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  Adam

  11 months ago

  They've been using Titanium G4's in their ads for years - good to see they stopped just pasting a Windows screenshot on top.
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  typicalmacuser

  11 months ago

  Cool , I love learning things.
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  Mike Rose

  11 months ago

  It's a PowerBook G4, which makes it even funnier.
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  typicalmacuser

  11 months ago

  Good catch Rose. You coming to the EXPO man!
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  Goatman

  11 months ago

  that's just some stock photograph they bought, it's an old PowerBook, notice the lack of iSight camera in the bezel (there's the latch for the screen instead).
  
  My guess is it looks like the screen was just photoshopped onto the the computer.
  
  Most likely it's just a picture the add company they hired to do the work bought for use in the ad.
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  typicalmacuser

  11 months ago

  You guys are so much smarter than me, but like I said it was early AM. Thanks for commenting.
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  Ian

  11 months ago

  Looks like Goatman is right about it being a Powerbook and right about it being photoshopped because I doubt virtualisation software runs well enough, if at all, on the old Powerbook.
  
  It's still funny to see this. What does it say about Microsoft? Doing it cheap (or lazy) by using Stock photography, and of course it implies the hardware for the Windows system is not good enough!
  
  I had a quick look round, didn't find the one they used but found these two, neither are a Mac, yet that is what Microsoft chose. Clearly there is a preference at Microsoft for Mac!
  
  http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/busines...
  
  http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/concept...
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  typicalmacuser

  11 months ago

  Thanks Ian I agree now that I see it with my eyes open. It's still a Mac and I still laughed.
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  David

  11 months ago

  Mac is where it's at. From the VMware event......
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  Joel Esler

  11 months ago

  That's not a vmware icon victor, that's the Office Logo.
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  typicalmacuser

  11 months ago

  Good catch it was 4AM when I posted this </end of excuse>
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  Daryl Auclair

  11 months ago

  HAHAHAHAHAH!!! I love my mac!
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  Dave C

  11 months ago

  The Office Suite for the Mac has been available for quite sometime. With Office 2008 for the Mac recently becoming available I'm not at all surprised that they chose a Mac for the advertisement. It's a great way to raise awareness among Mac owning students that Office is an option.
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