Engadget Podcast 026 - 05.05.2005 / Special Bill Gates Edition

As promised, we have a special Bill Gates edition of the Engadget Podcast for you. He sat down with Engadget editor Peter Rojas at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference, where they discussed the next Xbox console, whether or not Microsoft is going to come out with a competitor for the PlayStation Portable, the future of Windows Mobile, HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray, IPTV, Windows Media Center and DTV, and why the Tablet PC has struggled so much in the marketplace.

If you haven't already, you can read parts one and two of the interview online.

Host: Eric Rice

Format: 25:29, 5.94MB, MP3

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[Brandon @ Dec 19th 2005 12:13AM]

How come my download manager says the file is 6.1 megs and u say its 5.94 megs? just curious.

[JC @ Dec 19th 2005 12:13AM]

Is it just me or is it ironic that it is a ".mp3" and not a ".wmv" file for a discussion on Microsoft! HA Nice jab at Billy Gates.

[Leadhyena @ Dec 19th 2005 12:13AM]

Naw-kia? Nawkia?!?

Come on, Bill! It's No ki a.

Otherwise the interview is really interesting... but I do think that Bill doesn't actually "get" the PSP yet. He's shrugging it off when MSFT could be making a schload of cash in the portable market.

[guywithsocks @ Dec 19th 2005 12:13AM]

What's ironic is that Mr. Windows is giving and interview that's being listened on Apple's most noteworthy appliance. Though podcasts can be played anywhere, on any DAP, it's usually on an iPod.

[PacoBell @ Dec 19th 2005 12:13AM]

Well, just for the record, I was listening to this show on my PocketPC, so...nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah-NYAH-nyah =P

[tubaman93 @ Dec 19th 2005 12:13AM]

Isn't it ironic that you see Bill Gates on an iPod?

[Carlos Gonzalez @ Dec 19th 2005 12:13AM]

Great interview Peter...there was some genuine mutual enthusiasm on both ends which I thought was cool. But the questions were great... I think you had em squirming there for a bit(1.8% of the market...is that good enough? hahaha).

[Will Silver @ Dec 19th 2005 12:13AM]

Um... is the fact that the Engadget editor Peter Rojas parts of the interview are recorded separately upset anyone? Hmm?

[Peter Rojas @ Dec 19th 2005 12:13AM]

My questions were recorded on a different audio recorder than the one used to record Bill Gates because we wanted to make sure that the audio for each was properly recorded. The two were then spliced together. We wanted to make sure we had the best recording possible under the conditions we had to work with, does anyone have a problem with this?

[DK @ Dec 19th 2005 12:13AM]

So when is Steve Jobs appearing on the Engadget podcast?

[Michael @ Dec 19th 2005 12:13AM]

Jobs would never do it, he hardly ever does interviews.