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Pffft. This campaign was doomed from the start.]]>Mar 5th 2007 11:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/SY_DisplayProductInformation-Start?ProductSKU=VGNN270E%2fW&Dept=computers&CategoryName=cpu_VAIONotebookComputers_NSeries

As much as it looks like an apple one. I work at Best Buy and we had a couple hoots over that though.]]>Mar 5th 2007 11:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/
And yes, it's clear ironic that invest up runs better on Macs that it does on dell's.]]>Mar 5th 2007 11:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/
hahaha!! The voice recognition software is clearly working flawlessly! :P]]>Mar 6th 2007 12:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/Mar 6th 2007 12:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/Mar 6th 2007 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/"As much as it pains me to correct, that's actually a Sony laptop,"

Maybe you should have LOOKED at the picture before you posted it. I'm glad you and your buddies at Best Buy had a couple of "hoots" over that. I wish I worked there, sounds like an absolute riot!

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"by ngyoshi 13 hours ago
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Yes. At Micro Center we make all of our banners and posters for the most part and that is one of them. Apple computers are more aesthetically pleasing which is a good reason why we may of used it is this poster. We also were in a bit of a rush to get all stores across the country ready for the release. "


AN IBOOK not a sony.
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The ports visible (from left to right) Ethernet, Firewire, USB, USB, Video, Headphone. There's a modem jack further to the left, covered up by the yellow coloring.]]>Mar 6th 2007 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/Mar 6th 2007 1:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/Mar 6th 2007 7:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/Mar 6th 2007 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/Mar 6th 2007 1:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/
How so? Microsoft copied spotlight? Oh wait, that was in the works (and announced) long before the feature was announced for Tiger. Gadgets..err..Widgets? Nope, both Apple and Microsoft stole those from Konfabulator. Well Apple was most certainly innovative with its "Front Row" functionality. Hmmm, FrontRow acts a lot like the Windows Media Center that has been around since 2003 (except Media Center can do a whole lot more i.e. SD & HD TV, tons of online content, XBOX 360 extender, etc.). Maybe it was the new up coming Time machine? Wrong again, this was a feature ripped from Microsoft Server 2003 (Shadow Copies). I know, Apple totally invented the two button mouse...need I say more.

Vista is not perfect but it is far from an imitation of OS X. On the contrary, as you can see above, it looks like Apple is the one doing the imitating.]]>Mar 6th 2007 2:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/
I used to work in the advertising industry, and I've long forgotten how many times co-workers just "made shit up". :/]]>Mar 6th 2007 1:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/Mar 6th 2007 6:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/
How does an outdated computer on a Vista ad mean Apple is the one doing the imitating?

I would think it's more of Microsoft trying to make their ads attractive.

But they can do that with other laptops too. Maybe they didn't look hard enough. Time to update Windows Live Search?]]>Mar 6th 2007 7:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/
Second Apple works on more than 1 OS at a time (did you really think they only take 1 and a half years for each OS upgrade?)so all the features in tiger were planned and tested years before.

Finally, there is an old saying in the business when someone comes out with a better product than you, either make yours even better or copy it.
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I mean, then you had to pay the full price retail, unlike if you got it preloaded on a dell.]]>Mar 6th 2007 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/Mar 6th 2007 2:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/1. Maybe they're making fun of blonds thinking they can use vista with mac?
2. Maybe they really want you to say "wow" if you notice it's a mac?
3. Maybe their web/ad designer was out of images to use and was using a mac to design this that he said to himself after printing, meh no one will notice, pay me more then I'll replace it?

I know that is an iBook as that's the same ports that I had on my old iBook G3 500mhz... wow, that laptop is still in my closet with a Linux Ubuntu installed...almost 2 years now, wonder if it's molding/working...]]>Mar 6th 2007 2:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/
The mac on the other hand has this...

http://img.alibaba.com/photo/10920537/Apple_IBook_Notebook_12.jpg

sony

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You are hilarious!, thank you for making me laugh like that :)]]>Mar 6th 2007 6:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/
BTW: Windows Live Search IS better than Google, if you're going to be so snarky about it. You're one of those people that makes some people feel ashamed for liking a company and it's products, if one of their users are so arrogant.]]>Mar 6th 2007 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/Mar 6th 2007 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/Mar 6th 2007 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/Mar 6th 2007 9:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/
Why would I want to run a forth rate OS when I have OS X????????? I know all the PC fanboys will be queing up to tell me why now, yawn yawn!

]]>Mar 6th 2007 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/Last year I was doing some ads for HP... I actually sent the creative director a big e-mail with a list of features I thought we should emphasize... You would think HDMI outputs, dual hard drives and dual headphone jacks were pretty compelling... but the response basically boiled down to "uh... most people don't know what you're talking about. We need to say something vague about entertainment or something".
By the way the same agency does ads for Microsoft, and some of the people on that team (like me they are no longer there) were die-hard mac fans that I always used to argue with. I always found it kinda disturbing that most microsoft ads were created on macs... but that's just me.]]>Mar 6th 2007 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/
Wow, everyone's getting all worked up over nothing.]]>Mar 6th 2007 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/Mar 6th 2007 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/Mar 6th 2007 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/Mar 6th 2007 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/
@The other defenders of Microsoft - How in the hell did it take Microsoft so long to implement those features they "invented" first and bring them to the "consumer" market? It's not about who came up with what first or who stole what from whom, it's "is it available now" and "is it done right?" Corporations "steal" ideas. MS is no different. In this case, they shouldn't have shown things off so early if they weren't able to make them a reality in a short time.

Apple is capitalizing on bringing new features and technology out now in pretty, functional forms. That's what the consumer wants.]]>Mar 6th 2007 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/Mar 6th 2007 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/Mar 6th 2007 1:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/
--Nels]]>Mar 6th 2007 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/05/the-wow-starts-now-just-not-on-your-ibook/http://lyrics.christiansunite.com/images/albums/album_2300.jpg

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