC graphics artist got sent to the "Office" for this? 

__________________
iPhone 4, 1.6 GHz Core 2 Duo MacBook Air, Apple TV, 2.66GHz Intel C2D Mac Mini, 1TB TC, Airport Extreme,several iPods and an iPad, 32GB Wi-Fi version. Follow me on Twitter.
 
Reply With Quote
  #2 (permalink)  
Old 10-27-2009, 06:14 PM
Oracle
Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 984

I'm sure Steve Ballmer will not complain if you decide to spend $189 for Widows 7 Home Premium (full install, since you have nothing to upgrade ) for your MacBook Pro. He may not encourage it, but he'll gladly take the revenue . . .

I actually think that it's funny that Apple's true competitors (for Macs) are the hardware OEMs that make Windows computers, more than Microsoft. Each MacBook sold is still a potential Windows license, but it will never be a Dell, HP, et. al., sale. John Hodgman does not necessarily represent Microsoft in those ads - he's standing in for the hardware companies.
 
Reply With Quote
Reply


Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT +1. The time now is 01:09 PM.



Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.6.0