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- thebeefytaco, on 10/12/2007, -116/+39mirror: http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/7356/vistamaciy8jw7.jpg
- fugazi, on 10/12/2007, -12/+136Mirror an imageshack image with imageshack. Such a great idea since both will be pulled once they bring in too much traffic.
- dzarkw, on 10/12/2007, -12/+91Its just sad how often Microsoft uses stock images in their ads and website. You'd think for a company with so much money they can put toward marketing, they would be able to take some of their own photos.
- woojoo, on 10/12/2007, -5/+114http://duggmirror.com/apple/Vista_ad_with_MacBook/vistamaciy8.jpg
- DamageInc, on 10/12/2007, -57/+8buried for using imageshack....and not really being that interesting.
- simplenation, on 10/12/2007, -21/+196That is an iBook, not a MacBook. Hence the single headphone jack.
- alex4u2nv, on 10/12/2007, -23/+18@dzarkw :
Just because they can afford to, doesn't mean they squander the money. Microsoft has a history for not inventing the wheel nor reinventing it. They're better at profiting on what is already existing. - aplardi, on 10/12/2007, -73/+14That isn't an Apple Laptop if my eyes serve me correctly (unless Apple sells a 2x the size version now)...
It's just a regular white laptop.
LYK OMGZ TEH CONSPIRACAE! - RenZ87, on 10/12/2007, -63/+21That is not a macbook nor an ibook. It looks more like a Vaio or some other white pc. Apple does not have a monopoly of white computers.
- danielman94, on 10/12/2007, -28/+23@Renz84:
Yes, there are other white computers out there, but, as an owner of a Macbook, that is definitely one. It has the ports in the right order, and the trackpad is the same, and the keyboard has the same chiclet-ish keys. - Elektriq, on 10/12/2007, -25/+8Not a MacBook, and I know.. looking at my own right now. Maybe a Viao or Averatec? Those are white too.
The one in this pic has just one headphone slot - the MB has two, headphone and mic. - slundal, on 10/12/2007, -6/+42Sorry for abusing the comment system but…
That is most definitely an iBook not a Macbook or any other white computer. If you look at the ports you can see that it has a big firewire port next to the USB ports and as far as I know only the only withe computers who has that are iBooks and Macbooks. Also since there is no microphone jack, only a headphone jack it can't be a Macbook. - essjay, on 10/12/2007, -13/+119I guess the irony is, if it was a MacBook it could run Vista under Parallels or Boot camp but seeing as its an iBook (definitely an iBook btw) theres no way it could run Vista (seeing as it would be PPC and not Intel). And lets face it, have you ever seen anyone that happy using Vista? I think thats the dead giveaway its OSX.
- speiibinder, on 10/12/2007, -34/+2Can someone get a picture of an IBook that looks exactly like the one in the ad because I can't. I'm more inclined to believe that it is in fact a white PC.
- TheXuu, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14this one is for you spellbinder
http://www.mymac.com/img/features/ibook_ports-neale52405.jpg - goffy59, on 10/12/2007, -23/+3inaccurate.
- Boondoggle, on 10/12/2007, -13/+31 by renz87 1 hour ago
"That is not a macbook nor an ibook. It looks more like a Vaio or some other white pc. Apple does not have a monopoly of white computers."
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It is CLEARLY an Apple Laptop if you know anything about how they're designed. - aussieNickuss, on 10/12/2007, -15/+2It also seems to be too thick for a MacBook.
- ropers, on 10/12/2007, -3/+25Honestly, I wish people would stop using imageshack. How needs an image hosting space that ALWAYS falls over at the first sign of actual traffic? There are plenty of digg friendly alternatives available.
- MaxPayne3476, on 10/12/2007, -15/+14essjay, I'm a happy Vista user :)
I actually was all set to buy a MacBook Pro then I downloaded Vista Ultimate, and I love it wayyy more then when I tried out OSX. - koweja, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4@dzarkw
Yes, but why would they bother? It costs a fair amount of money to get a single shot and all they need is a stock photo of people using a computer. - sauron256, on 10/12/2007, -3/+20...or maybe Microsoft don't discourage the use of Windows on a Mac as much as you think?
After all, Microsoft only develop software, not hardware. They couldn't care less whether you're running Vista on a PC or a Mac, so long as they've made the sale. - themastersb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13I found it pretty funny that someone tried digging an imageshack image
- mgkwho, on 10/12/2007, -12/+2It would be fine if they showed a computer that could actually run Windows. Ironic, yes, but it would still make sense. iBooks, last time I checked, weren't capabable of this.
And I know everyone is saying it's an iBook, but it looks to me like it's a MacBook.
Is this an official ad by Microsoft, or is it Microcenter or another company that made it?
-=|Mgkwho - mgkwho, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Actually, looking at thexuu's picture of an iBook, it does look like one in my opinion...
-=|Mgkwho - xelloss, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3Doesn't Sony have a White notebook out there?
- kingfoot, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3how can it cost a lot of money to get 1 picture of a couple people 'enjoying' using a laptop... seriously its shame when a 10m photo can cost so much...
- navvvv, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6This is obviously a point of sale advert in some kind of pc world type store.
I bet microsoft had nothing to do with this at all. - pants428, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Definately a G4 iBook.. I've seen plenty of them to be able to identify one..
- Aupajo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It is an iBook. I'd know because I'm using one right now to type this. And you can use Virtual PC to emulate an environment for Windows, essjay. It's just nowhere near as fast as dual booting.
- benradler, on 10/12/2007, -20/+244WOW upside down spells MOM.
- abdultaiyeb, on 10/12/2007, -84/+10WTF! Are you high??
- Brierleyjl12, on 10/12/2007, -6/+56Oh my god.
I never noticed that. - gamegenie, on 10/12/2007, -27/+40More like "The 'OW!' starts now"
- evilpig, on 10/12/2007, -29/+3He must be high. He wants his MOM (mail order marijuana)
- bushnoh, on 10/12/2007, -9/+19no, he was highlighting the pointlessness of this find. Windows is an OS. If Microsoft made laptops, maybe this would have meaning
- scotticus, on 10/12/2007, -6/+56Which is exactly what your mom said when I flipped her over.
- node3, on 10/12/2007, -8/+24@bushnoh
"If Microsoft made laptops, maybe this would have meaning"
If Vista ran on an iBook, maybe your post would have meaning.
The irony is pretty hard to miss:
1. MS has an ad featuring a product on which the thing being advertised *can't even run*.
2. Vista has been plagued by reporters and consumers comparing it with OS X (which actually *does* run on the iBook).
3. MS and Apple have a long-standing rivalry (which goes back to the very beginnings of the PC, and the early days at both companies). The rivalry includes Jobs vs Gates, Mac OS vs Windows and, yes, even Mac vs PC.
Even though MS does not make a PC, their fate is inextricably intertwined with the PC. So much so, in fact, that MS has defined PC standards and works closely with all major PC companies.
Aside: it's interesting to note that the three rivalries listed are, at the same time, seemingly contradictorily friendly with each other. Jobs and Gates are long-time friends, Apple and MS both make apps for the other OS, and Mac and PC hardware are highly cross-compatible. - darkamster07, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I JUST REALIZED! I am the "ow" in the word..."noowww", AND IF YOU TELL ANYONE.....
*shakes fist*
- datisit, on 10/12/2007, -19/+58That's not really that amazing. Obviously Microsoft is not in competition with apple in hardware so Microsoft has every right to use their computer as long it is not showing the OS.
Maybe it is a little annoying for customers when they try to find that beautiful white laptop in the store with Vista running as the default Operating System.- eatporktoo, on 10/12/2007, -48/+48I personally find white, shiny laptops pretty damn ugly...
maybe I'm the minority... - iomegaboy, on 10/12/2007, -27/+14No you are not eatpork.
- unit101, on 10/12/2007, -8/+53Microsoft doesn't benefit from helping Apple sell more Macs, since they don't come preloaded with Windows, and every person who buys a Mac is less likely to buy Windows. So yes, the picture is ironic.
- grifmcrenolds, on 10/12/2007, -13/+144Why does a laptop have to be white to be beautiful? That's so racist.
- Chazzer3, on 10/12/2007, -16/+14Hence why it's also offereed in black :)
Charlie - - superpike3, on 10/12/2007, -8/+7"Microsoft doesn't benefit from helping Apple sell more Macs, since they don't come preloaded with Windows, and every person who buys a Mac is less likely to buy Windows. So yes, the picture is ironic." - True, But if an Apple user does decide to buy a copy, they'll be spending loads on a boxed version , so Microsoft probably make a fair bit from Mac users , even though it's not preloaded.
- weisen, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5"Obviously Microsoft is not in competition with apple in hardware so Microsoft has every right to use their computer as long it is not showing the OS."
Personally I think that the whole thing is much ado about nothing, however even if they were in competition with Apple for hardware, I think that they'd still have the "right" to show a MacBook-esque computer.
Which article of the Constitution do you think that we are arguing here when you speak of "rights?" - barbarac, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5People. Microsoft obviously does not do it's own advertising. What probably happened is that a careless agency used stock photos that were either not checked or not presented to the appropriate person at MS.
Basically a failure of process. Not a digg for me. - RenZ87, on 10/12/2007, -6/+6The dispute of PC vs Mac is really just a one sided marketing battle. Apple is fighting hard to gain market share and Microsoft could care less. Why don't you ever see Microsoft attack Apple? Apple ads try to do two thing. To convert PC users and to make current users fell better about their purchase.
- starf, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2"Microsoft doesn't benefit from helping Apple sell more Macs"
Doesn't Microsoft own a significant percent of Apple? - iamlacroix, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0they bought 150 million dollars worth of shares back in 1997 (when apple was almost bankrupt), but they were only allowed to keep them for 5 years.
- loker269, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1no they agreed to keep them for a minimum of 5 years....after which time they could keep or sell them....which I think they opted to keep them so far....
- eatporktoo, on 10/12/2007, -48/+48I personally find white, shiny laptops pretty damn ugly...
- gigasquash, on 10/12/2007, -13/+9I actually don't think that is a macbook...it looks a little too thick
- macattacks10, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3It is also missing the vent for the hard drive heat, and the color change in the plastic that the iBook has. Definitely has to be a MacBook, the ports have just been blurred to much I'm getting to see the two headphone in and out ports.
- hbweb500, on 10/12/2007, -19/+8Are we sure that that is a MacBook? I mean, other companies manufacture white PC notebooks, such as Acer and Asus...
- niczar, on 10/12/2007, -15/+13I'm typing this message on a MacBook and yes, it looks exactly like the laptop in the picture.
- KraigR, on 10/12/2007, -22/+15its a one button mouse...does acer and asus have that horrible "feature" too?
- brennankeller, on 10/12/2007, -7/+9you can tell by the ports on the side that its a mac, but like gigasquash said, it looks like a iBook do to the thickness
- astrosmash, on 10/12/2007, -6/+31> its a one button mouse...does acer and asus have that horrible "feature" too?
The MacBook's giant track pad is without a doubt the finest laptop track pad I've ever used, PC or Mac. Two-finger X-Y scrolling is the only way to go. - xzourska, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0The MacBook and iBook are both nice laptops and a very well known laptop. All companies with big marketing budgets use many stock photos to save on cost.
I think that even if Microsoft advertises Vista on an Apple they will not loose their main source of licensing income...OEMs like Dell, and HP. So if they loose a few individuals purchasing a Apple instead of a Dell of other OEM Windows PC, they will make more from some of those people purchasing a box copy of Vista. Some Apple users people getting a box copy so they can work with some old Windows Apps they own, Windows Exclusive Applicaions or any poplular windows game. There is the rare chance they are trying to waste their parents money! - digggggggggg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You can right click by tapping the touchpad with two fingers. I find that even more convenient than having two buttons since I tap more than I click anyway.
- Fhionnlaoch, on 10/12/2007, -9/+2I actually believe that's an Averatec, a completely POS laptop.
- DaffyDuck, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4No, not enough ports on the left side of the Averatec.
http://www.averatec.com/products/portable/thinlight/4100Series.asp
- DaffyDuck, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4No, not enough ports on the left side of the Averatec.
- dgblackout, on 10/12/2007, -31/+431 diggs and it got on the front page
nice :]
i for one welcome our vista toting ibook overlords- ToxicBomber, on 10/12/2007, -9/+10.....a 10 year old
- HomieG6189, on 10/12/2007, -14/+4I think it's one of those white sony Vaios personally.
- DaffyDuck, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4http://www.abtelectronics.com/photos/27163.html
That's the closest to a white VAIO I could find and there are no ports on the left side so it's definitely not a VAIO.
- DaffyDuck, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4http://www.abtelectronics.com/photos/27163.html
- astrosmash, on 10/12/2007, -7/+41That is an iBook, not a MacBook. It's thicker than the MacBook, and has only a single headphone jack.
- firsttube, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2iBook G4, to be exact. someone linked to an image of an ibook g3 earlier to "prove" that they were the same computer, and i think it just made people think it was no longer an ibook.
The "Mom" starts now.
- firsttube, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2iBook G4, to be exact. someone linked to an image of an ibook g3 earlier to "prove" that they were the same computer, and i think it just made people think it was no longer an ibook.
- friend18, on 10/12/2007, -16/+31Windows based machines are too damn ugly to display in an ad.
- bobmagoo, on 10/12/2007, -11/+3what!?
have you not seen some of the crazy mods that people have done to their (Windows based) computers?
http://www.hardforum.com/archive/index.php/t-865358.html
http://thebestcasescenario.com/projects/doom3/doomlog/doom3log_1.html for example
please try to get a remote grasp of the subject you are speaking on before you post that elitist ignorance - ShrimpCrackers, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Too bad you've never been to Asia...
The laptops sold here in America are indeed ugly.
Although I use a MacBook Pro, I've seen far better looking laptops.
- bobmagoo, on 10/12/2007, -11/+3what!?
- republikdh, on 10/12/2007, -25/+2Youre all idiots, this is most defnintely not a MacBook, iBook, GayBook, etc.
Theres a huge laundry list of PC manufacturers making white notebooks (probably due to the success of the MacBook/iBook - partly because of its slick clean look) most notably Sony in recent news-- ciram, on 10/12/2007, -6/+13You're wrong. It's an iBook allright. I had one. I know my macs. This is not a clone.
- tastyterrorist, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1Mirror: http://image.to/show.php/3733_vistamaciy8jw7.jpg.html
- Urusai, on 10/12/2007, -8/+3It's obviously a photoshopped Dell. Just apply the "Mac" filter and everything turns white.
- Asriel86, on 10/12/2007, -6/+63Man, guys, it's just a stock photo. You think they got a photographer set up and they sat around while they installed and made sure vista was running well on a computer, then found a mom and daughter and waited until they were amazed by Aero then snapped a photo at the right moment from behind so you can't see the screen?
They just found a stock photo of people happy about a computer and slapped some vista boxes and text over it.
Stock photography + photoshop = the entire marketing industry.- Scorpion1169, on 10/12/2007, -9/+1replied to wrong post
- Flarup, on 10/12/2007, -9/+1yeah but the fact that they spend 7 years developing the OS, and in the end made an ad using the iconic computer from their competitor is quite ironic.
- MScrip, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6> "yeah but the fact that they spend 7 years developing the OS, and in the end made an ad using the iconic computer from their competitor is quite ironic."
Microsoft didn't make the ad. Some ad agency did. They hired them to take picture of a happy family with a computer, and add the text.
After spending 7 years making the OS, did you really think Microsoft found a photo of a Mac and used it? Microsoft may be dumb... but not crazy!
I'd blame the ad agency.
- MoeB, on 10/12/2007, -60/+26finally a good replacement for that junk of an OS that ships with Apple hardware.
- ToxicBomber, on 10/12/2007, -6/+43dude...your *****...run!
- hollywoodcole, on 10/12/2007, -13/+7LMAO....FanBoys ATTACK!
- ciram, on 10/12/2007, -11/+8Again. You also, are wrong. Every OS has its positives and negatives, but this discussion is way old. So... you deserve to be dugg down either way.
- Scorpion1169, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11I dugg the funny just to give you a head start and a fair chance...
good luck - Asriel86, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Which is better, Star Wars or Star Trek? Coke or Pepsi? Dems or republicans? Japanese chicks or Taiwanese chicks?
You aren't going to settle any of those on digg or any forum, and you aren't breaking any new ground by stating your opinions. - devolved, on 10/12/2007, -4/+19This is digg. Everyone here has a minimum of one opinion. And they like to write about it.
Oh yes -- Star Wars, Coke, Democrats, and Taiwanese Chicks. - foolfromhell, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2"Which is better, Star Wars or Star Trek? Coke or Pepsi? Dems or republicans? Japanese chicks or Taiwanese chicks?"
Star Trek, Coke, Dems, and Taiwanese
EDIT: looks like devolved and I disagree on one issue.
Picard > Ackbar+ Piett. ( Who else in Star Wars commands a flagship) - onemillion, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2dude, you are *****. gtfo my internets.
- bs0l, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Another mirror cause imageshack loses bandwidth fast for pictures:
http://bs0l.com/images/vista.jpg- TheXuu, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1and here is the real thing!
- synthox, on 10/12/2007, -3/+24Does it really matter?
- ciram, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6This Person, on the other hand, is right, digg him up.
- ciram, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1The guy up there (republikdh) who said it wasn't a mac at all.
- hollywoodcole, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2Does it really matter since Microsoft owns stock in Apple anyway?
- DaffyDuck, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13Correction: Microsoft USED TO own Apple stock.
- rowlodge, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5subliminal advertisement...mac users thinking of switching?
- HOTM, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1http://a248.e.akamai.net/7/248/2041/1219/store.apple.com/Catalog/regional/amr/macbook/img/gallery-big-02.jpg
I don't know, the side doesn't really match.- ciram, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5You see... that's because its an iBook. This further proves the point that this is just a stock picture. In iBook times, there was no Vista and even if there was, there is no way it would run on an iBook.
- astrosmash, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6iBook
http://gemma.apple.com/documentation/Hardware/Developer_Notes/Macintosh_CPUs-G4/iBookG4/art/050427021704_15.gif - chemicalpink, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Another view of the iBook (NOT MacBook):
http://images.apple.com/r/store/gallery/ibookg4/images/ibookg4_side_2004.jpg
- jpeterross, on 10/12/2007, -5/+0it could e a sony vaio or another brand can't really be proved its defintely a mac lap top of course lots of times for advertisements real computers aren't even being used.
- fogster, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2I suppose it can't be "proved" beyond a shadow of a doubt, but since it looks exactly like an iBook, it's either an iBook or some sort of clone of the iBook. I think Sony would be in hot water if their Vaio looked exactly like an iBook.
- dolbyac3, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1That's what I was thinking. Sony has a laptop that looks a lot like a mac book.
http://regmedia.co.uk/2006/09/19/sony_n10_1.jpg
But looking at the Sony picture the dvd drive is on the wrong side comparing it to the picture in the ad.
- PhilippHD, on 10/12/2007, -6/+11Please everybody, DIGG this story to the very top. Not because it's that amazing. It's just I'd love to see Kevin and Alex have an argument about this on the Diggnation episode !
- dugg3r, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1this isn't very uncommon - there are a lot tv commercials that uses macbook pro. some shows the apple logo, while others cover it up. if i was a bundle of cash for a 30 sec ad slot that requires the "viewing" of a laptop, i'd want to the sexiest which is the macbook pro. in this case, the white version of the macbook fits the advertisers need
- perrupa, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7I noticed 2 things when I saw this picture:
1. The colour scheme looks suspiciously familiar to most in-store Best Buy ads (I used to work there)
2. The bottom of the ad is cropped off.
I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to find out that this was just a stupid best buy ad. Still kinda funny and interesting though. - donsherio, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8I would say thats just an instore ad made by the company and not Microsoft. Sure theyve had a history of using macs in their ads, but this one.... the yellow.... the amature font for "WOW" and layout of the product packaging is almost like someone just slapped it together in like.... 15 minutes. I doubt this is a microsoft ad.
- skater2968, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Anyone stop to think that MS may be subliminally telling you that vista is the better OS on the iBook? Whether it's true or not that vista is better on an iBook is irrelevant, but it does make you think that this may have been more than an "oops!"
- nonzzero, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3As has been said many times, Vista can't run on an iBook. Different architectures.
- scjones, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0@skater Either way their selling macs.
- Geodriehoek, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2These people aren't happy with the 'brand new' Vista, but with Mac OS X!
- linuxpenguin, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1Can someone please show me what's leading everyone to believe this is a Mac computer?
Sony also sells white laptops, I believe.- nonzzero, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3It has the same side port layout. You can actually see the tell-tale rounded firewire port as well.
- Bansuri, on 10/12/2007, -10/+2Digg is now the most boring site on the interweb! yeah! oohhhh a mac in a vista ad, wow! that's freakin AMAZING! what a mistake!
fLAME away, digg sucks.- digitalsin, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4My blocked list was feeling terribly lonely these last few days. I thank you sir.
- Bansuri, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Kewl!
- swgc5, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Last time I checked Microsoft didn't sell computers, what's the big deal? I'm sure there are people that will use vista on their Macs.
- HiroOfShadows, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Well, thats cool, because I want to run Vista on a MacBook.
- Darcy, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1How do we know this hasn't been photoshopped? It wouldn't surprise me.
- Ankh, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1does that mean vista is going to support iBook?
Windows Vista SP1(Fiji): now has powerpc support! - holdencaulfield, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1Best Buy sucks.
- GuyHersh, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Ummm.. Read the ***** subtitle, it says Microcenter you douche..
People like voicing their hate for Best Buy whenever theres a retailer on digg it seems..
- GuyHersh, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Ummm.. Read the ***** subtitle, it says Microcenter you douche..
- Davidbt, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2its to thick it a ibook
- DaffyDuck, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5That's the most spelling and grammar errors I have ever seen packed into a 6 word sentence.
- jkoke, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4it to thick it a ibook
should be:
It's too thick. It's an iBook.
Counting the capitalization problems and missing punctuation, that's 9 errors, unless the writer meant to say "It's too thick to be an iBook." in which case it would be 10 errors. - Darcy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5@ DaffyDuck, English may not be his first language, give him a break.
- DaffyDuck, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Darcy,
Punctuation is used in all languages as far as I know. - mgkwho, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Darcy, if you're correcting Davidbt about correct grammar, you might want to know that numbers under the value of '10' are spelled out.
Jkoke, never start a sentence with a pronoun, and never start the next sentence with the previous sentence's first word.
Why does everyone comment about spelling grammar when their own posts make them look like hypocrites?
-=|Mgkwho - mercurysquad, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"That's the most spelling and grammar errors I have ever seen packed into a 6 word sentence."
You can obviously write a grammatically correct 6 word sentence in Chinese. Or Hindi. Can't you? Why does everyone think the whole world has to know perfect English to be able to participate in any thing of a quasi global nature? Don't tell me it's the most widely used language - Chinese and Hindi beat English for 1st and 2nd spot. - Bamborzled, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2@mgkwho
"Why does everyone comment about spelling grammar when their own posts make them look like hypocrites?"
That should be:
Why does everyone comment about spelling AND grammar when their own posts make them look like hypocrites? - Racerboy1320, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@Mgkwho
"Jkoke, never start a sentence with a pronoun, and never start the next sentence with the previous sentence's first word."
Counting is not a pronoun, and he only has one sentence in his post that isn't a quote. - mgkwho, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Racerboy1320-
Since when is "It's" counting?
And yes, I realized after it was too late to edit I needed the 'and' :/.
-=|Mgkwho
- Maverick18x, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6This type of thing was much funnier back when you couldn't run Windows on a mac...
- scjones, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3Little girl: "WOW MOM Vista totally sucks!
MoM: "I know honey, isn't it hilarious?"
Together: "Tee hee hee hee" - RandoTheKing, on 10/12/2007, -11/+3OMG A WHITE LAPTOP
MUST BE A IBOOK!!! OMGOGMOGM
Buried for inaccurate.- GuyHersh, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4... because it is an ibook. Look at the ports down the right side decending by size. No PC laptop maker does that but Apple.
Blocked for being an idiot. - RandoTheKing, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Previous posters have stated before it's clearly not an iBook. Now shut the ***** up *****. Go get butthurt elsewhere. Until I see a logo, you're ***** outta luck. Do you honestly think Microsoft would do something that stupid? Go outside.
- GuyHersh, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4... because it is an ibook. Look at the ports down the right side decending by size. No PC laptop maker does that but Apple.
- scjones, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0Um, woops.
- Velocity211, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3it's an ibook.
- Adrianc333, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1So what?
Windows = Software
MacBook = Hardware.
If you want to look deeply into it, just think...Vista is the choice over Mac OS X, on Mac hardware. - fittysix, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0It could be an Asus model of the macbook (W7J for example), it's well known and publicized that asus manufactures the macbook in the first place, this would explain the port similarities and differences, plus possibly the thickness difference (as asus doesn't necessarily make the casing for the macbook)
- Topher06, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2its intelligent actually, Microsoft is saying, "Finally, we can run on the last 5% of the market. We Win!"
- t0ny, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6The only time I said wow is when I saw vista's price tag and sys requirements.
- smilesofkarli, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3i just say it's funny. no need to go into depth on what kind of apple computer it is because either way...it is an apple. microsoft does have to look over ads and obviously they said yes to it...it's just a matter if they want to acknowledge it.
- peregrine, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2I am sick of image shack are these people fing dense? I mean COME ON. If your going to post something to a site thats known for pushing alot of traffic why put it on a site that has a limit? WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH USING FLICKR? OR maybe they just spend so much ***** time taking damn pictures of ***** that you kow will get you to the front page cause it has the words 'vista' and 'mac' dammit im sick of idiots.
- Quadcore, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2Where does it say exactly it's a mac? .... You've just been hoaxed again!
- guerchmann, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3This is for dzarkw who wrote "Microsoft uses stock images in their ads and website. You'd think for a company with so much money they can put toward marketing, they would be able to take some of their own photos."
Do you realise this is probably an in-store ad department creating the ads? Microsoft does not create ads for all stores in the world. I've seen worst things, and none created by Microsoft.- mgkwho, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2The fact is Microsoft is still paying for them, and has the final say on the ads. The ads are for Microsoft, I don't see how that affects the agency that makes them. Regardless if this was sanctioned by Microsoft or Microcenter, other ads are purchased by Microsoft. End of story.
-=|Mgkwho
- mgkwho, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2The fact is Microsoft is still paying for them, and has the final say on the ads. The ads are for Microsoft, I don't see how that affects the agency that makes them. Regardless if this was sanctioned by Microsoft or Microcenter, other ads are purchased by Microsoft. End of story.
- sk8ordiemofo, on 10/12/2007, -6/+0Microsoft are hypocritical idiots. Period.
- Darcy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Why does this make them hypocritical? Please give me your amazing reasoning.
- sarcasmopro, on 10/12/2007, -5/+0Look, for the last time: The laptop in the ad is an iBook! That's it! End of story. If you don't believe it, find someone who owns one and ask to take a close look at it. Hold it in your hands, put your eyeballs directly on to the plastic if it helps, set it up on a table and stand exactly in the spot that is the camera's point of view when the picture for the ad was taken, hire a blonde woman and her daughter to sit in front of it and smile if you have to. I guarantee you will see, IT... IS... AN... iBook! And don't argue that the laptop in the picture might be a shell or a prop made to look exactly like an iBook. I don't care if it's really a giant bar of soap carved into the shape of an iBook, that's not the point.
I own a G4 iBook, I recognized it as soon as I saw the picture. It's in my lap as I write this. Everyone who brought up the point that other computer manufactures make white laptops, good for you for thinking outside the box! That's critical thinking! I'm proud of you! Unfortunately, it's not another white laptop; it's an iBook. Was it a mistake on the part on the advertiser? I don't know. Is it a stock photo? Who cares! Bottom line: It's an iBook!
Although, it might be a Sony Vaio. -
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