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Macbook and Playstation in stock images used in Vista brochure? http://tinyurl.com/6h2lo5

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?????????????????? ?????????? MBP ?????? PS3 http://tinyurl.com/6h2lo5

@ekyle http://tinyurl.com/6h2lo5

Well, first ad is *possibly* not an OEM Windows box, but I can’t see any full proof that it’s an Apple laptop.

As far as the Playstation joysticks go…

roflpwnt.

Microsoft usa Mac e Sony em seus anuncios http://tinyurl.com/6h2lo5

That could be a pc. Apple isn’t the only company that makes silver laptops. Also those gaming controllers could be pc controllers. There are many that look just like playstation controllers.

True there are other silver PC’s out there, but take a look at the keyboard, they have the same shape of a Macbook Pro.

And besides thats not really the point, its a screwup, I mean do you want to tell me that the marketing department was like “alright guys lets do a photoshoot and use a laptop similar to the mac book pro and don’t forget the Xbox 360 Playstation look-alike joysticks!!”

thats a macbook pro.

prove it

First of all, if that is really a Mac and PS controllers, than I believe the posters are fake.

If not, I have seen laptops with that kind of layout and most PC gaming controllers have a PlayStation controller look.

The first laptop looks like my Dell laptop from work.

2ndly I don’t see any mention of it being a 360 ad, it says pc. And my pc controllers look like a ps2 controller. I’ll take pictures of both if you like.

surely not a photoshoot. they probably just bought some stock photos.

That’s the joy of using stock photography and outsourced marketing.

That’s definitely a MacBook Pro. You can tell from the keyboard and the lack of windows stickers on it, lol.

The graphic designer used a stock photo. Big deal.

You know how you can definitely tell it’s not a PC laptop? It appears to be working correctly and the users seem to be enjoying themselves : )

That’s no doubt a Mac. Look at the thin display enclosure with it’s rounded corners. That and they’re smiling, people don’t usually smile at windows machines.

As for the gamepads, they could be PC peripherals. I have a dual stick controller that looks just like that, I think it’s a Logitech dual pad or something like that.

I’m guessing these were stock photos licensed by Microsoft, they certainly look like stock fodder.

Probably just some stock images lifted for the ads.

The controllers look like Logitech Rumblepad 2′s.

I think it’s highly possible that these are just public domain pictures. A lot of companies just grab those and use them without putting too much thought into it. I doubt they did any kind of photo shoot for the booklet.

Could be Vista running on Bootcamp

That is absolutely 100% for sure a MacBook Pro in the first pic. I have the same laptop under my fingers this very moment.

that is without doubt a MacBook PRO! bah!

Brilliant Microsoft move: Using an Apple Macbook and a Sony Playstation in its Vista ads http://bit.ly/sgVB

you can put windows on a mac….

The booklet is right here between my hands…Its REAL, trust me

they must have bought stock photos. lazy graphic designers

Apple does make the fastest Vista PCs…

I have a PS2 Guitar Hero controller connected to my USB (i bought a PS2-USB adapter so I could play Frets on Fire). So, even if the ad’s fake, using your PS2 controllers is perfectly feasible in a PC.

Then the second part of my comment remains.

[...] See the full post including the Playstation in place of an X-Box on Royal HeHe2-ness [...]

actually thats a POWERBOOK, not a MacBook Pro

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Lazy or excellent sense of humour?

Lot of people use microsoft OS and office in mac too..It runs on most of the computers

Uhh… no. That keyboard looks exactly like my keyboard (Dell Inspiron 1525). As for the PS3 joysticks… well, do you think that promo material is meant for people knowledgeable about game console?

Is it a macbook pro? I just recently saw a Sony laptop that looked strangely like a macbook pro… and I have had PC gamepads that look just like playstation controllers. Of course since Microsoft has a gaming division and produces Xbox controllers for PC…

The playstation joystick is bad. But what’s wrong with using a MacBook? MacBooks can run Windows too, you know.

In fact, they’re probably the sexiest thing to run Windows on!

Who cares? you can run vista on a MBP, theres no proof its running OSX.

Maybe that happy family installed Bootcamp and Vista on their Macbook Pro

Actually radio shack sell a gadget that allows you to hook your ps2 controller to your usb port… I used to have one for FFXI

omg! macs don’t run windows! oh wait, they can. NO BIG DEAL.

Not like Vista Can’t run on a Mac anyway…

It’s probably some subliminal advertising to say, “Hey, if you’re going to install Windows on your Mac, it better be Vista!”

lol

Yeah, thats a macbook. I have seen that quite a bit actually. I think its because Apple laptops are the only ones out there that actually look nice.

You people who are like “OMG MACBOOK LOL” are stupid. Mac books can run windows as well. Ever heard of dual boot?

It’s a MBP.

BTW, I doubt they did a photoshoot for any of it. It’s stock photography, they just bought the pictures.

I think you’re right! I was at an Apple retailer the other day, and that laptop looks just like a Macbook Pro. An interesting point I learned there is that you can run Microsoft Vista on a Macbook Pro as a virtual operating system. Of course they claimed Microsoft Vista would actually run better on their machines versus a PC.

thanks from Tony

Microsoft uses Mac and Playstation (again) in their promotional ads. http://tinyurl.com/6h2lo5

Maybe they are saying that Vista runs great! – Even on Apple hardware.

That could be a Sony VAIO – they have very similar loooking keyboards. As for the controllers…agreed… who cares if they’re not Sony controllers they sure as hell look like them. Mind you they may be playing on the popularity of the PS2, but i doubt it.

It’s called stock photography. MSFT marketing dept, or an outside company doing these ads was just lazy in selecting theirs.

There are a few Mac-Lookalike PC’s and Laptops out there.

Nevertheless, Mac does run Vista.
Microsoft doesnt make computers or individual internal components for computers, and thus, it wouldent matter if they had a Mac in their ad.

Maybe it’s a microsoft jab at Apple–they’re using our OS on your crappy laptop!!!

ok… its vista not pc…
macs run vista too if youre not an idiot.

Keep in mind that PS3 controllers are Bluetooth, and therefore can be used with games on Windows Vista. Sure it may have made more sense to use 360 controllers, but it’s not like PS3 controllers are wrong.

Look folks. Take it from a certified Apple technician and someone who works on Mac’s 8 hours a day for a living, that is a MacBook Pro. That is why this family is so happy. Their computer is virus free and their not using Vista.

There’s only one notebook on the market with silver keys on the board

MACBOOK PRO

Haha definitely a MacBook Pro. They also ran this ad some time back with what looks like a MacBook:

http://www.tuaw.com/2007/03/05/microsoft-the-wow-starts-with-a-macbook/

I’m sure they’re just stock photos of people having fun with computers that MS picked up..

Wow, you hit the nail on thehead

http://www.privacy.cz.tc

…Even if it’s a bit stupid for an ad, you can perfectly run Vista on Mac hardware (thanks to bootcamp, parrallels, vmware for example) .

Also, I’ve seen those playstation pads-like ( complete, possibly legal, rip-off the original ps pads) for PC.

But yeah, it’s probably a screw up

Really? Because I’m typing on silver keys right now, and I don’t think Dell makes Macbooks…

can’t you run Vista on a Mac?

Thats not the point. The point is that marketing is about attention to detail, which is not the case here.

one word: bootcamp!

That most definately is a Macbook Pro, due to the fact that when I zoomed in on the photo, the keys were the same (in fact, I saw what seemed to be the Command key, which looks like an Apple). That and the curve-beveled edge gives it away. It is OEM because of the Genuine logo in the bottom right. Microsoft just can’t get enough of Apple.

A good possibility is that Microsoft didn’t want to pay for photos, so they got some already made ones and slapped them on. Everybody knows that Apple computers are better anyway…

It probably has more to do with the fact that some poor schmuck junior designer was given about 5 minutes to create this project because someone in marketing forgot about a deadline, and they simply hopped on Veer or had to hit up a stock image CD already in the library of their design dept. It’s all circumstantial. Should it be better though out? Probably. But all too often as designers we’re given a minimal amount to work with as opposed to what would be ideal.

And those are logitech joysticks which look very very similar to playstation ones

For the laptop, you can run Vista on a Mac, and Microsoft doesn’t sell PC hardware

But yea, the PS gamepads should be XBox controllers

In the real world, when putting together an ad or brochure, the marketing department relies on royalty-free image banks. They do this for many reasons: it’s easier and cheaper; they don’t have photographers and models on hand; and there are no happy families in Redmond.

The marketing department picked photos that looked good, and implied what they wanted the reader to infer. They didn’t pay any attention to the computer equipment in the photos, only the people.

Isn’t it okay to use macbooks for vista ads because you can use windows on a Mac?

Looks like my Dell laptop shaded poorly…
Inspiron E1505
Also for the Playstation controllers, maybe they’re just trying to show that it can handle other platforms? It could also be look more open to other competitors and not just everything must be Microsoft. Makes them look more friendly. How many people are going to point out that, “Hey those look like Playstation controllers, that’s not a Microsoft product,” in comparison to, “Hey, those look like Playstation controllers, I wonder if I can play Playstation games on the new Windows OS!”?

well, i would say it’s a mac

Obviously Microsoft’s marketing department uses Macs…

The laptop displayed in the first ad is indeed Apple’s Macbook Pro.
and the Second Picture does have a Playstation Controller. If you zoom into both pictures, you can see the keyboard for the laptop and you can also see the buttons on the remote as well.

So much for microsoft. =(

Or one of many recently similar looking Dell Inspiron laptops. The controllers could easily be the newer Logitech rumblepads

My guess is that in both cases their marketing department used stock photography.

Thats *clearly* an apple command key next to the space bar.

[...] This is bad considering it’s currently on the main page of Digg. .. As the Microsoft Agency of Record, Crispin, Porter + Bogusky has Microsoft Windows Vista promotional ads.. well.. displaying Apple Notebooks and PlayStation joysticks.. Good Job CP+B .. [...]

Windows vista runs on mac, playstation joysticks can be used on widows via a connector. Filed under irrelivant.

That’s what they get for using an outside firm and stock photography!

ewwwww you guys got me again and got me good… ‘cept I dont care what you turkeys are running yr windows on.

You guys are reading too much into this. These are cheesy stock photos that the designer picked (Possibly as a joke), and who ever was running the show was too stupid to realize what was in these photos. Using stock is way cheaper than commissioning photo shoots.

Stock photos.

If the joke is really about just using stock photos, than the author needs to clarify that. The way I read it made the article sound like just a stab at Microsoft using the iBlade.

Well, Macs can run Microsoft operating systems. Apple even promotes this versatility.

So if anyone should be embarrassed it should be the PC manufacturers that can make photogenic laptops.

Its stock photography, the ad company is stupid or the MS employee who signed off on this isnt observant

Nothing new here. I do it all the time and have for decades.

That is indeed a MacBook Pro — I know those keys anywhere as I see them and use them everyday on my 17in MBP. Sure others make silver laptops but there is no other company that makes a keyboard layout like that on a laptop besides Apple.

actually, it could be just a prop. often times they don’t use real laptops for these shoots unless its specifically for the actual laptop.

i agree with the ps2 controllers though, lol.

Stock Photo with a underpaid QA manager…

You can run windows on a Mac.

Let’s not forget that Macbook’s can run Windows natively without any issues…

Microsoft doesn’t make hardware so why would they care what hardware it’s run on!

Stupid about the PS controllers however…

those are stock images. roflpwnt indeed

well if i recollect correctly, you CAN run vista on a mac

…And Vista runs on not just MacBooks, but all modern (Intel) Macs, so it may actually be more clever than you think.

that is my Macbook Pro, No lie..

i think it’s those promotional ad pictures that are taken already and microsoft bought the pic from an ad agency, i don’t think there’s an actual photoshoot or anything. that’s why they can’t change the pic…or what’s in it…

Macs can run Windows. It’s still a sale for Microsoft.

i own that laptop. i love it. because its a mac.

You do realize Microsoft is a software Co. They do not make hardware (They have M$ Branded hardware, but it is made by mainstream hardware manufactures). They actually make software for the Mac i.e. Office, RDC, Silverlight, etc. Plus everyone knows if you want XP or Vista to run properly you run it on an Apple. You know the fastest Vista has ever ran was on an Apple Computer.

1. It could be a MacBook, but the keyboard doesn’t look like one. Apple’s keyboard is very distinct, the keys have some space between them. And as far as I know, MacBooks are WHITE and BLACK, haven’t seen a silver one. The picture looks more like a Dell to me.

2. They are called gamepads, not joysticks.

That backlight keyboard is almost certainly on a new-ish MacBook. Nice.

definitely not the best choice of stock photographs for the booklet – even if they are not actually a macbook pro or PS2 controller, hinting at the competition’s products is not something you want to do in your own marketing handouts.

Stock photo fail http://tinyurl.com/6h2lo5

Sorry, my bad. I didn’t notice that it’s MacBook Pro you guys are talking about. MacBook Pro is silver

I love how Vista still advertises the crap games that have been there since 3.1. Minesweeper! Solitaire! Freecell!!! Let me grab my PS2 controller and get ready for some action!

Its actually a sony. My sister has the same one. It looks almost identical to a mac

stock photography, thats why.

forget the photo shoot, it’s stock photography.

http://tinyurl.com/5chmzy

Windows runs on Macs. The Logitech controllers look just like the Playstation Dualshocks. Nothing wrong with these commercials.

This is why it’s important for those in marketing to actually understand what it is they are promoting. Mac in a Vista ad: http://is.gd/7OfJ

RT @larzshinobi “Stock photo fail http://tinyurl.com/6h2lo5” Hilarious. Microsoft can’t even get their marketing to work.

It is a MacBook Pro. A huge number of MacBook Pros are used to run Vista – it’s considered one of the best laptops for the purpose.

Consumer Reports do say the best computer for Vista is a Macbook Pro.

As for the Playstation controllers… someone’s ass is gonna get fired

The PR department likely purchased the images in a 3rd-party package, if not from a contracted PR firm. So, I doubt they accidently used a Mac laptop or Playstation controllers in a photo shoot. Some graphic designer with the company will be losing their job or some PR company losing their contract and rightfully so.

That is a sony vaio, not a macbook.

And the last one is defintily ps3 cuz it kicks xbox’s arse.

Yeah they bought stock photos for this, there is no way they would have done a shoot without PCs in it. Still funny though.

that is why ps3 sales are slipping……hmmm

Logitech makes PC controllers that look pretty damn similar to the Dual Shock controllers…

It may not have been a photoshoot. They may have used stock photos and cropped out the Apple logo.

Didn’t you know you can run Windows on Apple hardware? =P

No, it is not a Macintosh.
Here is why….
These people appear to have intelligence.

In response to the person above…..
The keyboard has the same shape?
Oh what smashing proof of evidence. It has a QWERTY keyboard just like a Mac!!! You’re serious? I would have thought the keyboard would be similar to a Gameboy.

Microsoft Using Apple’s Macbook Pro In Promotional Material? http://is.gd/7OfJ

I’ll bet it’s a small resistance cell within the belly of the behemoth.

could be a sony vaio, they do a good job looking like mac

Couple that with the PS controllers and that just means Microsoft <3′s Sony

you tards,theres lots of adapters for the ps2 controller one of them is from soyo and is called kiky adapter. its not that funny anyway. good try get some new material.

Yes it talks about Vista but is the pamphlet written by Microsoft or something that HP stuck in the box with their PC?

ya deff a mac pro.

Totally a MacBookPro… look at the white outlines “backlighting” the keys on the keyboard… and rounded edges of monitor panel..

Possibly a Sony Vaio?

http://www.tendancehightech.com/blog/images/computer/sony-vaio-fj3.jpg

Hmm… last time I checked, you can have Windows on a mac now. So… who cares if it is a macbook pro? There is still a selling point there.

Microsoft makes software for OSX. Their OS’s run on Macs. I know people who run Windows on Macs. So what’s the big deal again?

Their marketing department probably just used stock photos.

They probably just used stock photos that looked good. Paying $1 on iStock is much more cost effective than setting up a photo shoot. Still, it’s a bit of a marketing faux pas.

um….unless i’ve gone nuts, i’m fairly certain macbooks can run vista easily these days.

And why not, Macbook Pros can run Vista too.

It could be a macbook with Windows Vista running on it. God, you people and your hardware. They aren’t promoting anything but the software.

There are PC joysticks with same design as PS2, and the ad is talking about PC, not xbox 360

I’m guessing they are stock photography that their agency/graphics department just bought from a stock site. (without using their heads and making sure it didn’t interfere with the client/product they are advertising)

Haha, funniest thing, but uhmm… you can run Vista on a Mac or any of those other Macbook Pro look-alikes. And the Playstation paddles, yeah don’t ask my why but they do make usb adapters so all those uber nerds out there can plug ‘em in.
Why they went with that angle in the advert, I don’t know.

That overexcited father *could* be running Vista on his Macbook Pro, ya know.

On second thought. yeah, it’s a screwup.

Actually, a lot of the people that work at Microsoft use Macs. I think the point they are trying to make is that even though you may prefer Mac’s hardware, the Microsoft OS is superior. I, myself, use a Macbook with Vista installed on it.

Usually when an advertising company puts together this material they do not do a shoot, they purchase the images from stock image companies like corbis.com. There are a few idiots here, the marketing staff at Microshaft who rubber stamped this and the artistic director who led the advertising team into producing the propaganda, shoddy, sloppy work. But what do you expect from a company like Microsoft?

Microsoft did not do a ‘photoshoot’,These are probably bought images from a generic photo service. Newspapers use them all the time.

I understand that Vista runs real well on a MBP. So what’s all the hubbub about?

macbook pro

Ok, I think few people could really tell the difference, however for the uber nerd, or the Linux guy that IMHO, pays attention to this kind of stuff, there are subtle differences that are important. Part of that is that Apple does not do generic cases. They may be simple but they always need to do things different. At very least, where are the stickers all over it saying Vista Capable? As little as there is to see, there SHOULD be some kind of branding in sight.

The issue here is marketing. People that do promotional photography want everything to be right. Think of the difference between the picture of the big mac in McDonalds, and that thing you get in a cardboard box. Very different.

Now, I am not a fan of Apple, or their bastardization of the FreeBSD OS, but their cases make anyone at Starbucks look very sophisticated.

I am most certain that is a Mac Book Pro. If it isn’t, it is some other mac I don’t know about (Hey, it could happen).

You can use Playstation controllers with a computer…

FAIL!
U guys are fixated on the keys and their color. 2 easy to distinguish ways 2 tell its not a crapbook pro (really the only non-blurry parts of laptop pic):
* compare top right corner of laptop casing (obv 2 parts meeting up) vs a crapbook’s construction (goog imgs)
* focus on bottom row of keys and area beneath then to the “flat hand area” where glidepoint/mouse is positioned – very much unlike crapbook

While i had a hunch it may be a vaio – that hunch is incorrect after comparing those 2 areas as well.

Look at the keys; that’s a macbook pro

maybe they are trying to avoid another anti-trust lawsuit. so they feature everything else that you can do with windows, outside of xbox, etc

I’m not certain that it is a Mac. But, with Apple using Intel chips in the Macbook Pro, their propaganda machine has been quick to claim it is the ideal laptop for running Vista.

What can I say, its a brave new world and we’re all having trouble adjusting.

Vista runs very well on a Mac (Intel, that is).

Hmm… ok, my friend sells computers, and he says it is this:

http://www.thegeekbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/VAIOFE-1.gif

I disagree, and think the seams are different, and the shadow of the keyboards don’t match up, but just thought I would throw it out there as another opinion.

Fixed. (If it weren’t a Macbook.)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/darkinuyasha/RAAAGEwindows.png

This is stupid, software is a completely different section to OEM sales and the gaming division. It’s the same with google developing stuff for iPhone (i.e. the voice chat) and not releasing it on the android phone. Because Google Software is a completely different area to Google Android.

Microsoft DOUBLE FAIL http://tinyurl.com/6h2lo5

Stock clipart stikes again!

All new macs now ship with bootcamp which allows them to dual boot Windows next to OSX so they could be using Vista on a MacBook Pro.

Second, there are adapters that connect pretty much any existing controller into USB ports. So using a PS2 controller with your computer is possible.

http://tinyurl.com/6h2lo5

Bootcamp?

It looks exactly like a silver Dell Inspirion. Honestly this is stupid. Do you know how many silver looking PC laptops are on the market?

Rami Taibah is a cuckoo and badazz …

So what if it’s a Mac, let’s not forget that you can install Windows on a Mac. Mac sells hardware that comes with an OS. Microsoft is mainly concerned with the OS. AFAIK, there is no such thing as a Microsoft Branded laptop.

it doesn’t matter if it’s a macbook pro or not – ’cause it still runs windows…

It runs Windows, doesn’t it?

It *could* be this vaio: http://dvice.com/archives/2006/09/thats_no_macbook_its_sonys_vai.php

But it sure does look Mac-y…

WTF?! Is It Just Me or Is That a Mac In A Vista Ad?? http://is.gd/7OfJ

There was no Microsoft “photoshoot.” These are obviously stock images and there are websites full of pictures like these (e.g. http://www.fotosearch.com/photos-images/corporate.html). Have you noticed that almost all marketing material you see has the same style of photography?

In this case, its obvious that the graphic designer/marketer who chose these stock images is an idiot and didn’t stop and think for a second about what technologies were being represented. That is most definitely a Mac in the first photo.

Sony has similar keyboards and very similar cases to the macbook pro – though often accused of borrowing wholesale from apple. They were the first to have the chicklet keyboard

I’m pretty sure that Mac’s have been assimilated and can run all kinds of windows nowadays either with Bootcamp, Parallels, or VM Ware. So I’m not sure what the big deal is anymore.

sure its funny, but come on, its just stock graphics…

I’m sure I’m just stating the obvious, but Microsoft is known to use a ton of stock photos in their promotional material, and have screwed up before: http://daringfireball.net/2002/10/microsoft_makeup

I think they just have a hard time finding genuinely happy, photogenic families of Windows users to use for their advertising or something.

So yes, those are probably a Mac and PS controllers in the brochures. It’s still retarded of them though.

The thing is, there probably wasn’t a photoshoot. The designer probably just bought whatever stock photo he thought looked the best. Chances are that Microsoft didn’t even make this themselves, some marketing firm probably did.

That’s definitely a Macbook Pro, and some PS2 controllers… well at least Microsoft is being honest about the best devices to use, even if it is subtle, or maybe this is the marketer’s idea of a good joke. Cause I think its funny. And you know why that family is so funny, cause they’re using a computer running Leopard, not Vista!

Since the MacBook Pro is one of the best Windows compatible computers out there, it’s not as big of a story as it might have been several years ago.

The joysticks though. That’s funny.

Guess what you fucking dumb piece of shit, Windows is designed to run on all personal computers, and yes, that includes Macs. Fucking moron.

A picture of a Mac, and a picture of two kids playing a PlayStation… in Microsoft advertorials. gg MS! http://is.gd/7OfJ

Cheap bastards using stock photos….

vista runs great on my macbook.

Those gamepads look like Logitech Rumblepads. I’ve got a couple of them. They rock.

It is a Mac. It’s a stock photo from Getty Images. Search for image number 76551795 and you’ll see the whole computer. The image title is “Parents with son (8-9) using laptop, smiling.”

And the video game one? Also from Getty, image number 200456445-001 (“Two brothers (11-13) playing video game”). Can’t read any definitive Sony emblems on the controllers, though they do look like the real deal.

Someone in marketing wasn’t paying too close attention when they went looking for stock images. They just searched for images that conveyed the emotions they were looking for.

Still, very funny.

Microsoft uses clip art for their webpages. They have for years. What they’re looking for is happy faces and not too concerned about other objects or concepts in the picture.

As others have said they didn’t do a photoshoot…these are just stock images some marketing guy didn’t realize showed products that weren’t Microsoft’s.

Those are stock photography. Some junior designer probably typed “gamer” and “computer” in to Getty and used whatever came up. Microsoft didn’t shoot those for their campaign. They probably barely looked at them before approving it for print. I can tell you first hand that the corporate types that approve these messages care more about getting off work at 3pm than doing their job correctly.

Microsoft is a software company. So what if its a Mac laptop? It can still run Windows. Apple is only competing with Microsoft in the strange world of internet fanboy-ism.

yep. looks like a macbook. one possible reason for both blunders? outside ad agency.

and, to be fair, you can run [a legal, money in microsoft's pocket verision of] vista on a macbook just fine.

It’s the older MacBook Pro model, but so what? It can run Vista too. My local computer store has a MacBook Pro in their Vista-display booth too.

And there’s plenty of Playstation joystick-like copies for the PC.

Could be a VAIO. Ya know? Those PC laptops that cost you almost as much as that Macbook Pro? From a company about 90% as proprietary as Apple? Come on.

Wow, comments exploded and nullified my comment. (moves along)

Most of the time it’s not MS that makes the final decision. They take the words and ideas and send it to a marketing firm. The photos for the ad print were more likely stock photos in that if you look in a PS3 ad you may see the same photo. Those photos were not shot exclusively for MS.

http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/bootcamp.html

sony vaio

marketing and advertising people are just REALLY dumb.

you’re a macbook pro.

The definitely a mac pro, the keyboard along with the front part of it are distinctly the same.
I’ve also worked on film sets and photo shoots and i can tell you the people that put those things together honestly don’t care. One of the hands was probably told to bring a laptop and it turned out to be a mac and they shot anyway. Same with the controllers.

No mistake, that’s a macbook pro and those are PS3 (not 2) controllers.

These are probably just stock images and thus have absolutely no affiliation to anything (notice all the apple/ps3 logo markings are gone)

That IS a mac book, look at everything on them: especially the buttons. Anyone who is a mac-geek can recognize one from miles awa, and as a mac geek since I was seven, that one is not hard to recognize.

I don’t think that’s either a pc or a mac, I would call it a stock image

Stock photography to the win!

Known in this case as: marketing by non-techies.

very simple – these are stock photos.

this is a macbook pro …i own one of these

as for playstation joysticks …..i aint so sure

Macbook Pro for sure… From the keys you can tell.

yeah i use my ps3 controllers on my pc. so whose to say that they cant for this ads sake?!

Two more marketing fuck ups from Microsoft. http://tinyurl.com/6h2lo5

your moms a macbook pro
dead and defunct, which is why she didnt move around much

Holy hell, you know there’s a problem when you stumble across a comment written online by your brother, by complete coincidence.

As for the content of the story, Microsoft is generally best in their marketing department. However, as evidenced by this story, that’s not saying much.

A MAC running windows Vista. pretty standard these days since macs went Intel. You got owned.
Second add is about 2 niggers so it does not count.

It’s unlikely anybody did a photoshoot specifically for these ads — they are most likely stock photos.

Looks like it could be a Sony laptop to me.

As to the Playstation controllers… yeah, wtf?

There are also pc controllers that look exactly like Xbox 360 controllers…why didn’t Microsoft use those? It’s like if Pepsi decided to advertise a new drink by taking photos of it in a Coke glass. Aah, rival marketing.

and, thats a playstation joystick…..

I don’t know what computer is actually shown, but MacBookPro’s can load Windows. It’s handy.

I’m sitting here typing out this reply on a Macbook Pro, and I am almost 99% certain that is a 15″ Macbook Pro. Also, those controllers are PS2 controllers without question.

they are likely stock photos rather than a shoot set up specifically for microsoft. many companies will just buy stock photos from archives for their adds to cut down on the cost of hiring a professional to so a specific shoot for them. i am POSITIVE microsoft would not be stupid enough to make these mistakes in a photo shoot that was done specifically for them.

Packard Bell has laptops exactly like that in the picture. Anyhow, it’s stupid to use non-standard pc laptops in a picture like that.

As commented before, the joystics could just as well be pc pads.

That is 100% for sure a MacBook Pro. No doubt about it. Mac laptops are simple, clean, and thus very photogenic. That is why they are used for the majority of stock photographs. Also most graphics houses use Macs so they knew what they were doing, I am pretty sure

Macbook pro’s can run vista and I use a ps2 controller through an adapter on my pc so it could just be showing that unlike osx you aren’t stuck with one manufacturer.

vista is running just fine on a mac book pro, so, why not

Im Not Sure About The Laptop, Could Be A Macbook, Could Be Something Else. But I Am %110 Sure Those Are Playstation Controllers, If They Wanted To Use PC Controllers, they Would Just Use A XBOX 360 Controller With The PC Adapter. Why Use Something Similar? They Wouldnt, They Are Just Dumb.

i don’t see any picture here

So let the other companies spend millions and millions building a corporate identy and a product image in the mind of the customer (Apple, Sony) – and then use it for free.

What we see here is just good markteting.

No screwup, its exactly what they want. So that the customer associates the feelings and images created by Apple & Sony Marketing campaings are associated with the product.
(Yeah, I use Vista, I’m so cool like the trendy Apple Guys und feel so young and energetic like the Playstation crowd.)

I think the idea when using that Macbook Pro in the booklet was to say, “We know everyone wants a Mac, so if you get one or have one, please use Vista instead of OSX.”

it’s definitely a macbook pro. it’s used by so many other companies for aadvertising i bet that it’s just a stock image they used but didn’t do a good job of covering it up

They are called StockPhotos. It may very well be a Mac, but the picture is free to use and it fits the ‘image’ the designer is looking to use. I think the designer did a very good job of making it non-biased.

Sony’s VAIO is the closest thing to a MacBook, and I think that there’s are a few Toshibas that have the look as well. There’s no excuse for the playstation joysticks though.
With a shody marketing job like this, there’s no wonder Microsoft’s in the crapper.

I own a MBP and I had a very similar ad today in a PC I bought for family. My add showed more of the notebook and I am 100% positive it is a mbp with the apple logo airbrushed off. The mbp has a very distinct keyboard and trackpad. I think it is much less likely that an illegal knockoff of a patented keyboard would show up than it is likely that an mbp is used in the ad. These companies use purchased stock images. You could probably find the image for sale yourself with a bit of googling.

They didn’t set up a photoshoot, it’s called stock photography. Every agency uses it, these are just examples of designers that either didn’t notice (doubtful) or didn’t care (more likely) that the photos had competing products in them.

Stock Photography – they’re going for the overall look of the images, not the content.

Too blurry to tell, buy it does look like a compaq. hp made one that looked just like that

Definitely a Macbook Pro. I am typing on one now and the keyboard looks exactly the same.

#nevertrustamacfan Microsoft Marketing fails!!!!! http://tinyurl.com/6h2lo5

Lol Joseph, thats cool. But how the hell did you know its your brother? I mean I am sure there is more than one Joshua out there?

wrong

That is one of the most generic looking computers I have ever seen. Saying it is a mac is a bit presumptuous.

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most ad people are gey and cannot see the difference. they did it

Or it is because Microsoft contracts most of their web and print design work out to 3rd parties, I guess a pretty stupid error not checking over the finished product.

msft adverteert voor apple en playstation http://tinyurl.com/6h2lo5

This is pointless, it may be an apple piece of hardware but the newest OS Supports Windows OS. Since Mac makes crap software and decent hardware, the two companies are not exactly at odds.

As to the PS controllers, meh, knock-offs or mods, this argument is old mac fanboys.

The word is in! It’s definitely a Mac! http://is.gd/7Pv2 am talking about this blog in case you are wondering http://is.gd/7OfJ

Cúmulo dos cúmulos: http://tinyurl.com/6h2lo5

who cares?

Question: How much money does microsoft make off an operating system sale if it’s run on a mac?

Fact: The same amount.

of course, you can also run windows vista in a mac, windows is not a close system.

btw, you will never see a mac os ad in an ordinary laptop, because the os cant support it.

+1 for microsoft

pd. you can use dual shock in windows with the appropriate drivers

well, with bootcamp, you can run windows on a mac!

But you can run windows on a Mac so surely it doesn’t matter what laptop they are using – if they were using OS X maybe it’s s a different matter?

Whether or not it’s actually a Macbook is kind of beside the point. It isn’t clearly a Windows computer. It looks like a Macbook. Why on Earth would they make that decision?

Same with the game controllers. If you’re going to put products in your advertisement materials, make them your products. That would be like seeing a billboard for Frosted Flakes with an Orange box. Is it Wheaties? Is it Honey Nut Cheerios? Who cares, it clearly isn’t Frosted Flakes.

How would YOU handle such a comment on your blog? http://is.gd/7OfJ

Lawl, you can run windows on a mac though.

Stock images. They probably didn’t ‘do a photoshoot’, someone likely just licensed those images from a company that makes them available for a price.

Still funny, though the Macbook Pro isn’t so cut and dry.

The marketing department didn’t do a photoshoot. That’s stock imagery. This bit of collateral is almost not certainly developed in-house so there’s a high likelihood that the people who made it are going to miss something like that.

MacBooks run Vista, pretty well actually. I’ve seen some benchmarks where the Mac was actually the best Vista-running machine in the field.

Playstation controllers are kind of iconic for gaming, so yeah.
Nice find.

Looks like stock photo to me – see http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?action=Browse&Cache=1437b058c8ad154ec0af92e783e5a083&page=1

on that first one the keyboard doesn’t really look like a mac if you look… the buttons aren’t raised the same way… but those are definitely playstation controllers

Errr, so what if it is a MacBook Pro? Last time I checked Microsoft don’t manufacture their own laptops, and Windows can be installed on a MacBook Pro.

I’m sure it’s an MacBook Pro, you can see the plastic borders around the alu case and the angled aluminium around the keyboard. But, I’m pretty sure you can recognize the cloverleafe/apple key next to the spacebar…

Publicity agencies just take a picture from a database that fits the add. Often these pictures contain Mac’s.

The laptop looks exactly like what I had.. Dell model

That Mac could be running Windows!

1. Don’t forget, Windows can run on Macs.

2. Don’t forget, Windows still sucks.

There is no question that this is a mac here is the proof

http://www.millionenrente.com/gewinnspiel/game/img/192/start.jpg

That can’t be a mac, the keyboard goes to the bottom of the laptop case, no trackpad.

D’uh. They’re just using stock photography. And it’s an ad for Vista. Nothing more.

That certainly is a Macbook Pro!!

Those are clearly playstation controllers. looks like ps2 dual shocks. The buttons are all exactly the same. Dual first finger triggers on each side. The triangle button. also the correct color. The thumb sticks are identical.

There may be look alikes. but they cant look exactly the same.

As for the laptop. Can anyone point me to the company that makes brushed aluminium laptops with such recessed keyboards that might be mistaken for a mac?

Didnt think so.

Also notice the lack of Vista Compatable, AMD/Intel Inside logos that are usually found on the left hand side bottom of the laptop under the keyboard. Funny that.

Here is the original link i found

http://www.millionenrente.com/gewinnspiel/game/index.php?id=192

It’s a Macbook Pro, but Macbook pros can run Vista/XP fine (bootcamp). As for the PS3 controllers, those are usable on PCs too – http://news.filefront.com/how-to-use-a-ps3-controller-on-a-pc/

I can’t believe I’m sounding like a Microsoft/HP apologist. They obviously just used stock photography and were too lazy to make sure it was accurate or appropriate.

It’s called stock photgraphy.
Advertising agencies and marketing department source photos from catalogues of stock photographs instead of hiring someone to take new photos. In this case they gathered a couple of generic photos of people using electronic products, laptops/games.

really looks like a macbook…

and about the controllers, i have two like that, usb connection, and winning eleven all day!!

they probly didnt do much in marketing, just pulled a bunch of clips from their subscription image archives and didnt give it a second thought….

It’s possible to run Vista on a macbook pro. Maybe they were just showing off their operating system which operates outside a rigid line of under 10 machines (like OSX).

Also, there are PC gamepads that are direct clones of every console on the market today.

Finally, these are usually “stock computer and gaming” images that marketing departments throw together, not always with the end product presented to them first. It is more likely that whatever firm Microsoft contracted just pulled a few images out of their stockpile and were too technically illiterate to realize a problem.

Ok you’re stupid no offense, but..seriously.. There’s a huge chance that it’s just a windows computer that’s silver..and even if it was a mac..They CAN run windows so stop being so ignorant. As far as the playstation controllers go..didn’t you know that you can play ps3 controllers on a pc with a special driver..and even regular ps1 and ps2 controllers with an adapter.. Stop trying to find everything wrong with an advertisement and just accept it…. You suck

It does look a lot like a macbook. But it’s possible that it’s not. And for the playstation controllers, those are no doubt playstation controllers.

nice pair

Probably they used stock photos. Windows can be run on Macs.

I have a logitech pc controller that looks just like those ones.

Vista runs, direct native mode, on all Macs. They are great HW platforms; some of us need to use Vista, but like Mac HW.

You are aware that Windows can run on a Mac right? Windows is a software designer primarily and Apple is a hardware designer. In fact, all the negative campaigning has been done by Apple thus far. So even if that is a Mac in the picture, it could still be running Windows.

As for the controllers they could be Playstation like PC controllers.

sony vaio makes silver laptops that look exactly like that one im sure

They’re probably stock images and MS’s marketing group are clueless. They make ads, not computers!

You should also take into consideration that Windows Vista runs on the Mac.

Although, this is probably just a case of using stock photos.

Windows runs on Macs too. Stop confusing software and hardware.

Actually, that looks just like my Sony Vaio…

I really wish that you would read Edit 2

http://is.gd/7OfJ Of course it’s a Mac – they wanted to show happy people using a computer, didn’t they?

Apple MacBook Pro in Microsoft’s Promo Material http://tinyurl.com/6h2lo5

thought you apple lovers would find this funny: http://tinyurl.com/6h2lo5

OP is a faggot. A blurry image of a white laptop doesn’t mean it’s a Mac. Take your soapbox somewhere else.

Have you ever taken a moment to stop and think they may be “stock” photos that are freely available anywhere on the internet.

There are no logos visible so where’s the screwup? Yes PCs can have controllers like that, I used to have a similar controller years ago.

Couldn’t really tell what the laptop is but that Playstation controller sure is F-ed up. If I was part of the XBOX 360 team, I would surely go bezerk.

Two words:
Stock Photography.

Looks like the ad designers bought a royalty free image off the net and forgot to check the laptop in picture … lol

Cant macs run vista
soooo then whats the deal? Microsoft sells software not hardware.

Microsoft and Sony aren’t mutually exclusive either, cough vaio cough.

That is definitely a Macbook pro but you can run bootcamp or parallels and install Vista on the windows side

I know what happened. Microsoft just wants their booklet put together cheap and quick. They’re not going to pay for a photo shoot with their own product; just use stock photography. I work in graphic design and “good enough” is the new motto where I work.

that is definetly a macBook pro with the one button trackpad it’s pretty obvious.

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I’m sure they just used stock photos instead of doign a photo shoot, and the guys pick and reviewing the photos looked at them and didn’t see anything objectionable. Also, last I checked, you could run vista on a mac, but Idoubt the ad guys were thinking that way….

What They Did

You do realize that you can run Windows on a Mac right?

^^ That’s why the family looks so happy…..

Microsoft has a habit of using stock photography in their promotional materials. There’s been a few somewhat famous instances of these kinds of blunders on their web sites.

Playstation controlers can be used on a PC, also there are MANY MANY Playstation look-a-like controlers out on the market for PC’s

Yes, they used a MacBook, but im pretty sure they installed Windows on it. I mean why not pay 3 times the price of a standard notebook and install the same shitty windows you get with every 599$ laptop?

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Erm…Doesn’t the MBP have black keys? That looks like a Powerbook G4 to me…The keys are square and don’t have round corners, for one thing. And they’re silver. Not only that, but if you zoom in on the pic there’s a barely-visible outline of a trackpad that has a button, that is the smaller size type indicative of the Powerbook.

That is a Macbook Pro and PS Controllers. Either the photo shoot screwed up or they are using stock photos. Either way, a plus of Microsoft for admiting and realizing they lost the wars.

I run windows on my macbook pro.

well, macs do run windows.

Microsoft usando un Macbook y la PS3 en publicidad: http://tinyurl.com/6h2lo5 . FAIL.

Think the second one is funnier – no reason you can’t run VISTA on your Mac.

Which idiot would use the competitors’ prodcts? xD
The guy forgets that it exists Xbox 360 and design laptops xD

Could be running parallels…

That is a Sony Vayo you ignorant people. You see Macs everywhere don’t you….

It’s called STOCK PHOTOGRAPHS you retard

I think the most logical reason for all of this is that these were just stock photos that fit the image the marketing dept was trying to evoke. Most people in marketing departments use Macs, so usually in ads they just use Macs any time they need a computer so if you notice more often than IRL you will see macs in any form of ad where computers are required. the Playstation controllers are probably also stock photos. I don’t think this was on purpose.. it was definitely an accident that they overlooked.

So what you’re saying is that you can’t run Vista on a Macbook? Microsoft doesn’t manufacture hardware and Windows isn’t PC exclusive, yet since Mac makes both their OS proprietary to their hardware people impose the same limitations on Windows. It’s an Operating System…much like every flavor of linux…not a machine.

Looks like my Vaio (once I removed all the labels they stick on the wrist rest area). Mine is silver also with chicklet keys.

Sounds more like you wanted to condemn and slander Microsoft than point out a possible “inconsistency” with their ad and their products.

So what if it is a macbook pro. You can buy Vista and run it on a macbook pro.

have you ever thought that these are corbis imeges you retards…. its called use what you can find thats closest to the message your trying to project

Intel Macs run Vista better than some PC’s.

You can tell by the shape of the d-pad that those aren’t official Sony PS2 pads, but yeah MS have been doing decent pads for a decade. Pretty dumb not having a 360 pad in there.

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Obvious photoshop

Haha, MS uses a Mac in ad. But who can blame them? http://is.gd/7OfJ [ via http://twitturly.com ]

Awesome is what it is… especially that little boys face “rrrrrr”

Naw, The new dell laptops look like that…

Of course it’s a Mac – they wanted to show happy people using a computer, didn’t they?

They’re obviously running Vista on their MacBook Pro. After all, it is the nicest hardware out there and it will run Windows.

Of course it’s a Mac – they wanted to show happy people using a computer, didn’t they?

Though it could be running Linux. They’d probably be smiling just as much.

And they could even be running Vista.. there are people silly enough to ruin a perfectly good Mac with Vista.

Even if it is a MAC it doesn’t matter. Vista = OS. MAC = Computer, MAC OS = vista competitor. THE MORE COMPUTERS THAT ARE SOLD THE MORE VISTA WILL SELL REGARDLESS OF PC OR MAC.

Of course it’s a mac! just look at the keys! haahhaah rofl.

Nope, I own one, nothing looks quite like a MacBook Pro. You have to remember, Microsoft doesn’t put these ads together, AD AGENCIES put them together, and honestly, they use whatever looks nice. Apples just look a lot nicer on television or print than most Windows machines. Then again, you can do dumb things, like the schlocky ads for FinallyFast.com, where they clearly show a white MacBook running Windows and BSODing. Sure, yeah, you can run Windows on a MacBook, but the people in the ad don’t look smart enough and it’s obviously been post-processed in.

They don’t take new pictures for this sort of thing – they use stock photos. So the problem wasn’t that they set up a photo shoot using other companies’ equipment but rather that someone didn’t check the stock photos well enough.

Either way, a major goof, at least in the case of the first photo

@tonyfonseca I had a feeling you were going to post about the Mac in a Windows ad… http://is.gd/7OfJ

Those are definetely playstation controllers. i own a macbook pro and im also fairly certain that it is one.

I wonder if they just purchased stock photos. It wouldn’t surprise me if they did. Regardless you would think someone in the ad division would notice.

This strikes me as a simple case of stock photos “find a picture of a happy family with a computer, and some kids playing video games, got it? good, we’re done, package it with the script from marketing.”

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this could be a mac with windows on it. But I dont know if you can put linux on a mac…….

That’s my Macbook Pro!!!

Bootcamp anyone? Also, WinXP for Ps3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-Ecr8tWetI

Maybe they are playing solitare…

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I dont blame them. you can still run vista on a MBP, i know that if i got one, i would dump OSX for XP

Microsoft lo hace de nuevo (3a. o 4a. vez éste año¿?) LOL ! http://tinyurl.com/6h2lo5

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Probably is a Mac, but I can almost guarantee that both images are stock photography.

those are just black xbox 360 controllers…

Why are there no links to the original content? I would like to see it in it’s original place.

Also, I have worked with many silver Gateway, Dell, and HP laptops that this could be any one of. If these pictures are legitimate, do you really think Microsoft is dumb enough to use a Mac in their ads? I think not. Rumors like this have been going around for ages with fake pics showing Macs in Microsoft presentations, etc.

Also, to agree with Anon, there are many PC joysticks that look identical to the PS controller. Check out logitech’s:
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/267/padtextocq5.jpg

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It makes sense that they’d pick a more recognizable gaming controller when they’re talking about gaming. Because a lot of PC ones are very generic looking.

And It might be a mac, might not be, but at the end of the day you’re the retard that wasted time pretending its funny. Good jorb.

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So what if it is a MBP?
last time I heard, Microsoft dosen’t manufacture computers, just operating systems and software.
Vista runs on a MBP just fine.

maybe i’m missing something.

that is a macbook pro. Mine is just like the one pictured. Yes there are other silver laptops in the market, but NONE like the Macbook pro. The design is very distinct and recognizable. you’d know this if you had one.

You can run Windows on a Mac now – fair game!

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Perhaps because Joshua’s picture is displayed to the top right of his post? Of course that’s the common sense answer, and who needs common sense, right?

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you guys why, why did this make it to popurls???? i just wanted to add i see no MAC and those are logitech usb dual shock controllers the to ninjas are playing with.. WTF is with this add and you ppl???

Windows Fail http://tinyurl.com/6h2lo5

Ricky is right, that’s his picture on his post. I don’t know many other Joshuas that would be using a picture of my brother for kicks.

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Ya I realized that moments after I posted my comments…its all good

Hey, maybe they are running a Windows virtualization program on their Mac! It’s the thought that counts, right?

Bright marketers at Microsoft using an Apple PowerBook in a Vista ad: http://is.gd/7OfJ

also, no doubt that the ads themselves were made on macs.

Windows runs on Mac
PS3 is more popular then x-box 360.

Even they can admit these things!

Dear Microsoft,

Fire your marketing division.

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Totally a Macbook Pro. I actually use a Playstation controller on my PC tho, so I don’t really see the big deal in that being n the picture. IMHO the PS1/2 controller shape fits my hands best, and i’m sure some users prefer that type of controller regardless of the console/system. Hell, I’ve seen PS1/2 controllers modded for the xbox and the 360, just ’cause users like them better, so big deal.

J: Macs are not virus free. This is a common misconception that is propagated by those who “work on macs 8 hours a day”. i actually just spent three hours removing a virus from a mac last week, not to mention their susceptibility to dns hijacking which occurs constantly on our network.

while macs are less likely to get viruses, to propagate this belief that they are “virus-free” is misleading not only to owners, but to technicians who don’t find these things out for themselves until they have a virus staring them in the face and have no idea of how to remove it because “macs don’t get virii”.

Macs have their places just as PCs, but please don’t spread this “no virus” propaganda. It’s just a ridiculous supposition to any educated technician. Users love their Mac because they don’t have to worry about as much machine-management as windows users, who in turn don’t have to worry about a much machine-management as linux-distro users.

This is all user preference, some like the hands-off approach, some like to feel they have more control, some like the middle-ground. All OSes have their places, depending on the user’s knowledge and needs. Quit being a fan-boy.

lol you are just an apple fanboy j…
well, so am i but you’re saying that you work for Apple. How many ppl on the internet have said that? especially on youtube!
I will never believe that some random guy on the internet who says that he works for apple. ok maybe some of the ppl who say it actually do, but most are apple fanboys and i am 100% sure that you are an apple fanboy who lies about working for apple…

ummm, well kinda it would be like you were doing an ad for the wii but instead of a wii it would be a commodore 64 or a banana or something

so?

A: “No I like THIS stock photo the best”
B: “But sir/miss!”
A: “No, I like THIS one and that’s final!”

All I can say is, someone just got fired.

Oh my god… remember in episode 9 of Star Trek when Spok wore a watch in scene 17?

Get a life you loser.

Could be a MacBook Pro or a PowerBook. There isn’t quite enough detail to tell. I’d bet it’s a Mac in a stock photo from somebody who doesn’t bother to pay enough attention to detail. Very small potatoes… but it still makes me laugh.

Give us the details on this “Mac virus”. That would make this an important page with 10,000 DIGGs. I don’t think you know what you’re talking about.

Microsoft not eating their own dog food ? http://tinyurl.com/6h2lo5

LOL, Microsoft is using a MacBook Pro in promotional material for Windows Vista: http://tinyurl.com/6h2lo5

actually, it is a really good ad, EVEN MAC USERS USE WINDOWS!!

Currently Browsing: http://tinyurl.com/6h2lo5 – MS need to staighten out their ad-department

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Macbook is just more photogenical. Sleek and cute. Why wonder?
Nobody believes Vista’s power anymore. Apple’s out there to buy Microsoft’s shares and take over the world.

@Ifran27 @kengeo Microsoft constantly does stuff that makes me laugh http://tinyurl.com/6h2lo5

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Read edit #2 at the top before you call people names. then look up the meaning of ignorant.

You know, in the picture that Skemez1 provided, there’s a distinct lack of an Apple logo on the computer. Isn’t it possible that that’s just supposed to be a stock photo of a generic laptop? Beyond that, I’m sure that it’s better for Microsoft to suggest the hardware of their competitor than get in trouble with companies like Dell, HP, etc. for favoritism of a certain laptop manufacturer. Really though, since the material that these pictures are from comes with the software, it means you’ve already purchased it, so it doesn’t make much of a difference if they hint at Apple or Sony.

If it’s for Vista its not a Mac- more likely an ACER which looks exactly like a Mac.

Forget Windows altogether and just buy yourself a MAC.

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just one example: http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2006/02/macosxleap.html

and an example of the DNS hijacking: http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/trojan_osx_dnschanger.shtml while not technically a “virus” per se, it is a type of malware (trojan), which is commonly referred to as a virus by laymen.

Also, this exploit: http://www.f-secure.com/vulnerabilities/SA30776 Which could be used to do all kinds of nasty things. also, not a virus, but if a user was affected by something such as this they could easily think they have a virus.

Plus, there was the Mac.Simpsons virus back in ’01, and Esperanto in ’97… and the list goes on. While they are rare, they do exist. I believe you have been mislead by this “mac=no virus” b.s. as well. do some research before making false claims. This isn’t big news. Anyone that has actually been “in the industry” knows this. There won’t be any extra diggs, this isn’t big news except maybe to fanboys, which will just cover their ears(eyes?) and run away screaming about their happy place anyways.

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So?

Get a life man..
that’s sick..

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Please share the details of the virus with us. Maybe we can help you. It sounds more like there’s a problem between the chair and the keyboard. Macs do not get viruses.

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Now that’s what I call sloppy.

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Well, the image is too poor and it is also blended/faded. I do not see any “ports”, all I see are some keys and I think the color is white (could be silver). Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t. In any case, if you remove the operating system of a mac you pretty much have a PC. Macs use Intel processors now, their Ram is (I believe) PNY or Micron, and I can’t remember if their video cards are ATI or nVidia but that is exactly what my computer is.

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They bought stock images?

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/windowshomeserver/buy.mspx
you can see a hires version if you follow the “build your own pc” link on the very bottom

another macbook in a windows ad – joys of stock photos…

I have to read macbook pro 2010 rumors from this blog. http://itabletreviews.blogspot.com
core 7i on macbook pro 2010 ?

As much as I hate defending Microsoft, it's just generic stock photos that probably the marketing people didn't realize were Apple or Sony products

Gotta love it when your ad agency has no idea about the details of your company/products.

In my opinion Macbook and MS are too different things, how it could happen that MS is using Macbook Pro?