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Steve Ballmer's Windows 7 pitch features MacBook Pro in the background
Talk about embarrassing. Steve Ballmer guest hosted on NBC's Today Show yesterday to talk about the Windows 7 launch. Sadly for Steverino, Matt Lauer talked a lot about Apple and the iPhone. Even worse, sharp eyes noticed an NBC-produced graphic in the background with a Windows 7 logo appearing on the screen of what clearly is a Mac laptop.
You can watch the video here. That's probably not the kind of quality control Microsoft would have liked.
Thanks to Bill for sending this in (no, not Bill Gates)
[via TechCrunch]
Thanks to Bill for sending this in (no, not Bill Gates)
[via TechCrunch]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Darren said 3:11PM on 10-23-2009
You can't blame them; MacBooks are absolutely everywhere these days.
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Ian said 4:15PM on 10-23-2009
True. Also, MS makes the same money regardless of what computer you install Windows on.
boy1der said 5:20PM on 10-23-2009
Wow!
Between announcing a "New" XBOX in 2010 (reffering to Project Natal) and the XBOX 360 Blu Ray accessory messup and now this, I'm afriad I'm just going to have to say,
BLLMR! is the new FAIL!
PR0F3TA (PSN - PROPHETA) said 5:34PM on 10-23-2009
have you seen his face, the guy reeks of fail. Too bad for us he also reeks of alot of money
pinoytutorial said 5:58PM on 10-23-2009
It really doesn't matter if this is a MacBook or not. If you believe somehow that MS used an Apple notebook for promoting Windows 7 - - means you already ate their bait.
we made a review about this hilarious video: http://pinoytutorial.com/techtorial/nbcs-today-show-windows-7-featured-on-a-macbook-pro/
with a bonus video update from MSNBC
We think on an Apple Fan's Point of view (the vid doesn't look really quite hilarious)
sodapop said 6:19PM on 10-23-2009
And they run Windows... not really a bad thing to have mac in the image. I bet NBC made the graphic.
chumley said 3:14PM on 10-23-2009
Windows 7 can be installed and run on a Mac. And Microsoft makes just as much money selling it to a Mac user as anybody else.
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csnplt said 3:54PM on 10-23-2009
Actually more, since Boot camp won't work with Upgrade disks, so Mac users need to buy the more expensive full version.
jmillsted said 3:59PM on 10-23-2009
my upgrade version worked fine with bootcamp.
sodapop said 6:23PM on 10-23-2009
They make more when its on a Mac because its full price, not subsidized by the hardware purchase.
JeffDM said 12:05PM on 10-25-2009
It really depends. You don't really think that $300 of a $500 notebook really goes to Microsoft, do you?
Retail boxes are radically more expensive than what OEMs pay to preinstall. I've read from a few different sources that the "home" version is somewhere about $40 for the likes of Dell and HP. There is even a lower price for OEM installation on netbooks if it's below certain specs.
Martin said 3:16PM on 10-23-2009
OMG how embarrassing!!!
Seriously, grow the fuck up.
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Rossmac said 10:14PM on 10-23-2009
Haha, this is exactly what I was thinking!
Why does TUAW think we want to read this sort of article?
Your comment made me laugh!
Jeffbbs said 11:11PM on 10-23-2009
they think we want to read it because we do. Maybe TUAW should start two blogs. one for mature-serious-no-jokes-why-can't-we-love-all-computer systems-the-same people, and then one for us original mac fans, who use mac because we love it and think windoze sucks and will take any opportunity to bash it.
I don't understand this recent rise in sympathy for microsoft or wish for apple to "grow up" or something. What the hell? Come on! Where apple users, just live it up!
Big D said 3:17PM on 10-23-2009
You guys need to give off your high horse and realize that Microsoft is not producing hardware. They're promoting there new Windows 7. So even if you have a Mac, Mac users are still going to install a Windows operating system on there. Even Apple says that "Windows runs great on a Mac". ummm catch my drift?
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mark said 3:52PM on 10-23-2009
The expression is get off your high horse, not give off.
Aaron said 9:10AM on 10-24-2009
Well you know what they say, a bowling rock rathers no moss.
AJ said 3:19PM on 10-23-2009
That is not a MacBook, it is a PowerBook.
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A said 3:25PM on 10-23-2009
It is a macbook pro. If you watch the video, you'll see that the arrow is covering up the iSight camera (which was never on a powerbook).
Mike said 3:27PM on 10-23-2009
With an iSight? WRONG.