Subtle hint from MS Office website: Get a Mac
Going back to school? You'll need books, Microsoft Office... and a This isn't the first time that we've seen Macs appear as Windows workstations via Microsoft's sites or events -- this Norwegian TV demo of Vista raised eyebrows for the distinctively iMacian nature of the demo machine. Perhaps the message from PC Magazine about the hardware that suits Vista best is getting through.
Update: As noted in the comments, the lack of an iSight clearly pegs this hardware as a G4, not a MacBook Pro -- so it can't run Office 2007 at all. Shame on me for missing it, but it's even funnier now.
Thanks Perrin!
Written by Michael Rose
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Cameron Talley said 12:06PM on 7-28-2008
That's not a MBP...It's a powerbook... You can tell because it has no iSight camera....
And since Powerbooks are PPC, I would think it would have great difficulty running Windows office 2007!
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Lucas said 11:15PM on 7-28-2008
You can tell it's a PowerBook also because it has no IR Sensor.
You would definitely have trouble running on a PPC architecture!
Leonel said 12:15PM on 7-28-2008
the dynamic page should be getting the operating system version, and thats why it's showing a mac, maybe if you try with a pc it will show a pc..
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jwilliek said 12:35PM on 7-28-2008
I'm on a PC at work, and I'm seeing the Powerbook image :)
Scott said 12:40PM on 7-28-2008
Nope. I'm at work on the PC they force me to use, and I also see the Powerbook.
Leo M. said 2:32PM on 7-28-2008
wow another Leonel!!!
harrywolf said 12:16PM on 7-28-2008
Its simply because ad agencies who create the advertising use Macs and its easy and convenient to use one of the agencies macs in the adverts.
Or the photographer uses a Mac.
Macs in Windows or any technology ads are commonplace because of this.
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Matthew Dodd said 12:22PM on 7-28-2008
It's not just about the iSight. The MacBook Pro added dual latches, an IR receiver on the front and removed the S-Video out that you can clearly see on the side of that PowerBook G4.
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Nate said 12:21PM on 7-28-2008
Haha! Oh Microsoft! I'm starting to love you now! More power to the Mac!
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Ed said 3:06PM on 7-28-2008
Ballmer's powerpoints (keynotes?) were just the start...
Christopher said 12:40PM on 7-28-2008
the funny thing is that it is office 2007 which has ONLY been made for PC and you can clearly see it is the PC version. So the this computer can run office 2008 but the ad doesnt show that... friggin Microsoft always screwin up when advertising.
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d said 12:26PM on 7-28-2008
shame on you michael - I would of thought you'd be an expert at mac field identification.
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James said 12:41PM on 7-28-2008
HOW IS THIS NEWS?
The MS Site has always been crammed full of powerbooks with the logos photoshopped off.
Counted about 8 powerbooks in a 10 minute browse once
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Ryan said 12:54PM on 7-28-2008
Haha, yeah. I've noticed that places use macs in ads, and try to pass them off as windows. A local ad here, is for Virus screening, and "PC Speedup" and it shows one of the people using a new iMac, RUNNING OS X, (saying how much faster his PC is) and at the bottom it says: "For Windows PCs Only!" *cough* Gotta love it.
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Chris B said 5:40AM on 8-11-2008
Somewhat related: there's an AT&T wireless internet commercial, featuring Bill Kurtiss and he is holding what appears to be a Lenovo laptop, running the Mac OS. I haven't seen any mention of that.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8ZXpm4zXIoE
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Brian Burns said 4:36PM on 7-28-2008
Who cares what brand computer it is?
Just tell me why the books are floating.
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Richie said 5:57PM on 7-28-2008
The books aren't floating. The Mac is. The books are glued to the bottom of the Mac as ballast.
Obviously.
Aron T said 1:16PM on 7-28-2008
What's the deal with a post being "by TUAW Blogger"
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Phil E. Drifter said 1:43PM on 7-28-2008
You don't 'need' MS Office, period. There's this great piece of software called NeoOffice that's FREE and can do everything MS Office can do, except better. It can even save to .xls and .doc formats, although I prefer saving my documents in opendoc formats.
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Ed said 3:21PM on 7-28-2008
I prefer iWork, but to each his own.