Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer shills Windows 7 on U.S. national TV in front of Apple Mac (with video)

Mac Daily News ^ | 10/24/2009

[Swordmaker]

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


Direct link to video via Hulu here.



Of course, it's easy to run Windows 7 (or any other Windows version, Linux, etc.) and non-Mac applications on OS-unlimited Macs natively (via Apple's Boot Camp) and/or via fast virtualization (VMWare Fusion, Parallels Desktop for Mac) which is just another reason to Get a Mac. But, Ballmer T. Clown doesn't like that concept very much at all (a href="http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/9412/">Couldn’t you just buy a Mac and run Windows? Microsoft CEO Ballmer: ‘No, we prefer real PCs’) because he knows that when people get a Mac and really begin to use it, they never want to boot up Windows again if they can help it. Then they start to use iWork in place of Office and... suffice to say, it's bad for Microsoft's sales. Microsoft banks on ignorance; without it, they have nothing.

MacDailyNews Take: It must suck to work for Microsoft where important details routinely go left unchecked and, no matter where in the world you go, you're constantly surround by professionals who all use Apple Macs. Plus, every time you try to promote your inferior products, Apple's keep showing up in your TV appearances and even in your sloppy company's own ads that are, of course, also creating on Macs.

[McGruff]

Sounds like somebody's got their panties in a bunch.

[big'ol_freeper]

[Senator Pardek]

I don't understand the appeal of their ads featuring a clean cut white collar worker (PC) vs. a pothead vidiot slacker (Mac).

Their merchandise is top-notch, IMHO - why not have someone successful looking representing their products?

[Dallas59]

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

These arguments, these pissing matches, whether coming from a Mac is better than Windows or Windows is better than Mac perspective are pathetic.

That's all they are is a bunch of losers screaming that their product is better but keep scratching their heads wondering why everyone else is using the competitor.

Maybe if they stop treating potential customers like Democrats do to conservatives, they would have more market share.

My computer gets me where I want to go and I heard Windows 7 kicks ass which is why Mac users are acting like libs.

[Terpfen]

This petty back and forth, playground crap from Apple is turning people off.

As evidenced by their latest quarterly earnings report... oh, wait, no, they actually just had their best quarter in company history.

Beyond that, I'm failing to see how NBC-controlled Today Show background images are somehow secretly planted by Apple as a "gotcha."

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

I don't understand the appeal of their ads featuring a clean cut white collar worker (PC) vs. a pothead vidiot slacker (Mac).

Supposedly, it appeals to the inner-slacker and anti-authority figure in all of us.

When Windows ran their "laptop" commercials it was brilliantly done and Apple had a fit about it.

Microsoft Changes 'Laptop Hunters' Ad After Apple Complains

[Revolting cat!]

Mac’s suck.

"Mac's" haters is illiterate's!

[Swordmaker]

Personally, I wish he’d help ease the path of running the old Mac OS 9 onto Windows. Apple has abandoned the Mac Classic OS, those applications, files, and users.

Apple provided Mac Classic emulation in Mac OS X that fully supported the applications of Mac OS 9 and lower for SIX AND A HALF YEARS after the introduction of Mac OS X in March 2001.

All of the files can be read on an OS X Mac and all of the functionality of the previous operating system is included in OS X. I support a local charity that uses a database I wrote in 1991 in FileMaker Pro 3. Their current Networked Macs are running that database in Classic under OS X... faster and more stably than it ever did under OS 7, 8, or 9 alone.

So exactly what are you doing on an antique Mac that you can't do on a modern one?

Every Mac user that I know has moved into the future and embraced OS X. OS 9 has not stopped working. If YOU want to continue using it, you're welcome to do so.

By the way, when was the last time that Microsoft issued an update to Windows 95, 98, 2000, or ME? How about for DOS?

[1rudeboy]

I’m beginning to think that these threads should be posted in the Religion forum.

[Senator Pardek]

How anti-authoritarian can one be when one's Mom still does one's laundry?!

When I get home I kiss my mom
And she fixes me a snack
And I head down to my basement bedroom
And fire up my mac

[chris_bdba]

Oh that’s funny!

[Cyber Liberty]

I noticed “Mac’s” is possessive. I think he’s saying people named “Mac” suck. Must be a guy named Mac in post 2.

:^)

[Woebama]

I’m mad at Microsoft right now. I am trying to put out resumes . . . and low and behold . . . the online job sites only accept Word format. .txt files through any other platform that I’ve found other than Microsoft comes out messed up with random characters. Pay Microsoft 100’s of dollars for Word or Office if you want to apply for a job. It’s a monopoly.

[Soothesayer9]

I cannot fathom why Gates has not hired an assassin to run this guy over yet. I still get chills from his “advertising!” speech. Truly the guy was a reptile in his previous life.

[PIF]

There’s a new version of Sheepshaver out - will run classic.

[PIF]

Get a Mac Mini - use your old monitor, keyboard, and mouse - from $600.

[Incorrigible]

Here you go. Full Microsoft Office all for $100 or less.

http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m38.l1313&_nkw=microsoft+office&_sacat=See-All-Categories

[dennisw]

My thoughts are the same and look at this contrast

undersized 13.3” Mac laptop for $999
vs
full sized 15.6” Windows 7 laptop for 350-500$

And contrary to the Apple propaganda, that “lesser” Window laptop is just ducky for 85-90% of computer users

If you want an adult size 15” Mac laptop, that will be $1599

[ChessExpert]

Mac OS 9 runs on Mac OS X up to Panther, Mac OS 10.3. New Macs have newer versions of OS X that do not run Mac OS 9. I have gigabites of BookUp files that run under Mac Classic (OS 9) only. I also have lots of games and some outstanding work applications for OS 9. I would have to spend a lot of money trying to reproduce this capability, in those cases when it is possible to do so.

There are third parties that try to provide OS emulators. Apple is no help. They are a considerable hindrance.

Does Microsoft do better? Having been a long time Mac users, I don't know.